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The problem of land in South Africa is very old. It had roots in apartheid where 
around 90% of fertile farming land and land for pasture was stolen from the native 
and black populations, and given to white people. Since then, this resource was not 
returned to its owners, and continues in the most part in the possession of white 
farmers. 
 
Today this situation perpetuates the segregation among white people and the black 
majority that was forced to leave their land to live further from the farms and cities. 
During the transition period, the government of the ANC and the regime of apartheid 
dealt with many subjects that were concerned with the future of South Africa, such 
as the reconciliation of the parties, possession of social assets and equal rights for 
the treatment of blacks and whites, and many others. However, the treaty of agrarian 
reform failed. As a consequence of this many South Africans are without land to 
farm. While the people suffer, the white farmers continue to produce for export, 
making South Africa to be considered at a regional level, the largest supplier of 
agricultural products. Nobody is concerned with the majority of the poor population 
starving in a &ldquo;producer country&rdquo;. 
 
This contributes to the demands of the population for the need for agrarian reform 
and against the decisions of their government. For example in 1993, at the height of 
the transition the government decided not to expropriate land from the hands of 
white farmers, but said that anyone who had money could buy it. What it signifies is 
that there were never clear expectations of the population to one day receive this 
common asset as part of their rights as citizens. 
 
This measure created the so-called black rural elite, that supported by the decision of 
the party, began to entice poor families to sell their lands at unfair prices. This is 
what led families to remain more and more poor, finding themselves in a situation of 
dependency, subject to precarious work conditions, like for example being a 
domestic worker and working on farms, etc. 
 
In the attempt to defend the rights of the poor population, currently without land to 
farm, Julius Malema, President of the African National Congress Youth League 
(ANC), defends that it is the government alone that has the responsibilty of 
expropriating lands from the hands of farmers, and to give them immediately to the 
legitimate owners &ndash; the black population. For him this is the only way that you can 
avoid the demands on the part of the people against their government and revenge 
crime (murder of farmers) that is currently registered on South African farms. In 
spite of this no step was taken. 
 
Therefore, the question of land in South Africa is very serious and accompanies the 
history of South Africans. To understand that, this task gives you the opportunity to 
deepen your knowledge based on the available files. 
 
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