Land News Digest: South, Southern and Central Africa

We are the trusted news and resource hub for anyone with an interest in rural and urban land issues in South Africa and the subcontinent. We focus on environmental rights, land policy and law and the impacts of climate change and mining.

Remembering Boyce Williams

Our beloved colleague, comrade and friend passed away on Saturday 24th August 2024. Boyce was a founder member of Phuhlisani. Boyce has led a rich and varied life and has made an enormous...

29 August 2024 Phuhlisani NPC read more

“It’s the wild west”: Zombie mines multiply in...

In theory, closed coal mines in South Africa have to be rehabilitated. In reality, lack of transparency allow operators to simply walk away.

18 September 2024 African Arguments read more

Without debt relief, Africa is fighting climate change...

24 September 2024 African Arguments read more

Carbon credit land grab dispossesses Global South communities:...

Communal lands the combined size of Portugal have been taken over by corporate interests for carbon offsetting schemes across the Global South, according to a new report that warns of a “new form o...

26 September 2024 Mongabay read more

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What is Knowledgebase.land and who is behind it?

KB.L seeks to bring to life all aspects of the ‘land issue’, recognizing that land...

THE CONSTITUTION

Land and the Constitution

Section 25 of the Constitution sets out the balance that must be struck in protecting property rights and enabling equitable access to land, advancing land and water reform, ensuring security of tenure where people’s land rights are unrecorded or vulnerable in law and restoring rights lost through dispossession and forced removals. Section 25(1) – Section 25(4) set out core property rights. At the same time it is important to...

THE LANDSCAPE

An introductory tour of the entire land reform landscape

We explore how all the different actors and rural and urban land settings are connected....

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