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20 July 2020
Mail & Guardian
Those who attack his assertions and actions should ask themselves what they have sacrificed for the country they want
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13 July 2020
BusinessDay
The Agricultural Business Chamber says the ANC and Business for SA acknowledge the industry will be driven by the private sector
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13 July 2020
EWN
Mandela's outspoken nature put her on a collision course with Dirco when she tweeted her views about land expropriation.
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09 July 2020
IOL
One of the fundamental challenges facing land reform is ownership or the best form of tenure systems, says Thulasizwe Mkhabela.
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01 July 2020
News 24
The Legal Resources Centre has welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal, dismissing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal the scathing Estina Dairy Farm judgment.
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10 June 2020
BusinessDay
Sustained stimulus package to effect change requires new Reserve Bank policy
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08 June 2020
HeraldLive
An all-purpose book which examines the role of agriculture in SA’s economic transformation and development — this is a synopsis of the research done by Wandile Sihlobo for his recently published book, Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity and Agriculture, which aims to explain how important the agricultural sector is to the development of our country.
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04 June 2020
Bizcommunity
The Covid-19 crisis has clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of the livelihoods of many South Africans, and highlighted food insecurity as one key aspect...
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29 May 2020
Engineering News
The Leasehold Programme – a collaborative partnership between the Jobs Fund, communities and sugar miller Tongaat Hulett – is expected to be able to support agricultural development of smallholder farmers. The 2014 Sugarcane Development Initiative, which is a public-private partnership between Tongaat Hulett, the Jobs Fund and farming communities in three KwaZulu-Natal districts, has resulted in the injection of more than R80-million in rental income to these farming communities.
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27 May 2020
BusinessDay
Bulelwa Mabasa, who sat on the advisory panel on land reform, talks to Business Day TV
Land policy read moreIn one scene, migrants shouted ‘no camera’ at the reporting crew filming them from a larger chartered vessel. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/maps-and-graphics/2020/08/12/cartoon-British-TV-media-migrant-boat-coverage?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations. https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
Allegations of corrupt land deals in Okahandja. Resident calls for a probe by the Anti Corruption Commission https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=93685&page=read
JOEVA ROCK & RACHEL SCHURMAN - Seeds of Neo-Colonialism: Why GMO's Create African Dependency on Global Markets | The Elephant https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2020/07/31/seeds-of-neo-colonialism-why-gmos-create-african-dependency-on-global-markets/#.XzZcQfjfzfs.twitter
Zim weighs using land as security for the $3.5bn bond meant to compensate white farmers https://www.news24.com/fin24/Economy/Africa/zim-weighs-using-land-as-security-for-the-35bn-bond-meant-to-compensate-white-farmers-20200813 via @fin24
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