Black woman farmer conquers citrus industry — but state stalls on land title

Buyiswa Ndyenga climbed from seasonal worker to citrus boss, but red tape is keeping her biggest victory out of reach.…

SA likely to increase wheat imports after harvest hits eight-year low

South Africa’s winter wheat harvest for the 2026-27 season is projected to drop to its lowest level in eight years, driving up reliance on global wheat imports despite overall growth in other winter c…

Addressing inequality must include a focus on land redistribution

At the UN General Assembly last week, a group of world-renown economists together with the governments of South Africa, Brazil, Norway and Spain demanded that inequality be taken seriously with the…

Zimbabwe braces itself for a ‘super’ El Niño

The outlook is dire. Zimbabwe, along with the rest of southern Africa, could be facing a very serious drought, even if unseasonal rain has been falling recently in some parts of the country. The El…

More land, better life? South African farming study asks if that’s the road to rural development

There is no single pathway from small-scale farming to improved livelihoods.

‘They raped our country’: documentary follows Kenyans’ fight for restitution over stolen land

Multinational tea companies still occupy ancestral highlands of communities displaced during British colonial era

Board slammed for carving up land like colonial powers did

The Icamagu Institute has accused the Municipal Demarcation Board of redrawing wards on traditional land every five years without properly consulting traditional leaders.

Namibia: ’Land bill risks silencing conservancies’

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% National Alliance for Conservancies and Community Forests chairperson Thomas Muronga says the proposed land bill’s removal of conservancy representatives from communal land boards could leave conservancies voiceless.

Three years of silence on state land. Communities pay the cost

Amnesty accuses M23 of abuses amounting to war crimes at Congo mines

Conflict coltan, AI demand and the risk of runaway harm

Conflict coltan from DRC is already finding its way into electronic devices, and accelerated AI and data centre demand could add pressure to creaking regulation

Africa gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs – and pays too much for it

Climate finance should not be separated from development funding.