ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DISPOSSESSION, my family's quest to reclaim our land

 189pp., colour illus., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2024

"Lebogang Seale tells the story of what happens when a country's shameful history meets the bureaucracy of a fledgling new state. Seale's tale of the inevitable family conflict that arises when land and money are pitted against one another against a backdrop of poverty and exhaustion illuminates the heartbreaking choices that have defined post-apartheid South Africa. It is a rich and complex story, brought to life with heart and vulnerability." Sisonke Msimang, author of Always Another Country: A memoir od exile and home

"This is a fascinating and very well written book; the human story behind a still unresolved land claim lodged under the provisions of the Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994. Far from being a dry-as-dust account of a long running legal case, it tells the story through the eyes of the family members involved, setting it within the wider social, political and historical context." Professor Brian Willan, author of Sol Plaatje: A life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932

Journalist and media and communications practitioner Lebogang Seale was editor of the Sunday Independent, has managed the University of Johannesburg’s Strategic Communications division, and is a co-author of The A-Z of South African Politics.