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Title: | Land reform in the North East District of Botswana: an elite-hijacked project? |
Author: | Manatsha, Boga Thura |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090) |
Volume: | 42 |
Pages: | 90-99 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Botswana |
Subjects: | land reform land tenure class struggle |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/23237974 |
Abstract: | The ongoing State-led market land reform tries to address the long-standing land question in the North East District of Botswana. However, this reform is beset by administrative, bureaucratic and legal imperfections. Due to politics and elitism, the poor and weak are systematically marginalized. Consequently, there is 'class struggle' over access to land under this reform. The consultations between the local communities and local governance institutions had initially recommended that the purchased farms/ranches be reserved for communal use, not syndicate farming. However, it appears that such consultations are not legally binding. Rigidly applying the Tribal Land Act, the Tati Land Board has leased massive chunks of land to syndicates. Considering the land shortage in the North East District, the leasing of massive chunks, though legal, undermines the essence of redistributive land reform. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |