| The land question in South Africa: The challenge of transformation and redistribution L Ntsebeza, R Hall HSRC press, 2007 | 319 | 2007 |
| Democratic decentralisation and traditional authority: Dilemmas of land administration in rural South Africa L Ntsebeza The European Journal of Development Research 16 (1), 71-89, 2004 | 196 | 2004 |
| 5 Land redistribution in South Africa: the property clause revisited¹ L Ntsebeza The land question in South Africa: The challenge of transformation and …, 2007 | 137 | 2007 |
| Traditional authorities, local government and land rights L Ntsebeza Grassroots governance, 173-226, 2003 | 87 | 2003 |
| Land tenure reform, traditional authorities and rural local government in post-apartheid South Africa: Case studies from the Eastern Cape L Ntsebeza | 87 | 1999 |
| Cattle ownership and production in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape, South Africa A Ainslie, T Kepe, L Ntsebeza, Z Ntshona, S Turner Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002 | 85 | 2002 |
| Land tenure reform in South Africa: an example from the Eastern Cape Province L Ntsebeza International Institute for Environment and Development, 1999 | 67 | 1999 |
| Decentralisation and natural resource management in rural South Africa: problems and prospects L Ntsebeza Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002 | 66 | 2002 |
| Rural resistance in South Africa: The Mpondo revolts after fifty years T Kepe, L Ntsebeza Brill, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| The promise of land F Hendricks, L Ntsebeza, K Helliker Jacana Media, Johannesburg, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Redefining agrarian power: resurgent agrarian movements in West Java, Indonesia S Afiff, N Fauzi, G Hart, L Ntsebeza, N Peluso | 55 | 2005 |
| Agri-tourism spatial development initiatives in South Africa: are they enhancing rural livelihoods? T Kepe, L Ntsebeza, L Pithers ODI Natural Resource Perspectives, 2001 | 50 | 2001 |
| Silent privatisation of customary land in Zambia: opportunities for a few, challenges for many H Chitonge, O Mfune, BB Umar, GM Kajoba, D Banda, L Ntsebeza Social Dynamics 43 (1), 82-102, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| Rural governance and citizenship in post-1994 South Africa: democracy compromised? L Ntsebeza State of the Nation South Africa 2004-2005, 58-87, 2005 | 47 | 2005 |
| The Mafeje and the UCT saga: unfinished business? L Ntsebeza Social Dynamics 40 (2), 274-288, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Chiefs and rural local government in post-apartheid South Africa F Hendricks, L Ntsebeza African Journal of Political Science/Revue Africaine de Science Politique 4 …, 1999 | 45 | 1999 |
| Land Rights and Democratisation: rural tenure reform in South Africa's former bantustans L Ntsebeza Transformation, 2003 | 44 | 2003 |
| Democratization and traditional authorities in the new South Africa L Ntsebeza Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 19 (1), 83-94, 1999 | 40 | 1999 |
| Traditional authorities and rural development L Ntsebeza Development Theory, Policy and Practice. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001 | 37 | 2001 |
| Democracy in South Africa’s countryside: Is there a role for traditional authorities L Ntsebeza Development Update 4 (1), 55-84, 2003 | 36 | 2003 |
