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Bulelwa Mabasa, director and head of land reform restitution and tenure practice at Werksmans Attorneys, talks about SA's land reform process
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Passing the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill could help disenfranchised communities access property
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Anthony Koopman sustained a “cracked skull” and there have been protests outside court in support of him
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Abahlali BaseMjondolo members have faced killings, physical attacks and demolitions of their houses
22 October 2020
IOL
The economy has not been performing well in recent times despite promises by government to get it back on track.
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22 October 2020
The Citizen
The portfolio committee on agriculture, land reform and rural development on Tuesday called on minister Thoko Didiza to declare the areas ravaged by the fires disaster areas.
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19 October 2020
Times Live
Noma Sozwe spent most of Sunday rebuilding her daughters' two shacks after the structures were demolished by a group of people who wanted to occupy the space in Gunguluza, Uitenhage, in the Eastern Cape.
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21 October 2020
BusinessTech
As South Africa revises its legal framework to make it easier to take property without paying for it, the nation’s land minister has given assurances that the contentious process won’t degenerate into a free-for-all.
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20 October 2020
Mail & Guardian
The threat of legal action from ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya fails to halt forensic audit ordered by the land reform minister
Land governance and administration read moreMourners, including minister Thoko Didiza and leader farmers, said their last goodbyes to the late Afasa president Dr Vuyo Mahlati.
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19 October 2020
IOL
The wine industry is struggling to make up for its losses after nearly seven months of a nationwide lockdown.
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19 October 2020
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
JSE-listed miner Exxaro Resources’ executive head of sustainability Mongezi Vetti has reiterated the company’s commitment to transferring its rehabilitated land to communities toward establishing agri-economies. This follows after President Cyril Ramaphosa on October 5 spoke about government’s land reform process and government’s commitment to enhance agricultural output by bringing more black farmers into the mainstream of the economy.
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19 October 2020
East Coast Radio
Members of the shack dwellers movement, Abahlali BaseMjondolo have marched to Durban City Hall over forced evictions and corruption.
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20 October 2020
GroundUp
“The thieves must be called to justice” says ABM deputy president
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Been both furious and broken for the last 18 hours.
Ma Ntshangase was an absolute force in person, overflowing with warmth, good humour, and a burning desire to hold the Tendele coal mine for its innumerable injustices to her and her Somkhele community.
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Fikile Ntshangase opposed a mine extension. Last night she was murdered http://www.groundup.org.za/article/mining-activist-murdered-kzn/ @CentreEnvRights @EnvironmentMinister
Even after 19 bullets were fired into Ms Mthethwa's home, she refused to make way for coal mining without fair compensation.
Tendele mine went to court to seek approval for their inadequate proposals. Unsuccessfully.
Yesterday, Ms Ntshangase - a crucial activist - was murdered. https://twitter.com/JohanLorenzen/status/1274667339640963072
Our remarkable clients resisting Tendele Mine recently scored a win.
Possibly provisional.
But a win nonetheless.
I tried to capture the moment, their bravery, and the host of kind, generous and brilliant people who made it happen, on FB.
Link here:
https://www.facebook.com/johan.lorenzen/posts/10100326373601675
Runaway fires burning since Sunday have destroyed embattled farming areas in Hertzogville, Hoopstad, Bulfontein and Dealesville in the Free State, and in the Frances Baard District near Warrenton in the Northern Cape.
https://citizen.co.za/multimedia/2373889/video-governments-silence-on-fs-nc-fires-failing-farmers-once-again-says-union/#.X5LAQTCP3J0.twitter via @TheCitizen_News
Land occupiers tear down ‘unoccupied’ shacks in overcrowded informal settlement “We have all invaded this land and no one has the right to destroy another invader’s shack,” https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-10-19-land-occupiers-tear-down-unoccupied-shacks-in-overcrowded-informal-settlement/ via @TimesLIVE
The government has been engaging with investors to clarify why land reform is needed, emphasized that there won’t be wholesale gazetting of land for seizure and designated the courts to be the final arbiters in any disputes, https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/442208/south-africa-moves-to-soothe-investor-fears-over-land-grabs/ via @businesstechSA
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