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Scene of daily life in a Bantustan, or Homeland, near Johannesburg in South Africa, in February 1963. The bantustans or homelands were African reserves allocated to the country’s different black ethnic groups, established in 1951 by the “Bantu Authorities Act” introduced by the government of Daniel Francois Malan as part of the policy of apartheid. These homelands were independent states to which each African was assigned by the government according to the record of origin, losing his citizenship in South Africa and any right of involvement with the South African Parliament which held complete hegemony over the homelands. (Photo by EPU/AFP)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles

The party’s founders focused it’s mission on the problem of the day – land – which remains a central issue. Yet, since 1994, the ANC has been hesitant and timid in resolving the…

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
15 min read
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BILL OF RIGHTS

The Land is ours: An extract from Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s new book

In 1902, there were already stirrings of people who were resisting being thrown off the land

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
7 min read
If Ramaphosa confronts how government has been its own impediment on land redistribution
ANC

ANC reclaims its central mission — land

After 1994 the party lost its way in its quest to repossess the land but it’s now back on track

  • Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
9 min read