Purpose

The Government of South Africa, in 1997, embarked on the land redistribution programme in some communities to address the land ownership injustices suffered by indigenous during the apartheid regime. The objective of this study is to assess the socio-economic experiences of communities that have benefitted from the government's land redistribution programme in the Greater Kokstad Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed a qualitative research methodology. The population of interest comprised two communities (Franklin and Makhoba) located within the Greater Kokstad Municipality. A purposefully selected sampling technique was used to select the relevant land beneficiaries to form part of the study's sample. An interview guide made up of both closed-ended and open-ended questions was used to solicit information from the participants.

Findings

The findings revealed that the key social-economic variables, such as the living standards of the beneficiaries, have not yet experienced much improvement. Moreover, it became evident that some socio-economic aspects such as food security, low-cost housing, basic services, wealth (land), transport, infrastructure and training had improved somewhat; although other similar aspects such as total household incomes, unemployment, general community safety and corruption had not improved.

Practical implications

It can, therefore, be concluded that all socio-economic aspects of beneficiaries' lives had not improved/changed entirely; thus, the experiences of the land redistribution beneficiaries of the Greater Kokstad Municipality represent a mixed bag of major failures and minor successes. The study recommends some policy improvement on the land redistribution programme such as an increase in the combined budgets of the land redistribution and tenure reform programmes and the revision of the proceeds paid to landowners from market value to production value, which if adopted by the government, will help address the deficiencies in socio-economic benefit of the programme to the beneficiaries in the communities.

Originality/value

The findings give an insight into the effectiveness of the government's land redistribution programme to the beneficiaries' socio-economic lives and areas where the government needs to improve to make the project a success. The paper also adds to the literature in terms of knowledge and may serve as a reference for future studies in this area.

中文翻译：

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南非大科克斯塔德市土地重新分配对受益人的社会经济影响

目的

南非政府于 1997 年在一些社区开始了土地重新分配计划，以解决种族隔离制度期间土著人遭受的土地所有权不公正问题。本研究的目的是评估从南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省大科克斯塔德市政府的土地再分配计划中受益的社区的社会经济经验。

设计/方法/方法

该研究采用了定性研究方法。感兴趣的人口包括位于大科克斯塔德市内的两个社区（富兰克林和马霍巴）。有目的地选择的抽样技术被用来选择相关的土地受益人，以构成研究样本的一部分。由封闭式和开放式问题组成的访谈指南用于向参与者征求信息。

发现

调查结果显示，关键的社会经济变量，例如受益人的生活水平，尚未有太大改善。此外，食品安全、低成本住房、基本服务、财富（土地）、交通、基础设施和培训等一些社会经济方面显然有所改善；尽管家庭总收入、失业、一般社区安全和腐败等其他类似方面没有改善。

实际影响

因此，可以得出结论，受益人生活的所有社会经济方面并未完全改善/改变；因此，大科克斯塔德市土地再分配受益人的经历代表了重大失败和次要成功的混合包。该研究建议对土地再分配计划进行一些政策改进，例如增加土地再分配和使用权改革计划的合并预算，并将支付给土地所有者的收益从市场价值修正为生产价值，如果政府采纳，将有助于解决该计划对社区受益人的社会经济利益的不足。

原创性/价值

调查结果深入了解政府的土地重新分配计划对受益人的社会经济生活和政府需要改进以使项目取得成功的领域的有效性。该论文还对文献进行了补充，可以作为该领域未来研究的参考。