Land Hunger Again
A major source of stress remains the redistribution of land. Under apartheid 73% of land was in so called “white areas” and many blacks had been forcibly uprooted and removed to tribal areas.
The slow legal and bureaucratic process of restitution is causing impatience among blacks and concern among white farmers that South Africa may go down the route of neighbouring Zimbabwe and Zambia where land is being unilaterally seized by the government and its supporters.
Read more about this topic: Economic History Of South Africa
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