ABSTRACT Land redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa is a problem that has caused division and violence in the country. Particularly, the dispossession of land suffered by many Africans in South Africa and the failure of land redistribution programmes has led to a variety of protests. In this article, we analyse whether, in light of Nelson Mandela’s thought, these protests are morally justified. The point is not to contend that Mandela’s thought is correct. Instead, it is to understand what the implications of Mandela’s ideas are for the land question in South Africa today. According to Mandela’s political thought, we maintain that some forms of protest could be morally justified even if they involve property violation and symbolic destruction. However, excessively violent and radical protests would not be considered legitimate. The more violent and radical protests violate Mandela’s principles of a gradual increase of violence and of preserving future-friendly race relations. In contrast, some of the property violation and symbolic destruction protests do not disregard these principles.

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从纳尔逊·曼德拉的政治思想看南非的土地问题

摘要 种族隔离后南非的土地重新分配是一个导致该国分裂和暴力的问题。特别是南非许多非洲人遭受的土地被剥夺以及土地再分配计划的失败，引发了各种抗议。在本文中，我们分析，根据纳尔逊曼德拉的思想，这些抗议在道德上是否合理。重点不是要争辩说曼德拉的想法是正确的。相反，它是要了解曼德拉的想法对当今南非的土地问题有何影响。根据曼德拉的政治思想，我们认为某些形式的抗议在道德上是合理的，即使它们涉及财产侵犯和象征性破坏。然而，过度暴力和激进的抗议不会被认为是合法的。更加暴力和激进的抗议违反了曼德拉逐步增加暴力和维护对未来友好的种族关系的原则。相比之下，一些侵犯财产和象征性破坏的抗议活动并没有无视这些原则。