Die Groot Suid-Afrikaanse Grond Skandaal by Dr Philip Du Toit

Die Groot Suid-Afrikaanse Grond Skandaal (Afrikaans First Edition on South African Land Reform)

An Afrikaans critique of post-1994 land reform and its effects on commercial farming and food security

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Die Groot Suid-Afrikaanse Grond Skandaal
• Author: Dr Philip Du Toit
• Publisher: Legacy Publications, Centurion
• Publication Date: 2004
• ISBN-13: 9780620321846
• ISBN-10: 0620321849
• Edition Details: Eerste Uitgawe (First Edition), March 2004.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a colour photograph of an informal settlement and red and yellow lettering.
• Physical Format: Softcover, text pages with boxed quotations and footnote references. No maps or plates.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Wraps: Picture-card wrappers with a diagonal crease across the upper right of the front cover and a vertical hinge crease near the left edge. There is noticeable loss of printed surface and laminate near the bottom right, over the author's name, leaving white patches. The spine shows some wear and light creasing, with the lettering still legible. The bottom edge appears slightly rubbed.
• Interior: The text block appears tight and well bound. The pages are creamy-white and the text clean and legible, with no foxing, markings or staining seen.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in 2004 by Legacy Publications of Centurion, Die Groot Suid-Afrikaanse Grond Skandaal is an Afrikaans polemic on South Africa's land reform, restitution and redistribution policies.

Its author, a Pretoria lawyer and farming-sector advocate, argues that these policies are damaging commercial agriculture and the country's food supply. He warns of a decline in production and urges readers to speak out.

The book belongs to the debate over land and ownership in the post-apartheid era, and records a particular viewpoint from the farming community in the early years of the new millennium. It will interest collectors of Afrikaans political writing and students of the land question in South Africa.

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