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07 November 2018
Daily Maverick
In essence, land reform is a key and logical policy objective. Broadly speaking, it includes regulation of ownership, operation, leasing, sales and inheritance of land (indeed, the redistribution of land itself requires legal changes). In an agrarian economy like South Africa – with great scarcity and an unequal distribution of land coupled with a large mass of the rural population below the poverty line – there are compelling economic and political arguments for land reform.
Expropriation, Land ownership read moreLivestock, methane, and climate change: The politics of global assessments
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.790
New paper by @IanScoones, published today in @WIRES_reviews
City of Cape Town Mayor announces release of two portions of land in the CBD Newmarket and Pickwick for 700 social housing units. Critical watch of this space required
We need to get behind our mayor & realise a more inclusive and sustainable city (on every front). @geordinhl is a breath of fresh air. https://twitter.com/geordinhl/status/1529826228596793344
Mbongiseni Buthelezi: The KZN floods and accompanying destruction and deaths have flagged the role of traditional authorities in where and how people settle, and the quality of houses being built in rural and peri-urban areas.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-24-kzn-floods-the-dangerous-cocktail-of-traditional-authorities-and-local-government/
LHR alleges security company confiscates property during Laudium eviction. “This is not a mere eviction but also the destruction and theft, under the guise of confiscation, of their personal property,”
https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/court-bid-to-prevent-eviction-of-more-than-100-families-from-laudiums-nkandla-informal-settlement-7fdd9a99-e1bb-407b-a01f-2eae78bffb78
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