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Dramatically shifting how agriculture is done will transform South Africa without negatively affecting food value chains. Expropriation without compensation is certainly not the answer. At the same...
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THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the st...
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The Congo Basin’s forests and peatlands are a major component of Earth’s life-support systems, and it is a key supplier of vital minerals needed to build a low carbon economy. The case for the peop...
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Illegal land invasions and occupation of completed houses have cost the provincial Human Settlements Department more than R355.8 million to prevent in the last financial year, the department has re...
13 May 2021
GroundUp
“We grew up knowing that we must respect the dead. What is happening here is heartless” says widower
Urban land read more
13 May 2021
SA News
Deputy President David Mabuza says 436 563 hectares of land have to date been released and approved for allocation, under the land distribution programme.
Redistribution read more
11 May 2021
National Geographic
Namibians allege ReconAfrica disposed of wastewater unsafely, without permits, and ignored concerns about potential impact of oil drilling on water and wildlife.
Africa Land News read more
10 May 2021
Daily Maverick
President Cyril Ramaphosa has agreed to a new land expropriation party committee in return for high-level party support for his tough stance on the step-aside rule.
Expropriation read more
12 May 2021
The Citizen
Numsa and Abahlali baseMjondolo on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of the deputy president of the shack dwellers movement.
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12 May 2021
News 24
People living on traditional land should be entitled to title deeds, Deputy President David Mabuza said in the National Assembly while answering questions.
Land governance and administration read more
12 May 2021
BusinessTech
Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu plans to introduce the Housing Consumer Protection Bill to the national assembly.
Land related laws read more
13 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The families have been living in community halls after spending nights on the roadside with their belongings.
Farm workers read more
06 May 2021
GroundUp
Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has been criticised by civil society for placing immigrants’ lives at risk by making unsubstantiated inflammatory comments
Urban land read more
10 May 2021
GroundUp
South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance
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Western Cape inclusionary housing policy framework open for comment https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/news/western-cape-inclusionary-housing-policy-framework-open-comment
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If we are looking for the intersection of opportunism and desperation this has to be it.
“Those selling the land of the dead are greedy for money, We grew up knowing that we must respect the dead".
https://www.groundup.org.za/article/graves-desecrated-for-housing-in-pietermaritzburg/
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