Land

Cards (3)

  • Land issue for the Government of National Unity, The government aimed to return the land to people who had been disposed of it since the Land Act, 1913; land was seen as a symbolic reversal of past injustices
  • Cut-off date excluded colonial dispossession era and required proof of ownership (limits impact); slow progress due to competing claims and lack of cooperation from current owners
  • Most claims came from forced removals from urban areas, but rising property prices led to financial compensation falling below market figures