Hassan, Asma2016-04-182016-04-181999-09-18http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20228Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Forging the links between historical research and the policy process, 18-19 September 1999.Those engaged in the South African Land Reform policy have invoked South Africa's contested history. Different histories impact policy formation and implementation. Historians have been employed by Governmental and non-governmental organisations involved in the Land Reform Programme. The paper offers personal impressions of the use and abuse of history and historians in the Land Reform ProgrammeenLand reform. South AfricaLand reform. South Africa. HistoriansLand tenure. South Africa. PolicyWorking Paper