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held by the Lebowa homeland government, and each had a title deed
number 507 .
In the homelands, communal tenure was officially defined by
Proclamation R188 of 1969 as “unsurveyed land” or “permission” to
occupy” 508 . Under the Proclamation, a male person held rights to various
land allotments for residential use, arable farming and grazing 509 . People
did not legally own their residential and arable allotments. Rather they
were allowed the right of occupation and cultivation subject to conditions
stipulated by the homeland authorities. This was also applicable to the
Makgabeng farms.
Other plans which the homeland authorities brought to the rural lands
such as those in Makgabeng, included the so-called “betterment”, which
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1. Barenen T 21448/1944.
2. Bayswater T 2209/1947.
3. Carlsruhe T 4928/1929.
4. Groenepunt T 2209/1947.
5. Harrietswish T 7562/1958.
6. Langbryde T 11275/1948.
7. Lomonside T 8148/1921.
8. Millbank T 8148/1921.
9. Old Langsyne T 33786/1947.
10. Rosamond T 2209/1947.
11. Schoengezicht T 14139/1947.
508 J. van Zyl et al (ed), Agricultural Land Reform, p. 58.
509 J. van Zyl et al (ed), Agricultural Land Reform, p. 58.
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