Part two | Land matters and historical distortions
In this second of a two-part series, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi highlights the causes of privation across generations of Black people and the myth of ANC commitment to land redistribution.
Stories by: Yvonne Phyllis
Part one | Land matters and historical distortions
In the first of a two-part series, advocate and author Tembeka Ngcukaitobi explains why ancestral land should not be a contentious issue and how labour tenure justifies ownership.
Part two | Patric Tariq Mellet on culture and identity
The Lie of 1652 is a decolonised history of land in South Africa. This is part two of a Q&A with the author, in which he speaks about cultural genocide and identity in the country.
Part one | Patric Tariq Mellet on slave towns
The Lie of 1652 is a richly textured book that calls for restorative memory and justice, and provides a decolonised history of land and identity in South Africa. This is part one of a Q&A with the author.