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.

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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 ⓘ
Congress of the People (1955) ⓘ
anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dateFormulated 1955 ⓘ
documentSection land clause of the Freedom Charter ⓘ
documentTypeContext charter of demands ⓘ
formulatedAt Congress of the People (Kliptown) ⓘ
hasForm declarative statement ⓘ
historicalContext apartheid South Africa ⓘ
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 ⓘ
politicalGoal dismantling racial patterns of land ownership ⓘ
redistribution of agricultural land ⓘ
restoration of land to dispossessed communities ⓘ
region southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
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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Freedom Charter → section → The Land Shall Be Shared Among Those Who Work It! ⓘ