Oxford LibGuides: South Africa : legal resources: Land

Land reform

The Restitution of Land Rights Act 1994 (South Africa) was the initial legislative step to attempt to rectify the problem legacies of the previous, racially discriminatory land policies. The search for a solution continues.

For sources of SA legislation (acts) please use this page of this guide
There are sites for holders of an Oxford SSO as well as reliable sites for anyone who has access to the internet
White Paper on South African Land Policy April 1997
Pdf of document available from official government website
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (South Africa)
Official website.
Alexkor Limited v The Richtersveld Community and Others Case CCT19/03
Leading case on concept of aboriginal title in South Africa. This link takes you through to transcript [2003] ZACC 18. Holders of an Oxford SSO can access reported versions eg via LexisLibrary is (2003) 12 BCLR 1301.
Land Claims Court Decisions (South Africa)
Free resource. Selected decisions made available via SAFLII from 1996
PLAAS: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrian Studies
Research and teaching unit of University of Western Cape. Policy briefs, research reports working papers, and newsletters are freely available.

Texts on topic

We Want What's Ours: learning from South Africa's land restitution program by Bernadette Atuahene
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0198783353
Publication Date: 2016
Print copy is at S Africa 510 A885.7a
Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South Africa : Contested histories and current struggles by edited by William Beinart, Rosalie Kingwill, Gavin Capps.
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9781776146819
Publication Date: 2021
Overcoming historical injustices : land reconciliation in South Africa by James L. Gibson.
Call Number: S Africa 510 G450a
ISBN: 0521517885
Publication Date: 2009
Land, power & custom : controversies generated by South Africa's Communal Land Rights Act by edited by Aninka Claassens & Ben Cousins
Call Number: S Africa 510 C583.5a
ISBN: 1919895507
Publication Date: 2008