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Ariel Levy
Who Owns South Africa?
A fiercely debated program of land reform could address racial injustice – or cause chaos.
The New Yorker, 2019
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Land reform is a key issue in addressing South Africa’s vast economic disparities between black and whites.
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In South Africa today, 72% of the country’s arable land belongs to whites, who account for only 9% of the total population. In this in-depth essay, Ariel Levy aptly navigates current political debates around land reform. The vast disparity in land ownership between blacks and whites has become a hotly contested political issue, she reports. While the radical left calls for the nationalization of the country’s farmlands, far-right groups warn of the impending mass expropriation of white farmers. Meanwhile, moderates look for alternative ways to lift the country’s millions of poor blacks out of poverty.
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Ariel Levy is an American author and staff writer at The New Yorker magazine.
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