Land and Property Rights
CCAC #: | 0613 |
Artwork title: | Land and Property Rights |
Artist(s): |
Samkelo Bunu |
Year made: | 1996 |
Artwork type: | Paper |
Medium: | Woodcut |
Dimensions (mm): | 300 x 300 |
Framed dimensions (in mm): | 720 x 524 x 40 |
Edition: | 44/50 |
Artwork series: |
Images of Human Rights print portfolio |
Source: | Donated by the Artists for Human Rights Trust |
Year acquired: | 2021 |
Installation type: | Movable artwork |
Location area: | On a travelling exhibition |
Signage: | The artist emphasises the responsibility of parliament - represented by two classical pillars - to introduce new laws enabling equitable access to land. Papers or bills are touching every part of the image, even the cattle in the foreground, symbolising the land. The simple house on the left, pierced by the parliamentary pillar, refers to forced removals initiated by the apartheid government. |
Themes: |
Land reform Human Rights Day |
Constitutional links: |
Property rights (section 25) |
Related Constitutional Court cases: |
Yolanda Daniels v Theo Scribante and Another (2017) |
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Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CT
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