In South Africa, as in other parts of the continent and beyond; land claims on nature conservation
land have in many cases become part and parcel of Community-Based Conservation (CBC) and
related discourses such as Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). This
thesis investigates key socio-spatial and political dynamics involved in the acquisition of private
game farms by land reform beneficiaries. This acquisition of private game farms by land reform
beneficiaries has in many cases given rise to the so called community game farms/reserves. The
two community game farms/reserves studied here are the Ngome Community Game Reserve and
Nqabayamaswazi Game Farm in KwaZulu-Natal. The two community game farms are managed
by community trusts in partnership with the KZN Hunting and Conservation Association
(KZNHCA), a private partner which has in return gained hunting rights on the community game
farms. From a scientific wildlife management context, the role of KZNHCA in community game
farms is based on a need to transfer âexpertâ wildlife management skills to land beneficiaries. In
the process, KZNHCA seeks to align community game farms with their previous status as
private game farms in terms of economic benefit and wildlife conservation. But, is it realistic to
expect that community game farms will resume their old form, from a time when they were
managed as family businesses, holiday homes and leisure havens? The thesis explores the
processes involved in the continuation of game farming by land beneficiaries and the extent to
which community game farming was âimposedâ on beneficiary communities by their
representatives, namely: community trusts, chiefs and the former DLA for continuities in land
use and âwildlife productionâ- after the land transfer. The role of chiefs in community game
farming is explained by paying close attention to their vanguard roles in land reform, leading to
an increase of land under their control. Land beneficiary perceptionsâ towards this role of chiefs
raises important questions of democracy in the countryside against provisions of the Communal
Property Association (CPA) Act partly designed to curtail the power of chiefs on land acquired
through land reform.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ufs/oai:etd.uovs.ac.za:etd-05312013-124613 |
| Date | 31 May 2013 |
| Creators | Ngubane, Mnqobi Mthandeni |
| Contributors | Dr SJ Brooks |
| Publisher | University of the Free State |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en-uk |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-05312013-124613/restricted/ |
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