In 1994, the African National Congress swept to power on a tide of national and international euphoria and pledged to redistribute 30 per cent of all land seized during the apartheid era. Almost a decade later, only two per cent of land has been returned to its black owners. Land rights activist, Andile Mngxitama, believes the answer lies in the claim that racial exclusion has given way to economic exclusion. The Landless People’s Movement has evolved from the land struggles of the apartheid era and represents a growing number of rural communities that remain landless and disenfranchised by the clamour to implement neo-liberal economic policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).
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