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President Cyril Ramaphosa has had a busy time, signing several pieces of legislation over the last week.
Land related laws read moreClick here to read the full judgment on Saflii LAND TENURE – Restitution of rights – Whether “community” – Whether members derived possession and use of land from common rules – Rights individual occupiers may have enjoyed as labour tenants and later as farm workers – Were no longer derived from shared rules determining access to land held in common by a group in 1913 – Community claimants failed to prove that they constituted “community” as envisaged in the Restitution Act – Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994.
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30 September 2024
Custom Contested
As millions of South Africans across the nation exercised their democratic right to vote, a small but determined community in Keiskammahoek, located in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape, chose a different path.
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23 July 2024
Daily Maverick
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Climate Change Bill, bringing the domestic climate change response into law for the first time.
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01 July 2023
Times Live
Parliament's portfolio committee on agriculture, land reform and rural development started nationwide public hearings on the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land (PDAL) Bill in Tzaneen, Limpopo, on Friday.
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25 October 2022
Custom contested
By Ramabina Mahapa Xolobeni and Ingonyama Trust judgments redefine the relationship between mining and land laws, placing clear obligations on the mining industry and clarifying what compliance with the law means under Zulu customary law. Two judgments in SA courts have been game-changers for communities living on land under the authority of traditional leaders. The … Continue reading
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17 October 2022
Mail & Guardian
The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act requires only that evictees be provided with alternative accommodation
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20 September 2022
PoliticsWeb
Will establish a Land Court with its judgement appealable to the full bench of that Court to deal with all land-related matters
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26 July 2021
Corruption Watch
Corruption Watch has made a written submission on the Land Court bill of 2021, The organisation has focused on several vulnerabilities in the bill's provisions, including no effective mechanisms that reduce the scope for corruption, and unclear indications as to how it will address existing systemic hurdles that make it difficult for land claimants to obtain land restitution. Download our submission for the full details.
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23 May 2021
Daily Maverick
No serious conversation can be had about South Africa’s Constitution if it is divorced from the history of how it came to be, the process through which it was drafted, and by whom. By avoiding history, we are avoiding complexity and by avoiding complexity we are avoiding reality.
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