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White authorities favoured them as they obeyed and followed the rules of
acquiring land “legally” while the White landowners made huge profits
from land which to them was granted gratis 424 . The White landowners
reaped huge profits because most of the farms were sold for staggering
figures of over thousands of pounds, the prices which were very high by
the monetary standards of the 1940s.
Besides these Blacks who actively advocated and led the movement of
the purchase of farms, there were those who followed and joined the
pioneering leaders of this phenomenon. This section of followers was
convinced by the persuasive views of those who led the purchases, and
they succumbed and joined in. The majority of these people were not
literate and they looked upon the pioneers of the purchasing movement
with confidence, and were convinced that the purchase of farms was the
correct route to take. These people were also mostly non-Christians, but
nevertheless, they still believed that their literate Christian fellows were
leading them into the right direction 425 .
The third group of Blacks were those who were totally unaware of the
new developments which were directly affecting them with regard to land
424 Interview, Piet Ramoroka, Early Dawn village, 30 November 2002.
425 Interview, Piet Ramoroka, Early Dawn village, 30 November 2002.
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