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Social SciencesHistoryLand-use PlanningAfrican StudiesLand LawSocial InequalityAfrican GovernanceAfrican PoliticsApartheid In Southern AfricaLand ReformPostcolonial African StatesSouthern African HistoryAfrican Liberation MovementsApartheid HistoryLand InequalityLand Ownership InequalityLand PoliticsLand Reform MovementsLand Use InequalityWhite Minority Rule
South Africa. Reclaiming this land became an important rallying cry for liberation movements in both countries; but in the years after white minority rule ended, it was extremely difficult for the new regimes to redistribute the land fairly and efficiently. In recent years, as the unaddressed land inequality in Zimbabwe became a pretext for President Robert Mugabe's demagoguery and led to Zimbabwe's demise, many observers have asked: Could South Africa be next?