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y the 1936 Act in which trust farms such as Bays Water and Windhoek
were added to people to alleviate congestion.
One of the results of the White governments’ land policies was the
overcrowding of people and livestock on land reserved for Blacks. The
“native locations” could no longer provide for agricultural needs anymore,
because there wasn’t enough pasturage and water. As already alluded to
earlier, most Black communities lived on farms owned by White
individuals, farmers and companies. On these farms, Blacks were
subjected to forced and unpaid labour while on other farms, particularly
those owned by companies, they were forced to pay rents and taxes. All
these further worsened the situation of Blacks who were reeling from
their loss of land and livestock.
Another factor which added to dissatisfaction among Black communities
on farms on which they were tenants, was the change of farm ownership.
In some instances, when a farm owner sold his farm, the next owner
might bring his new ways of running that farm, which in most cases were
not palatable to the original tenants. Religion also fuelled discontent on
Black reserves. Christians were in constant friction with Christians of
other denominations, as well as with those who were not Christians. The
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