The land question has reclaimed its rightful place at the heart of post-colonial discourse in South Africa. This is demonstrated by the extensive public participation in the land expropriation process which was instituted by the National Assembly following the adoption of the motion for a constitutional review of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Landlessness and limited access to land by black people was used by the colonial and apartheid regimes as a lever not only to facilitate de-agrarianisation in black communities, but to proletarianise black people by compelling them to enter the segmented labour market, initially as migrant workers. This historical process of systematic dispossession, as sanctioned by the colonial and apartheid governments, was met with organised resistance, one of the most significant being the Pondoland revolts of the 1950s and 1960s. This article traces the evolution of resist