<div dir="ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>Perhaps it was published here before and I missed it, but are there any free / public datasets (GIS ones of course!) that indicate where the contested land parcels are?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@airphotoafrica.co.za" target="_blank">chris@airphotoafrica.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Aslam ,<br>
<br>
With due respect .......<br>
<br>
I had a look at your links and I am afraid I came away with the<br>
impression that the RDLA effort is all pure progaganda -- geared to an<br>
election next year..Talking about van Riebeck and colonialism ( of a<br>
special type ) nearly four hundred years after the event , shows how far<br>
some have drifted from the spirit of "Ubuntu" , Mandela and the Freedom<br>
Charter. ( Yes I can also read and understand "comrade-speak" ! ) I am<br>
sure many , less well read in the REAL history are going to come away<br>
with the crudely simplistic impression -- Very bad White man stole good<br>
peace loving black mans land -- perhaps this is the message that the<br>
ruling party intends they should have ? Apart from "open-eyes" I would<br>
think that people should also have "open-minds" ?<br>
<br>
As you know I have been doing some reading on this issue and the<br>
associated history. Without claiming to have any expert knowledge on the<br>
subject and not having been directly affected ( I am not a land owner ) I<br>
found the pages referenced did not contain anything that I would consider<br>
educational -- at least in any sense of offering a detailed intellectual<br>
unbiased account. ( and when are people going to learn that if<br>
information is behind a "sign-in-and-come-and-join-us" *Facebook* then I<br>
am really not interested ) -- BTW it appears you have 57 "likes' ? I am<br>
not sure if that says anything significant ?<br>
<br>
There are detailed accounts ( documents ) that are extant and which a bit<br>
of searching will reveal.<br>
<br>
I refer to the work of Professor Harvey M Feinberg [ with Andre Horn<br>
University of Pretoria ]<br>
<br>
and an even more detailed account presented in the Masters thesis of<br>
Patricia Grattan Dickson<br>
<br>
"The Natives Land Act .1913: It's Antecedants , Passage and Reception"<br>
<br>
University of Cape Town December 1970<br>
<br>
Which looks at original source records like HANSARD and official<br>
Government documentation.<br>
<br>
Then there are the papers read at the LandDivided2013 Conference that<br>
was held recently , also at UCT<br>
<br>
Papers like that of Prof Peter Delius and William Beinart ( who if they<br>
are reading this should get their paper out of draft form and onto the<br>
LandDivided website )<br>
<br>
In short -- I see lots of emotion and very little REAL coverage of the<br>
very complex and multi layered issues.<br>
<br>
History ( especially when the issues are so sensitive ) needs to be<br>
RIGOROUS !<br>
<br>
For all the politicking , the money could rather have been given to<br>
something like<br>
<br>
[the] African Centre for Food Security<br>
<br>
<a href="http://acfs.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx" target="_blank">http://acfs.ukzn.ac.za/Homepage.aspx</a><br>
<br>
That said , I do intend to visit the "show" if / when it gets to UKZN<br>
<br>
<br>
CM<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 1 Aug 2013 at 8:50, Aslam Parker wrote:<br>
<br>
> Please circulate this to members.<br>
<br>
> >>>>>>><br>
> Dear members of GISSA/SAGI/OSGEO<br>
><br>
> As you know the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has put a<br>
> major interactive exhibition on the effects of the Native Land Act and<br>
> other Apartheid Legislation on human settlements and society. It is now at<br>
> Nasrec in Gauteng and will move to every province of the country. I<br>
> strongly recommend that you visit this free exhibition and encourage<br>
> colleagues and family to attend as well.<br>
><br>
> To unlock access to Facebook and other social media, like our Facebook<br>
> page on Facebook/reversingthelegacy and follow us on Twitter<br>
> @reversinglegacy #sa1913land act.<br>
><br>
> Also check out these You Tube links<br>
> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXqnDdaeJo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXqnDdaeJo</a> ,<br>
> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L3kYeseFpQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L3kYeseFpQ</a> ,<br>
> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3NKcTsa1aUto" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3NKcTsa1aUto</a> catch up on the latest<br>
> developments taking place at the 1913 Natives’ Land Act Exhibition.<br>
> Visit the Reversing the Legacy of the 1913 Natives’ Land Act website on<br>
> <a href="http://www.reversingthelegacy.org" target="_blank">www.reversingthelegacy.org</a> for more information on the exhibition. To view<br>
> the clip on the eNCA go to<br>
> <a href="http://www.enca.com/exhibition-set-open-eyes-about-native-land-act" target="_blank">http://www.enca.com/exhibition-set-open-eyes-about-native-land-act</a><br>
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