Land reform and SCHOOLof sustainable GOVERNMENT development in UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE South Africa’s Eastern Cape province Edited by Edward Lahiff Research report no. 14 Research report no. 14 Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province Edward Lahiff Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies October 2002 ‘It is not easy to challenge a chief’: Lessons from Rakgwadi Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province Edward Lahiff Published by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, School of Government, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, Cape Town. Tel: +27 21 959 3733. Fax: +27 21 959 3732. E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.uwc.ac.za/plaas An output of the Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa: Governance, institutions and policy processes (SLSA) project. SLSA is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and co-ordinated by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK), in co-operation with researchers from the Overseas Development Institute (UK), IUCN (Mozambique), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), the University of Zimbabwe, and PLAAS (University of the Western Cape, South Africa). Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies Research report no. 14 ISBN 1-86808-568-6 October 2002 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or means, without prior permission from the publisher or the author. Copy editor: Stephen Heyns Cover photograph: