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Cattle were the main symbol of wealth among Africans: they had multiple uses, as food, labour or in trade. They were also symbolic, connecting families and villages in cultural rites and maintaining the links between the living and the dead.
APARTHEID

Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back

In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
11 min read
Stolen land: ‘Ranch or homestead?’ A farm house in Commondale. (Santu Mofokeng)
ANCESTORS

Taking the battle to the grave: South Africa’s contested sites

In his swansong, Santu Mofokeng ruminates on mortality, ancestry and dispossession

  • Santu Mofokeng
9 min read
The opposition protest aims to support Guaido’s bid to set up a transitional government ahead of new elections. (Reuters)
BONGINKOSI MADIKIZELA

Rural development trashes DA’s land reform claims

The national department says it is behind the Western Cape’s success – and it provides the funds

  • Govan Whittles
7 min read
ANC

Tardiness, not Constitution, to blame for land crisis

Section 25 of the country’s supreme law is not the reason for the extremely slow pace of land reform

  • Serjeant At The
  • Bar Author
5 min read
‘The crisis of land in South Africa is of historical origin. Although
BILL OF RIGHTS

Land reform can be done reasonably

Any amendment must be constitutional, which means certain principles must be adhered to

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
8 min read