closer settlement, noun phrase
1. In historical contexts. A government-assisted scheme whereby farmers (often immigrants) were settled on irrigated farms of relatively small size, which were concentrated in a particular area and held either by freehold or on long lease; a group of such farms. Also attributive.
1908 J.W. Jagger in Cape of G.H. Parl. Debates 423A judicious and well-considered scheme of closer settlement..would materially tend to promote the best interests of the agricultural industry of the Colony.
1984 A.J. Christopher Crown Laws of British S. Afr. 115In the final phase of Natal’s separate land policy, the Government embarked upon a land purchasing spree in which some 121,990 acres were purchased between 1908 and 1912 for nine closer settlement schemes.
2. see quotation 1985.
1967 in C. Desmond Discarded People (c1970) 228The people belonging to a specific Church will be removed as a Community. Released Area 53 (Bantu Homelands) has been divided into five Chief’s Wards. In every ward a small township or as it is being called a ‘closer settlement’ with rudimentary services will be laid out.
1985 Platzky & Walker Surplus People p.xiiCloser settlement, The official term used to describe a type of settlement established for African people on reserve or Trust land that is for residential purposes only — no agricultural land is attached — and far more rudimentary in the type of facilities it has than a township. People who are removed off black spots and white farms are generally relocated to these settlements. They are provided with temporary accommodation and are expected to build their own permanent houses. Facilities vary but generally (not always) include pit latrines and one or more communal water supply points.
A government-assisted scheme whereby farmers (often immigrants) were settled on irrigated farms of relatively small size, which were concentrated in a particular area and held either by freehold or on long lease; a group of such farms. Also attributive.
see quotation 1985.
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