ABSTRACT This paper argues that land alienation that occurred in the Tati District (North East District) of Botswana can best be returned to its original inhabitants through land restitution. This is because the Tati is unique from other districts in that other districts did not suffer from severe or intense colonial land alienation, whilst the Tati, in many ways, resembled the overcrowded and impoverished African reserves of the settler dominated territories of Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa, which had large prosperous farms for white farmers. It holds that a historical wrong was committed in the Tati and that this justifies land restitution. The paper concurs with the contention that the Market Based Land Reform (MBLR) programme which adopts the ‘Willing Buyer–Willing Seller’ (WBWS) approach adopted by the Botswana government since independence to ease the land shortage in the Tati District has not succeeded. The land restitution process in South Africa is used as a case for adoption in Tati. The paper acknowledges the complexities of the process there, and proposes that the situation in Botswana is somewhat different. It is argued that in Botswana, the economic empowerment measures that are currently in place, particularly the agricultural schemes would to a large extent overcome some of the major challenges of land restitution in the Tati.

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土地归还与博茨瓦纳东北部社区，1889-2012

摘要 本文认为，博茨瓦纳塔蒂区（东北区）发生的土地异化可以通过土地归还的方式最好地归还给原居民。这是因为塔蒂与其他地区的独特之处在于其他地区没有遭受严重或强烈的殖民土地异化，而塔蒂在许多方面类似于定居者控制的津巴布韦、肯尼亚和肯尼亚领土的过度拥挤和贫困的非洲保护区。南非，那里有供白人农民使用的大型繁荣农场。它认为在塔蒂犯了历史错误，这证明了土地归还是合理的。该文件同意博茨瓦纳政府自独立以来为缓解塔蒂区土地短缺而采用的“自愿买方-自愿卖方”（WBWS）方法的市场化土地改革（MBLR）计划尚未成功的论点。南非的土地归还过程被用作塔蒂领养的案例。该文件承认那里的过程的复杂性，并提出博茨瓦纳的情况有所不同。有人认为，在博茨瓦纳，目前采取的经济赋权措施，特别是农业计划，将在很大程度上克服塔蒂地区土地归还的一些主要挑战。南非的土地归还过程被用作塔蒂领养的案例。该文件承认那里的过程的复杂性，并提出博茨瓦纳的情况有所不同。有人认为，在博茨瓦纳，目前采取的经济赋权措施，特别是农业计划，将在很大程度上克服塔蒂地区土地归还的一些主要挑战。南非的土地归还过程被用作塔蒂领养的案例。该文件承认那里的过程的复杂性，并提出博茨瓦纳的情况有所不同。有人认为，在博茨瓦纳，目前采取的经济赋权措施，特别是农业计划，将在很大程度上克服塔蒂地区土地归还的一些主要挑战。