Pt. 1. Regional context and theoretical considerations -- Agrarian questions of capital and labour: some theory about land reform (and a periodisation) / Henry Bernstein -- The land question in southern Africa: a comparative review -- pt. 2. Perspectives on existing policy and new directions for the future -- Transforming rural South Africa? Taking stock of land reform -- Land redistribution in South Africa: the property clause revisited -- Redistributive land reform: for what and for whom? -- Agricultural land redistribution in South Africa: towards accelerated implementation -- Struggling for a life in dignity / Mercia Andrews -- Agrarian reform and the 'two economies' : transforming South Africa's countryside.