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With the pandemic striking higher in Uganda, poor families continue to be forced off their land by their government and investors despite several directives halting evictions during the COVID period.
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Women sleep outside in the cold to stop what they consider mineral theft by a mining company, with state collusion
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The land was returned to the Umgungundlovu community, which is now embroiled in a fight with the Umgungundlovu Communal Property Association and has accused the association of lining their pockets ...
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Christopher Fisher says the Ingonyama Trust failed to take customary property rights seriously
14 September 2021
Farmlandgrab
With the pandemic striking higher in Uganda, poor families continue to be forced off their land by their government and investors despite several directives halting evictions during the COVID period.
Africa Land News read more
10 September 2021
News 24
The District Six Working Committee, the organisation which spearheaded a court case against the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to compel it to ensure claimants return to the area, is mulling further litigation.
Restitution read more
12 September 2021
Moneyweb
And what the private sector should do.
Rural development read more
11 September 2021
Mail & Guardian
Women sleep outside in the cold to stop what they consider mineral theft by a mining company, with state collusion
Land rights and mining read more
13 September 2021
Moneyweb
And a fund for the compensation of farmers or their heirs.
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13 September 2021
Daily Maverick
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development confirmed it will meet this week’s court update for progress on the redevelopment of District Six, following renewed complaints by claimant groups over slow progress in the area’s redevelopment.
Restitution read more
08 August 2021
SowetanLive
The Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill is unlikely to pass through the National Assembly as the ANC does not have enough seats to attain the required two-thirds majority.
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10 August 2021
BusinessDay
Recent indaba focuses on creating a more inclusive rural economy
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09 August 2021
Daily Maverick
The land was returned to the Umgungundlovu community, which is now embroiled in a fight with the Umgungundlovu Communal Property Association and has accused the association of lining their pockets with money that should have been given to the claimants. The association denies this.
Restitution read more
09 August 2021
Daily Maverick
Climate scientists have been warning us for years there will be repercussions from global warming and climate change. Now, the new Quality of Life Survey illustrates the real and immediate effects of how people are being affected.
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The IRR’s present direction is contrary to the original core aims of the Institute. Captured might be an appropriate term. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-17-irrs-current-approach-betrays-the-legacy-of-its-founders-and-does-a-disservice-to-the-people-of-south-africa/
Cars are hijacked every single day from small businesses and the police are busy driving in 6 cars to shut down 1 mans cabbage business? https://twitter.com/KasiEconomy/status/1437859010657624066
This afternoon, Tshwane Metro Police arrived with four cars at Djo BaNkuma's home to issue him with a R1500 fine for planting cabbages outside his yard.
If he admits to planting the vegetables he will have a criminal record.
OUR BURNING PLANET: Keeping it in the family: Outrage after Eastern Cape municipality resolves to sell land to councillors and officials only https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-16-keeping-it-in-the-family-outrage-after-eastern-cape-municipality-resolves-to-sell-land-to-councillors-and-officials-only/
The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, based in Brussels, says that in 2019, Africa recorded 56 extreme weather events compared to 45 in the previous year
African Leaders Discuss Ways to Minimize Impact of Climate Change https://www.voanews.com/a/african-leaders-discuss-ways-to-minimize-impact-of-climate-change-/6229751.html
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