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12 April 2021
BusinessDay
We cannot afford decline and regression in redistributing land, yet this seems to be where we are heading
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09 April 2021
BusinessTech
A draft copy of the new Land Court Bill has been published, detailing the government’s plans to establish a specialist Land Court as well as a Land Court of Appeal.
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06 April 2021
Farmer’s Weekly
You might have read, in media reports that have been circulating on social media these past few weeks, about the case of Western Cape farmer Ivan Cloete, a land reform beneficiary who was facing eviction from a farm he was previously granted access to by the state.
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24 March 2021
BusinessDay
The hostility to private ownership will have severe consequences for aspirant black homeowners and farmers
Land policy read morePolitical journalist Jan-Jan Joubert believes Ramaphosa's SONA provides a number of important policy-pointers.
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26 January 2021
Daily Maverick
South Africa now faces a resource squeeze, where dwindling public revenue, expanding public spending and a stagnant private sector have created an unsustainable state wherein the national democratic project is at risk. The quest for socioeconomic transformation is urgent.
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24 January 2021
BusinessDay
Production has soared since 1994 despite government inefficiencies, delays and failures
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25 January 2021
IOL
The ANC lekgotla concluded with a range of resolutions, chief among them being SA’s need for an effective mechanism to deal with Covid-19 and the devastation it has caused.
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14 January 2021
BusinessDay
The Stellenbosch University professor has been remembered as a visionary leader
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17 January 2021
Daily Maverick
On 13 January 2021, we lost a very good friend, and the country lost one of its pre-eminent policy advisers in the fields of agricultural development and land reform, yet another victim of the Covid-19 scourge. Mohammad Karaan was one of those rare policy advisers who combined practical experience with academic excellence.
Land policy read moreKZN government establishes committee to resolve farming tensions https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/kzn-government-establishes-committee-to-resolve-farming-tensions-57bb0c25-c46f-4eff-baab-a0e0986848d2
OPINIONISTA: Swedish prize awarded to South Africa’s S’bu Zikode is a milestone for the grassroots movement https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-04-13-swedish-prize-awarded-to-south-africas-sbu-zikode-is-a-milestone-for-the-grassroots-movement/
World: New Zealand introduces climate change law for financial firms in world first https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-14-new-zealand-introduces-climate-change-law-for-financial-firms-in-world-first/
More evidence of why Covid requires a global solution which leaves no-one behind whether they can afford to pay or not https://apnews.com/article/india-coronavirus-surge-vaccine-supply-55b7313c688b9a4c05a68a9c13e499da
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