Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... land and homesteads ' Today the old system has been modified . With the stabilization of tribal and location boundaries and the increase in population causing pressure on the land ( the population density is estimated at 82 persons per ...
... land and homesteads ' Today the old system has been modified . With the stabilization of tribal and location boundaries and the increase in population causing pressure on the land ( the population density is estimated at 82 persons per ...
Page 231
... land was plentiful , a man could find land almost anywhere he chose . But today things are different . The people have increased ( a matter of pride ) but the land is small ( a matter of regret ) . Neither headman nor chief any more ...
... land was plentiful , a man could find land almost anywhere he chose . But today things are different . The people have increased ( a matter of pride ) but the land is small ( a matter of regret ) . Neither headman nor chief any more ...
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... LAND The idea of ownership of land was foreign to the Cape Nguni . Everyone was entitled to cultivate a portion , and the chief would settle disputes . This is still the case over a large area of the present Transkei and Ciskei , but in ...
... LAND The idea of ownership of land was foreign to the Cape Nguni . Everyone was entitled to cultivate a portion , and the chief would settle disputes . This is still the case over a large area of the present Transkei and Ciskei , but in ...
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