Skip to main content
Back to Land Rights in Africa archive

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

June 2020
The Conversation (Ben Cousins)

Land reform is a political necessity in South Africa, but since 1994 it has encountered many difficulties and progress has been slow. Elites have captured many of the benefits. A recent CBPEP study chaired by Ben Cousins focused on the potential contribution of redistributive land reform to employment creation. It breaks new ground.