Geography 12 Vulani I.H.S.
2023
2st Term EXAM PRACTICE
How to answer 8 marks QUESTIONS on Land Reform
QUESTION 1. In a paragraph (approximately 8 lines) discuss the challenges experienced in
implementing land reform in South Africa (4X2) (8)
QUESTION 2. “The apartheid era’s land ownership imbalance remains virtually unchanged
in the “NEW” South Africa
In a paragraph of approximately EIGHT lines, critically discuss challenges
associated with land reform that settlements A and B may experience
(4x2) (8)
QUESTION 3. Discuss how the implementation of land reform can affect South Africa’s
agricultural production (4X2) (8)
How to answer 4 marks QUESTIONS on Land Reform
QUESTION 1. Explain TWO ways in which the principle of the WSWB has impacted
negatively on land reform (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 2. Discuss TWO challenges/obstacles (excluding the WSWB) that have resulted
from the land Reform Programme (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 3. Suggest TWO reasons for including local communities in TSB Sugar Holding’s
land reform process (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 4. How should the Land Reform Programme introduced in the post-apartheid
South Africa benefit the Bakwena people (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 5. Discuss TWO challenges/obstacles that are associated with implementing the
Land Reform Programme successfully (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 6. Explain the difference between the land redistribution and land restitution
(2x2) (4)
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Possible Solutions for EIGHT MARKS QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1. Very costly process (2)
Takes time to resolve land claims disputes (2)
The willing seller, willing buyer clauses delays in negotiating prices (2)
Lack of training and support for new owner (2)
Land has been redistributed to some people who have no interest or
knowledge of agriculture (2)
Disagreement between government and traditional leaders in terms of
restoring land to communities (2)
The anticipated move from subsistence to commercial farming has not taken
place (2)
Land reform has not stimulated the economic growth of rural areas and
reduced poverty (2)
There are grey areas (gaps) in the land reform policies (2) (4X2) (8)
QUESTION 2. The willing buyer/seller clause can delay negotiating prices (2)
It takes time to resolve land claims disputes (2)
Lack of training and support for new farmers (2)
Disagreement between government and traditional leaders in terms of
restoring land to communities (2)
The anticipated move from subsistence to commercial has not taken place (2)
Land reform has not stimulated economic reform or rural areas and reduced
poverty (2) (4x2) (8)
QUESTION 3. NEGATIVE :
Re-allocated land may not be used productivity or be cultivated at all (2)
Redistribution of land might not stimulate economic growth (2)
Redistributed land is given to people without any agricultural knowledge (2)
Lack of support by the government in terms of skills training and finance (2)
Subsistence farming practices may lower agricultural output (2)
Lack of farming skills of new farmers may decrease agricultural output (2)
Lack of capital may result in decrease agricultural output (2)
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Infertile soil can result from bad soil management (2)
Some commercial farmers could abandon farming and enter other sectors of
economy (2)
Nepotism and corruption with regards to how land is redistributed could
decrease agricultural production (2)
POSITIVE:
Encourages more small-scale farmers to engage in farming (2)
Production from small-scale farmers can be cheaper compared to large-scale
farming (2)
If more people engage in farming it will reduce food insecurity (2)
Crop production can increase as more people have access to farmland (2)
Small scale-farming can reduce cost of food as they can provide competition
(2)
Exports from small-scale farmers can increase foreign exchange (2)
Subsistence farmers will have the opportunity to become commercial
farmers (2)
More people will be employed on farms and this will increase yields (2)
Can counteracts rural-urban migration and keep people in rural areas to be
employed on farms (2) (4x2) (8)
Possible Solutions for FOUR MARKS QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1. In the absence of compulsion (pressure) most land-owners have been
reluctant to sell to the state. (2)
There has been collusion between seller, land evaluators and government
/corruption, where market prices were inflated and purchases made very
expensive (2)
WSWB has resulted in land reform being delayed (2) (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 2. Land reforms has not stimulated the economic growth of rural areas (2)
Land reform has not alleviated poverty in rural areas and has not improved
the quality of life in rural areas (2)
There has been disagreement between government and traditional leaders in
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terms of restoring land (2)
Very costly process, time consuming to solve land claim disputes (2)
Lack of training and support for new land owners (2)
Limited financial assistances (2) (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 3. To win trust of communities (2)
To get full cooperation (2) (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 4. Will address injustices of apartheid (2)
Will promote economic growth (2)
Will alleviate/reduce poverty (2)
Provide means of employment (2)
Establish national reconciliation and stability (2)
The transfer of agricultural land to black people who cannot afford it (2)
(2X2) (4)
QUESTION 5. Land reform has not stimulated the economic growth of rural areas (2)
Land reform has not alleviate/reduce poverty in the rural areas and has not
improved the quality of life in rural areas (2)
Very costly process, time consuming to solve land claims disputes (2)
Lack of training and support for new land owners (2)
Limited financial assistance, subsidies, grants etc. (2)
There has been disagreement between the existing land owners and the
government (2)
There has been disagreement between government and traditional leaders in
terms of restoring land (2) (2X2) (4)
QUESTION 6. Land Redistribution is where state owned land is redistributed to previously
disadvantaged people (2)
Land Restitution refers to the process where people who were forcefully
removed from their land can claim their land back or be compensated
financially (2) (2x2) (4)
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