The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998

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dc.contributor.advisorHarries, Patricken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNefale, Mukondeleli Michaelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T08:06:31Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T08:06:31Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 75-82.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the development of capitalist agriculture and apartheid in the Levubu settlement, in the Northern Province. Capitalist agriculture was characterised by the quest for fertile land for white farmers while, at the same time, dispossessing indigenous communities. Land as the country's main political and economic resource has been manipulated to control people. The thesis shows how a system of political oppression has been used to deny indigenous communities access to viable land and water by different white supremacist governments. The study examines how white settlers in Levubu were helped by the state in the development of commercial farming. In such an endeavour, a black landless working class was created. The material conditions of the white beneficiaries of the settlement are contrasted with those of the dispossessed blacks. The material conditions of the black population, both in the ""homelands"", and on the white farms, were characterised by poverty and overcrowding. On the other hand, white farmers were reaping enormous profits by producing food for local and international markets. The struggle for survival between white landowners and the landless blacks is the product of 20th century racialised capitalist development in the Levubu countryside. The last part of the study looks at the new democratic government of South Africa and its endeavour to redress the unequal distribution of wealth created by the apartheid regime. It focuses on the market approach which has been adopted to deliver a better life for all, and it examines how such an approach shows continuities with past injustices.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNefale, M. M. (2000). <i>The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7857en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNefale, Mukondeleli Michael. <i>"The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7857en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNefale, M. 2000. The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nefale, Mukondeleli Michael AB - This thesis explores the development of capitalist agriculture and apartheid in the Levubu settlement, in the Northern Province. Capitalist agriculture was characterised by the quest for fertile land for white farmers while, at the same time, dispossessing indigenous communities. Land as the country's main political and economic resource has been manipulated to control people. The thesis shows how a system of political oppression has been used to deny indigenous communities access to viable land and water by different white supremacist governments. The study examines how white settlers in Levubu were helped by the state in the development of commercial farming. In such an endeavour, a black landless working class was created. The material conditions of the white beneficiaries of the settlement are contrasted with those of the dispossessed blacks. The material conditions of the black population, both in the ""homelands"", and on the white farms, were characterised by poverty and overcrowding. On the other hand, white farmers were reaping enormous profits by producing food for local and international markets. The struggle for survival between white landowners and the landless blacks is the product of 20th century racialised capitalist development in the Levubu countryside. The last part of the study looks at the new democratic government of South Africa and its endeavour to redress the unequal distribution of wealth created by the apartheid regime. It focuses on the market approach which has been adopted to deliver a better life for all, and it examines how such an approach shows continuities with past injustices. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998 TI - The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7857 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNefale MM. The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7857en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHistoryen_ZA
dc.titleThe politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998en_ZA
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