Nelson Mandela Foundation takes state to court over equitable land access

The foundation says the legislation aims to redress apartheid spatial planning and advance land reform

Government accelerating land reform and redistribution

Accelerating land reform remains the key priority of government, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

Lack of political will reason for slow pace in land reform: Ngcukaitobi

“There are many people wearing safaris in the villages who can farm. But they are the last in the queue because the land is going to the comrades and to the white people.”

‘Give rural women access to land’: experts

The commission says discriminatory rules and patriarchal norms pose significant barriers for women in rural communities

Will the proposed GNU deliver on the land question?

By Sunday World A significant protest by land rights activists went by without much fanfare in Polokwane on the night of June 18. While the eyes, ears and minds of South Africans were focused on the outcomes of the government of national unity talks, a group of activists staged a peaceful night vigil at the … Continue reading

South Africa’s Unanswered Land Question

By Katlego Ramantsima and Refiloe Joala South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. To this day, it has shocking levels of poverty and unemployment. This inequality is starkly apparent in the country’s pervasive Apartheid landscape, where overcrowded informal settlements and townships lie next to leafy suburbs and sprawling, almost exclusively … Continue reading

Sihlobo on key priorities for incoming agriculture minister

As South Africa awaits its new agriculture minister, Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo emphasises the urgent need for land reform.

No need for land reform panic — it is inevitable but must be orderly

‘Land expropriation without compensation’ really is a red herring. It has been weaponised to scare South Africans away from each other, rather than bringing us together.

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Declining budgetary allocations for land reform hampers the process – Vumelana

South Africa also needs to explore other affordable and innovative financing mechanisms to address the current challenges faced by land reform beneficiaries, it says.