Performance of land reform projects in the North West province of South Africa: Changes over time and possible causes

Figures & data

Table 1. Dominant enterprises on land reform projects (n = 37).

Enterprise	Number of projects
Cattle (mostly in combination with grain)	13
Cattle/goats	2
Goats	1
Sheep	2
Pigs	1
Broiler/vegetable	5
Crop production	3
No production	10
Total	37

Table 2. Land reform projects according to type of land reform sub-programme and location (n = 37).

District municipality	Number of projects	Land reform sub-programme
		SLAG	LRAD
Bojanala (Bokone-Bothlaba)	3		3
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	12	2	10
Ngaka Modiri Molema	13		13
Dr Kenneth Kaunda	9	4	5
Total	37	6	31

Figure 1. Production status of land reform projects: 2005 and 2010 (% of surveyed farms). Source: Authors’ own calculations.

Table 3. Details of projects showing increased production (Category 1) in 2010.

Project	Group size	Farm size (ha)	Production status in 2005
1	22	410	Category 4
2	8	20	Category 3
3	15	428	Category 4
4	10	72	Category 3
Average	18.75	232.5

Table 4. Details of projects reporting a decrease in production (Category 3) since 2005.

Project	Group size	Farm size (ha)	Production status (2005)
1	127	856	Category 2
2	19	428	Category 1
3	110	404	Category 2
4	2	186	Category 2
5	6	201	Category 1
6	23	443	Category 2
7	19	102	Category 2
8	1	52	Category 2
9	2	7	Category 2
10	2	254	Category 1
11	1	300	Category 1
12	50	248	Category 1
13	6	255	Category 1
14	12	40	Category 2
15	42	2 392	Category 2
16	68	383	Category 2
Average	30.6	409

Table 5. Summary statistics on farm size for the projects in 2010 (n = 37).

	Increased production	Stable production	Decreased production	No production	Total
N	4	7	16	10	37
Mean	232.50	473.14	409.44	466.70	417.84
Standard deviation	216.52	795.53	567.58	617.47	586.55
Minimum	20	21	7	9	7
Maximum	428	2182	2392	1857	2392

Figure 2. Performance trends in land reform projects in North West province between 2005 and 2010.

Table 6. Performance of land reform projects (2005) by group size (n = 43).

Group size	Production status (2005)
	Category 1	Category 2	Category 3	Category 4	Total
1 to 5	5	2	2	0	9
6 to 10	2	3	3	2	10
11 to 20	1	3	2	3	9
21 to 50	2	1	3	2	8
51 to 100	0	1	0	2	3
101 to 200	0	2	0	2	4
Total	10	12	10	11	43

Notes: Category 1, projects showing increased production; Category 2, projects showing stable production; Category 3, projects showing decreased production; Category 4, projects showing no production.

Table 7. Change in performance of small groups (<5) from 2005 to 2010.

Number of members in each project	Change in production status from 2005 to 2010			Total
	Improved	Remained the same	Deteriorated
1	0	0	2	2
2	0	0	3	3
4	1	1	0	2
Total	1	1	5	7

Table 8. Performance of projects by presence or absence of conflict (n = 37).

Presence or absence of serious problems/conflict	Change in production status from 2005 to 2010				Total
	Improved	Stable and productive	Deteriorated	Remained unproductive
Present	2 (12.5%)	1 (6.5%)	13 (81%)	0	16 (43.3%)
Absent	5 (23.8%)	3 (17.7%)	11 (52%)	2 (9.5%)	21 (56.7%)
Total	7	4	24	2	37

Source: Authors’ own estimations based on 2005 survey data.

Notes: Cramer’s V= 0.308, n = 36, p = 0.331.

Table 9. Problems or conflict in groups of different sizes (n = 37).

Existence of serious problems or conflict amongst members	Range of group sizes (number of members)						Total
	1 to 5	6 to 10	11 to 20	21 to 50	51 to 100	>100
Yes	1	3	3	5	2	2	16
No	6	6	4	4	0	1	21
Total	7	9	7	9	2	3	37

Notes: Cramer’s V = 0.416, n= 36, p = 0.285.

Table 10. Number of ties shared in groups with and without conflict (n = 37).

Existence of serious problems/conflict	Number of ties members shared before (family, friendship, common residence, church, stokvel or any other)				Total
	0	1	2	3
Yes (number of projects)	1	8	6	0	15
No (number of projects)	3	4	14	1	22
Total	4	12	20	1	37

Source: Estimation based on 2005 data.

Notes: Cramer’s V= 0.375, n = 36, p = 0.168.