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new developments on their land. Apparently, this confirmation only
referred to the absence of the protest by White owners who were
originally granted those farms. Apparently, the White authorities only
expected protest from the White owners, not the Black communities who
were totally ignored when surveying, granting and implementing
whatever they planned on the Makgabeng lands. After all, protest by
Blacks was ruthlessly repressed.
To legislate the findings of the SANAC on Black land issues, the Natives
Land Act of 1913 (Act no. 27) was passed. It was meant “to make further
provision as to the purchase and leasing of land by Natives and other
persons in the several parts of the Union and for the other purposes in
connection with the ownership and occupation of land by Natives and
other persons” 402 . One of the major provisions of this Act was the transfer
of large tracts of land into the White owners’ hands. All the farms in the
Makgabeng area were transferred into the Pietersburg District. And
again, all those farms were given new numbers 403 under which they were
transferred 404 .
402 The Natives Land Act of 1913 (Act no. 27), Section 1.
403 Barenen 1013.
Bayswater 1091.
Bonna Esperance 1088.
Cracow 993.
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