Abstract
Since 1913, at least seven million South Africans, mainly Africans, have been uprooted or actively resettled for predominantly political purposes. This article provides a brief overview of the extent and the consequences of several different kinds of resettlement. It then argues that land reform in a post‐apartheid South Africa will require further resettlement, and considers a number of possible settlement patterns, as well as some of the problems likely to arise.