The Land Shall Be Shared Among Those Who Work It!
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"The Land Shall Be Shared Among Those Who Work It!" is a key clause of South Africa’s Freedom Charter that demands equitable land redistribution and ownership for those who labor on it, challenging apartheid-era dispossession.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clause of the Freedom Charter
ⓘ
land reform principle ⓘ political slogan ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
ending forced removals
ⓘ
land redistribution to those who work the land ⓘ security of tenure for farm workers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African National Congress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Congress of the People (1955) NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-apartheid movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| dateFormulated | 1955 ⓘ |
| documentSection | land clause of the Freedom Charter ⓘ |
| documentTypeContext | charter of demands ⓘ |
| formulatedAt | Congress of the People (Kliptown) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | declarative statement ⓘ |
| historicalContext | apartheid South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
African nationalism
ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ democratic socialism ⓘ |
| influenced |
South African constitutional discourse on land
ⓘ
post-apartheid land reform debates in South Africa ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| moralPrinciple | those who labor on land should benefit from it ⓘ |
| opposes |
apartheid-era land dispossession
ⓘ
racially exclusive land ownership ⓘ |
| partOf | Freedom Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
dismantling racial patterns of land ownership
ⓘ
redistribution of agricultural land ⓘ restoration of land to dispossessed communities ⓘ |
| region | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightsConcerned |
economic rights
ⓘ
land rights ⓘ property rights ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
reversal of colonial land dispossession
ⓘ
struggle for land justice in South Africa ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
black South African rural communities
ⓘ
farm workers ⓘ landless peasants ⓘ |
| theme |
agrarian justice
ⓘ
anti-dispossession ⓘ economic justice ⓘ equitable land redistribution ⓘ land ownership ⓘ |
| usedBy | liberation movements in South Africa ⓘ |
| usedIn | political education in anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ |
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