The Anglo-Boer War, Natal Afrikaners and issues concerning land (original) (raw)
In post-Apartheid South Africa the question of land is one of the central issues or challenges facing society. One of the regions where farmers, the authorities and claimants have to deal with the land issue, is in Northern KwaZulu-Natal that is the area to the east of the Buffalo ...
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