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16 August 2018
Daily Maverick
The reason the land debate has risen to prominence is that the apartheid government excluded black South Africans from this wealth by disallowing them to own land. This skewed pattern is, rightly, at the forefront of the South African voter’s concerns. Yet the process by which they seek land restitution will strip land of its value and collapse the system prospective land recipients wish to benefit from.
Expropriation, Land policy read moreItula "There isn't anything called ancestral land, and I will challenge any political leader in this country to go and show me one and to tell me where it is stated in the Constitution.”
But how was the Constitution drawn up?
There is no ancestral land in Namibia – Itula https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=96781&page=read
There is no ancestral land in Namibia – Itula https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=96781&page=read
'All That Glitters is Not Gold - Turmoil in Zimbabwe's Mining Sector' - Summary https://allafrica.com/stories/202011240018.html via @allafrica
1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/24/farmland-inequality-is-rising-around-the-world-finds-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘We fight over water’: Go inside this Mpumalanga community’s ongoing struggle to access basic services https://bhekisisa.org/multimedia/2020-11-23-we-fight-over-water-go-inside-this-mpumalanga-communitys-ongoing-struggle-to-access-basic-services/ via @Bhekisisa_MG #SouthAfrica #Mpumalanga
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