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The gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa : a case study of Daggakraal rural housing and resettlement project

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dc.contributor.advisor Swanepoel, Hennie
dc.contributor.author Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-21T09:25:17Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-21T09:25:17Z
dc.date.issued 2013-11
dc.identifier.citation Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette (2013) The gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa : a case study of Daggakraal rural housing and resettlement project, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13849> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13849
dc.description.abstract This study is about the gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa. The case study is that of a housing and resettlement project in Daggakraal, Mpumalanga Province. The aim of the study was to describe and analyse empirical realities for rural women, in relation to land, in Daggakraal. The focus was on the research questions for the study namely the nature of land reform practice; whether gender issues were central in land reform at all stages of the project; whether or not participation of women was truly genuine; and the constraints that were faced in the process of land reform delivery. The study was conducted in Daggakraal, a rural town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Research methods employed were both quantitative and qualitative with more emphasis on the latter. A total of 100 respondents participated in the study. This number included 10 key informants 3 of whom were trained as research assistants. The findings indicate that there was very little gender analysis carried out prior to land reform. For this reason land reform has not benefitted the women and men of Daggakraal. Land reform policies and other legislation put in place were not followed to the letter in Daggakraal and in other areas of the country where land reform was implemented; the first land reform (SLAG) has not benefitted the poor, especially women; the rural terrain is an area of contestation and competing interests between women and men. There is also a lack of institutional arrangements to implement a gendered approach to land reform. This study demonstrates the need to tackle and transform the existing power relations at the household level, if government is serious about the gender dimension of land reform in South Africa. In a small way it is hoped that this study will contribute to the limited writing on land reform and gender and also provide a gendered critique of the land reform programme in South Africa. The Gender Analysis Framework (GAF) and the feminist and gender perspectives have helped the researcher to understand and explain the gender dynamics in Daggakraal. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xvi, 275 leaves) : illustrations, color graphs en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Gender en
dc.subject Land reform en
dc.subject Gender analysis framework (GAF) en
dc.subject Gender equity en
dc.subject Gender and development (GAD) en
dc.subject Participation en
dc.subject Rural development en
dc.subject.ddc 333.3168278
dc.subject.lcsh Women in development -- South Africa -- Daggakraal -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Land reform -- South Africa -- Daggakraal -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Rural development -- South Africa -- Daggakraal -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Land settlement -- South Africa -- Daggakraal -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Housing, Rural -- South Africa -- Daggakraal -- Case studies en
dc.title The gender dimensions of land reform in South Africa : a case study of Daggakraal rural housing and resettlement project en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Development Studies en
dc.description.degree D. Litt. et Phil. (Development Studies)


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