RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS AS PART OF LAND REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA

Abstract

This essay examines the South African restitution process through a Minor Field Study conducted in South Africa. Restitution means compensation, and is in this case referring to the process of giving back land to the people that were dispossessed during the years of apartheid in South Africa. We have tried to investigate how the process functions, and its capacity to reach the goals that were instituted. In addition, we have compared the results to modern human rights regulations in the African Charter of Human Rights, to see whether South African land law is in accordance with the international rules in this matter.