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In 1994 South Africa saw the end of apartheid. The new era of political freedom was seen as the foundation for economic prosperity and inclusion. The last two decades have seen mixed results. Economic growth has been volatile. While inequalities in public services have been reduced, income inequality has increased, and poverty has remained stagnant.
Rural development read more@LarcUCT reseracher Nokwanda Sihlali is part of @UbumboLegends Writers & Thought Leaders platform which aims to showcase talented individuals’ writing and to critically engage in the content they produce. It is essentially a woman-dominated and women-led space. https://twitter.com/ThisLand_Doc/status/1364705905695154176
"Through the programme of Security of Tenure, the precarity of recognised tenure is ubiquitous in informal and undeveloped spaces occupied mainly by marginalised black people, who are underprivileged and predominantly working class"
https://ubumbo.org.za/2021/02/22/dealing-with-landlessness-in-sa-vital-for-black-marginalised/
IFAD Advantage Series: The small livestock advantage: A sustainable entry point for addressing... - https://goo.gl/scholar/9f3PMW #ScholarAlerts
Nazeer Sonday: In Munich, plans to protect the city’s groundwater from fertiliser and pesticide contamination led to financial support and state subsidisation for a major shift to purely organic agriculture. Why not Cape Town? https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-22-how-organic-farmer-nazeer-sonday-became-an-accidental-warrior-for-land-reform-and-ecological-justice/
Ivan Cloete eviction: Investigation must be independent – Annette Steyn @politicsweb https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/da-calls-for-independent-probe-into-farm-eviction-
Italian Ambassador and two officials killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo https://shar.es/aoyuk2
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