Restitution and post-settlement support: Three case studies from Limpopo

Abstract

This study examines the experience of land reform
\nbeneficiaries after land acquisition in three communal
\nproperty associations (CPAs) in Limpopo province, namely
\nMunzhedzi, Ximange and Mavungeni CPAs. In all three
\ncases, communities were awarded land through land
\nrestitution, but Mavungeni also includes a portion of land
\nacquired under the Settlement and Land Acquisition Grant
\n(SLAG) (redistribution) programme. The identified CPAs are
\nlocated in the same geographical area, under Makhado
\nLocal Municipality and Vhembe District Municipality, in
\nthe north-eastern part of Limpopo (see Map 1). All three
\nrestitution claims were facilitated as a cluster that were
\nofficially settled in March 2002. These communities, or
\nparts of them, have been on the land since then, using it
\nfor a range of initiatives such as residence, cattle farming,
\ndry-land cropping, irrigation, poultry and pig farming. These
\ncommunities are made up of two main ethnic groups,
\nTshivenda-speakers and Xitsonga-speakers. The majority of
\nthe people concerned are poor and unemployed.