Land Restitution Talk

Land restitution in South Africa: is there another way to achieve land justice, redress and development?

Presentation at the Simon’s Town Museum, 18^th March 2023

Ben Cousins

Emeritus Professor, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

University of the Western Cape

1.   Introduction

The argument I present today is controversial, and no doubt many here will not agree with me. I will focus mainly on the ‘bigger picture’ of the progress and problems experienced in the process of land restitution in general from 1994 to the present, and on the questions and dilemmas it throws up. I am not familiar enough with the details of dispossession in Simon’s Town and how restitution has proceeded (or not proceeded) here, to do more than make a few suggestions on the way forward in this specific context – but hope they will stimulate constructive debate.

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