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The dynamics of poverty and land reform in Namaqualand

Researchers:

Plaas:
Karin Kleinbooi
Dr Edward Lahiff

 

Noragric:
Dr Espen Sjaarstad
Dr Tor A. Benjaminsen
                                    
Surplus People Project:
Harry May

 

 

 This three-year project, which investigated rural livelihoods, poverty and the impact of land reform in the former ‘coloured’ reserves of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, came to an end in 2005. It was undertaken in close collaboration with Noragric at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Drs Espen Sjaarstad and Tor Arve Benjaminsen of Noragric were the lead researchers from Norway, and the PLAAS component was co-ordinated by Dr Edward Lahiff, with field research having been undertaken by Karin Kleinbooi of PLAAS and Harry May of the Surplus People Project (SPP). The project was co-funded by the National Research Foundation and the Norwegian Research Council.

During 2005, Karin Kleinbooi and Edward Lahiff continued with interviews with rural women in Namaqualand, with particular attention to the gendered dynamics of women’s access to land. The highlight of the year was the Namaqualand Colloquium, jointly organised by PLAAS and SPP in Springbok in May 2005. This Colloquium brought together a wide range of natural and social scientists working on Namaqualand to debate current research and its applicability to meeting challenges of poverty alleviation and development in the area. A range of outputs are now in preparation, including a PLAAS Research Report on Women’s Land Rights in Namaqualand and a number of articles for a special edition of the Journal of Arid Environments.
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