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How did the native Land of 1913 impact on land distribution of south africa

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The Natives' Land Act of 1913 defined less than one-tenth of South Africa as Black “reserves” and prohibited any purchase or lease of land by Blacks outside the reserves.

The law also restricted the terms of tenure under which Blacks could live on white-owned farms."

The Act became law on 19 June 1913 limiting African land ownership to 7 percent and later 13 percent through the 1936 Native Trust and Land Act of South Africa.

Delving into this awakening, it seems that, 100 years ago, the Natives Land Act of 1913 created socio-economic injustice in terms of poverty and dispossession of land from black South Africans.

The theme of socio-economic injustice and land enjoys the attention of several scholars in South Africa.

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