Contents

1 The chapter at a glance

2 Understanding an evidence-based approach

2.1 The SDC approach

2.2 Presenting the evidence

3 Restitution

3.1 The disjuncture between the Act and the coding of claims in LandBase

3.2 Overview of process used to manipulate the LandBase data

3.2.1 General cleaning and preparing

3.2.2 The limitations of the LandBase dataset

3.3 Findings in respect of Restitution

3.4 Comparison of LandBase data with information provided by RLCCs

3.5 Strategy implications

3.6 The findings of overview studies

3.6.1 Rural Restitution review

3.6.2 Land Restitution in South Africa: Our achievements and challenges

3.6.3 DLA’s ten-year review of land reform

3.6.4 The CASE research

3.7 Diagnostic studies to assess the impact of Restitution on livelihoods

3.7.1 Bjatladi

3.7.2 Klipgat

3.7.3 Dwesa-Cwebe

3.7.4 Covie

3.7.5 eMpangisweni

3.7.6 Groenfontein

3.7.7 Conclusions: Emerging trends in livelihood impacts

3.8 Key issues emerging from the SDC learning programme

3.8.1 Issues surfaced by the foundation course

3.8.2 Field-based learning sessions

3.9 Project support interventions

3.9.1 Project summaries

3.10 Provincial consultations

3.10.1 Current constraints and proposed strategies

3.10.2 Functional alignment and spatial integration

3.10.3 Strategies proposed during consultations

3.10.4 Capacity and capabilities in communities, local government and government departments (provincial and national)

3.10.5 Strategies proposed

3.10.6 Issues of human settlement and NRM

3.10.7 Constraints on developing enterprises and drawing livelihoods from the land

3.10.8 Strategies to improve livelihoods and enterprise support

3.10.9 Conclusion

3.11 Analysing the evidence: Initial conclusions

4 LRAD, Commonage and share equity

4.1 Statistics: Redistribution, LTA, ESTA and tenure upgrading

4.2 Commonage statistics

4.3 SDC statistical review

4.4 The findings of overview studies

4.4.1 Early land reform: Perspectives on what ‘went wrong’

4.4.2 DLA Quality of Life surveys

4.4.3 LRAD case studies

4.4.4 Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs LRAD Review

4.4.5 NDA review of Free State projects

4.4.6 Audit of all land reform projects in North West

4.4.7 District case studies

4.4.8 Besters case study

4.5 Field-based learning findings: LRAD and Commonage

4.5.1 Algeria, Western Cape

4.5.2 Cedar Estates Share Equity, Western Cape

4.5.3 Basotho Letjhabile, Free State

4.5.4 Phomolong Commonage, Free State

4.5.5 KwaZanele Commonage, Mpumalanga

4.5.6 Ilanga Liphuma, Mpumalanga

4.5.7 Ritchie Commonage, Northern Cape

4.5.8 Ditaung LRAD project, Northern Cape

4.5.9 Bonita Park Women Small Farmers, Northern Cape

4.5.10 ARC analysis of LRAD projects on the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme

4.5.11 An economic assessment of the projects reviewed

5 Cross-cutting issues and points of convergence

5.1 Unintended consequences of Project Gijima

5.2 Uncertainty about mandates

5.3 Intergovernmental relations

5.4 A mismatch between internal capacity and skills and the scale of the task

5.5 Project versus area-based planning

5.6 Membership, rights and equitable access

5.7 Communal property institutions

5.8 HIV/Aids

5.9 Gender dimensions

5.10 Inadequate capacity development

5.10.1 The inadequacy of current capacity development approaches

5.11 Information management and M&E

5.12 Communications

6 Developing strategy from the evidence

6.1 Reviewing Restitution

6.2 Assessing LRAD and Commonage

6.3 Identifying commonalities

6.4 Transforming evidence into the building blocks of strategy

7 Chapter references