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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...
01 June 2021
GroundUp
Battle over the future of the River Club has become extremely nasty
Urban land read more
04 June 2021
GroundUp
The Willow Arts Collective had been hoping to lease land from the City
Urban land read more
07 June 2021
GroundUp
Farmer says in court papers he may have suffered “economic harm” because of the activist
Farm workers read more
04 June 2021
GroundUp
Activists welcome possible change of policy
Urban land read more
04 June 2021
The elephant
The Land Value Act does not make provision for the valuation of communal land in a manner that reflects the social-economic practices of the drylands communities.
Africa Land News read more
03 June 2021
News 24
New amaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has admitted his family is going through a crisis, but says they can get through it.
Traditional leadership read more
04 June 2021
IOL
One hundred land claimants are set to benefit from the City’s flagship Dido Valley subsidised housing project in Simon’s Town.
Restitution read more
05 June 2021
News 24
The chasm between the ANC and EFF on the amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution appears bigger than ever after President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed state custodianship of all land.
Expropriation read more
05 June 2021
Daily Maverick
What is left after the State Capture wrecking ball, after the looting from so many state-owned entities?
Expropriation read more
07 June 2021
BusinessTech
South Africa continues to face uncertainty around the issue of land expropriation without compensation, with clarity around the issue now only expected towards the end of the year.
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OP-ED: Foot-dragging on land reform and hiding behind legal machinations is getting us nowhere, fast https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-10-foot-dragging-on-land-reform-and-hiding-behind-legal-machinations-is-getting-us-nowhere-fast/
Have to love Tembeka's take on this judgment: https://twitter.com/JohanLorenzen/status/1403282236716298242
1. MASSIVE victory for rural South Africans long quest to be treated as citizens.
The Ingonyama Trust’s policy of making people sign leases to live on their ancestral land declared unlawful.
The Trust must repay lease money community members already paid to it.
LARC lead land researcher @zenandebooi interviewed by @eNCA on the victory of rural citizens alongside @RWMKZNSA @CASACZA & @LRCSouthAfrica against the lease policy forcifully implemented by the Ingonyama Trust Board which administers 2.8 million ha of Land in KZN. https://twitter.com/ThisLand_Doc/status/1403803190588489738
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja-IPNdfJSE
The satirist’s take. Right on the button
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