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22 June 2021
The conversation
The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
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18 June 2021
PoliticsWeb
DA MP says she was prevented from conducting an oversight visit at DALRD offices
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11 June 2021
Daily Maverick
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled on Friday that the Ingonyama Trust’s literal rent-seeking policy of forcing people to sign leases to live on their ancestral land was unlawful and ordered the trust to pay back the money. It’s a victory for good governance and a blow against one of feudalism’s lingering footholds in the 21st century.
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12 June 2021
SowetanLive
The court has ruled that all leases are now invalid and that minister Thoko Didiza, who “breached her duties”, reinstate the PTO policy and report back to the court every three months on progress.
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11 June 2021
IOL
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled on Friday the lease agreement between the ITB and residents falling under its jurisdiction was illegal.
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13 June 2021
Daily Maverick
The judgment delivered on Friday 11 June, found that the Ingonyama Trust stripped people living on ancestral land of their customary rights.
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11 June 2021
Times Live
The Ingonyama Trust has been ordered by the Pietermaritzburg high court to pay back the money it took from people living on trust land who it forced to sign leases.
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14 June 2021
SABC News
The Deeds office in central Pretoria has been shut down. Protesting workers are denying members of the public and staff access into the building. They are complaining amongst others about an increased number of staff member testing positive for COVID-19 and congestion in the office.
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14 June 2021
SowetanLive
Agriculture, land reform and rural development minister Thoko Didiza has “taken it to heart” that she and others in the position “should have done more” to exercise oversight of the Ingonyama Trust and its board.
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12 May 2021
News 24
People living on traditional land should be entitled to title deeds, Deputy President David Mabuza said in the National Assembly while answering questions.
Land governance and administration read moreMining-led dispossession has led to limited access to farming land and local elite control over mineral rents exacerbates inequality and conflict. https://twitter.com/KnowledgebaseL/status/1417442195578163201
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AGE OF ANARCHY: Abahlali baseMjondolo: We need to build a just peace amid unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-15-abahlali-basemjondolo-we-need-to-build-a-just-peace-amid-unrest-in-kwazulu-natal-and-gauteng/
Vinpro survey highlights lockdown impacts on black owned wine brands https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/07/nearly-half-of-black-owned-wine-businesses-wont-survive-the-next-year/
Plan to ensure food gets to all communities after unrest https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/plan-to-ensure-food-gets-to-all-communities-after-unrest-2100a1e5-f662-42ff-b7e2-446898cd4f6b
Keys to their homes still missing for 108 District Six claimants https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/keys-to-their-homes-still-missing-for-108-district-six-claimants-d4058f28-ee6e-44a8-ae29-0eb7ac2f96a9
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