Land divided

Ben Cousins is an emeritus professor and a Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation (DST/NRF) research chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. Cherryl Walker is a professor of sociology and social anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch. She is the author of Landmarked.

• Looking Back: The historical legacy: Peter Delius and William Beinart: The Natives Land Act of 1913: Historical context and contemporary significance; Henry Bernstein: The different agrarian worlds of 1913 and 2013: Implications for land policy today; Jacob Dlamini: Edward Tsewu and the struggle for African property ownership: Rethinking the history of the 1913 Natives Land Act; Paul Hendler: The planning and unplanning of urban space, 1913-2013; Tim Hoffman: Changing patterns of rural land use and land cover in twentieth-century South Africa; Antjie Krog: 'Baas van die plaas': Identities of land disdain; Aninka Claassens: Law, land and custom, 1913-2013: What is at stake today?. Looking forward: current and future challenges: Ruth Hall: Mapping ANC policy development on land and agrarian reform since 1994; Sipho Pityana: The Constitution, the 'land question', citizenship and redress; Theo de Jager: Aligning land reform and the transformation of commercial agriculture; Maano Ramutsindela: Land conservation: A de facto land reform 'policy'?; Michael Aliber (UWC): The 'willing buyer/willing seller' approach to land reform: Opportunities and limitations; Mazibuko Jara: Towards an agrarian reform agenda; Cherryl Walker: Whither land restitution?; Charlie Shackleton and Sheona Shackleton: Sustainable land and agrarian reform: The importance of eco-systems services; Ben Cousins: Beyond the National Development Plan: Land and agrarian reform for 2030.