Dysfunctional Communal Property Associations in South Africa: The Elandskloof Case. Michael Barry University of Calgary. FIG Working Week Eilat 2009

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Dysfunctional Communal Property Associations in South Africa: The Elandskloof Case Michael Barry University of Calgary FIG Working Week Eilat 2009 Outline Political Context Communal Property Association pro restitution and reform? History Reflective Analysis Lessons: law, policy, practice

My Role -Advisor -Researcher -Surveyor South Africa Post 1994: A Post Conflict Situation? Zimbabwe Botswana Namibia Transvaal Mozambique Swaziland Free State Lesotho Natal Atlantic OCean Cape Province Cape Town Indian Ocean N km 0 250 500 750 1000 Spatial, Institutional and Demographic change in government. Deliver now!!! Land tenure security equates to political stability

Communal Property Associations Communal Property Associations Act 28 of 1996 (CPA Act) A need for specific legal entities for group or collective ownership for land reform and restitution CPA registered to hold, acquire and manage property for collective benefit. Membership list and membership criteria Management Committee elected and Constitution drawn up Effective, democratic governance must be demonstrated to Director General Agriculture and Land Affairs satisfaction Can be placed under administration or dissolved.

Arable land - 300ha of 3100ha in total Limited water supply

Elandskloof History Reconstructing the Community Communal Property Association (CPA) constitution was adopted in October 1996 A management committee of nine is elected for two years mandated to adjudicate membership of the CPA manage the assets of the Association resettle the community provide appropriate infrastructure, housing and other social services develop agriculture and other economic opportunities

Reconstructing the Community Definition of the different rights to allocate Establishment of a register of who qualifies for different land rights Creation, administration and policing of different rules Insufficient arable land - 300ha of 3100ha in total Reconstructing the Community Planning and decision making was done by the committee Conjunction with planning consultants (SetPlan) and an NGO (Surplus People s Project) initial 7 months brief Meetings of all claimants to membership were held on the site at regular intervals

Squatters on their own land. Allendale group occupied land before rules could be established Membership Initial claim to Advisory Commission on Land Allocation 125 families in early 90 s List of 308 beneficiaries in Land Claims Court ruling in 1996 By 1997, 350 families had their names on the register, membership then restricted to: Those and all their direct descendants who were part of the original Elandskloof community Those who left prior to eviction and/or one decendant By June 2007 membership not finalised; 76 families on site.

Reconstructing the Community Groups / factions formed according to family ties, geographic areas (e.g. Allendale), class/education, and political affiliations. Major conflicts over membership, legitimacy of the committee, legitimacy of the decision-making processes, and status of certain individuals at general meetings Many decisions that were ratified at general meetings were later challenged and ultimately certain groups chose to ignore them No taxation system or communal land use rules

External factors In 1999 - new Minister of Land Affairs Change in emphasis in land tenure policy. Numerous changes in government institutions and personnel who were responsible for Elandskloof Promises that had been made to the Elandskloof community were not kept housing, services, training, utilities Unfulfilled expectations resulted in anger and frustration in the dealings with the authorities Dysfunctionality & Adminsitration Elandskloof became dysfunctional Placed under Administration of Land Affairs 2005 2009 Friends of Elandskloof left Interviews in 2007 what are the problems; how do you see this place in 10 or 20 years; what will you do if the state offers no further assistance? State must stop lying and fulfill its promises; bitterly disappointed. Restitution means getting back what you lost, not just the land But if you don t work you don t eat.

CONCLUDING REMARKS Participatory development - problems, limitations and frustrations Reconstructing a community - difficult to arrive at a set of clear, coherent objectives for a settlement. Rules? Who agrees? Who enforces? What do we do if consensus cannot be reached? Some 50% of new business ventures fail; land restitution is far more complex and pressures on leaders are far greater. Where do you find such a legitimate leader? Trauma counselling and emphasis on responsibilities are critical Community coherence centred around victim consciousness; internal strife created a second wave of this as insufficient land. Second wave of securing power by portraying themselves as victims extinguishing rights of other claimants. Must be system where community members contribute; use or lose membership.. But how do you evict a transgressor?