Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION
IN TRANSITION
Elphas Lukele, a 48 year-old farm worker stands in his house with an injured eye in Wakkerstrom, South Africa, 2001. Lukele was shot in one eye and a hand by security commandos sent out by his farm boss. He was fired from the farm but is still living on the farmer''s land with 22 family members. The South African government is facing growing pressure to redistribute land that was taken during the old Apartheid regime.
Elphas Lukele, a 48 year-old farm worker stands in his house with an injured eye in Wakkerstrom, South Africa, 2001. Lukele was shot in one eye and a hand by security commandos sent out by his farm boss. He was fired from the farm but is still living on the farmer''s land with 22 family members. The South African government is facing growing pressure to redistribute land that was taken during the old Apartheid regime.
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