In order to have a fuller understanding of the policy implementation challenges facing
land restitution in conservation areas, this research identifies and analyses the
perspectives in the literature on policy implementation. The study explains how the land
restitution programme emerged as a policy solution to the legacy of a deep historical
racial divide regarding land ownership in South. Africa. However, it explores the
implication of this on the conservation of the environment. The study shows that
reconciling land restitution on conservation areas is a complex process, owing, partially
to two different and conflicting policies namely the, Restitution of Land Rights Act (Act
22 of 1994) and the National Forest Act (Act 84 of 1998).
The researcher has explored the policy implementation challenges encountered in
reconciling land restitution in the Dukuduku forest located within the Greater St Lucia
Wetland Park which has official World Heritage Site status situated in northern
KwaZulu-Natal. The study should show how the ongoing conflict between Department
of Water Affairs and Forestry, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and
the occupants of Dukuduku forest revolves around issues of land ownership pertaining
Dukuduku forest, a forest which is one of the few indigenous forests left in South Africa.
It concludes that policy implementation is a complex process, especially when two
divergent policy objectives Restitution of Land Rights Act (Act 22 of 1994) and the
National Forest Act (Act 84 of 1998) and are sought. A formulated conceptual
framework for the study, public policy analysis and policy implementation models will
be discussed to provide a clear perspective on policy implementation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/5023 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Gonyora, Ruvimbo. |
| Contributors | Stanton, Anne. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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