The history of theologised politics of South Africa, the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self
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Authors
Lephakga, Tshepo
Issue Date
2013-12
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Politics in South Africa , History of theologised politics , 1913 Land Act , Black South African , Land dispossession , Theologised politics , Apartheid , Dutch reformed church
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Abstract
This article is an attempt to examine the role and impact of the history of theologised politics in
South Africa and the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self. This is done
specifically to locate the question of land and land dispossession of black South Africans that,
according to the author of this article, resulted from the theologised politics of South Africa. It is
the contention of the author that land dispossession, which was officialised in South Africa with
the passing of the 1913 Land Act, was chiefly responsible for the “flight from the black self”. This
is crucial, simply because the author is of the view that land dispossession had a terrible impact on
black people’s self-worth. It is for this reason that the author argues that black people in the main
have internalised oppression. On the basis of this, the author surmises that Apartheid, which was
rationalised as being biblically and theologically sanctioned, precipitated the 1913 Land Act and
in turn the flight from the black self. It is in this context of the flight from the black self that we
must understand the assertion that there are many South Africans within one South Africa.
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Peer reviewed
Citation
Lephakga, Tshepo 2013, 'The history of theologised politics of South Africa, the 1913 Land Act and its impact on the flight from the black self', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 379-400.
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Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499