South Africa: Problematic Assumptions Raise Questions About South Africa's New Land Reform Plan

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The South African government recently announced a plan to allocate 700,000 hectares of state land to black farmers. Exactly how many farms and beneficiaries this will involve is unclear.

But there's a huge amount wrong with the idea.

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