Land Act
How did hunger levels in the former homelands catch up with the rest of South Africa? A hundred years after the Land Act of 1913
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Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar on 14 January 2014
A century after the Land Act of 1913, and 20 years after the abolition of homelands, differences in poverty persist between the former homeland areas and the rest of South Africa. However, remarkably, hunger gaps between the former homelands and other regions have been eliminated in the post-apartheid era. The main cause has been the disproportionately high number of persons eligible for social grants in the former homelands, rather than increased food production or higher labour market incomes due to land reform.