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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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12 May 2021
BusinessTech
Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu plans to introduce the Housing Consumer Protection Bill to the national assembly.
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26 September 2020
IOL
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services is mooting a new law that will result in the reconfiguration of the Land Claims Court.
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20 April 2020
PoliticsWeb
DA calls for farmers to receive essential service permits directly from Department of Agriculture
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12 February 2020
Daily Maverick
As Parliament’s ad hoc committee to amend the Constitution’s Section 25 gears up for public hearings on compensationless expropriation, insecurity hangs over ownership rights in townships and former bantustans. A failure to timeously amend legislation as the Constitutional Court ordered, now needs a last-minute dash to fix the uncertainty. It shows the complexities of land beyond the rhetoric.
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29 January 2020
Moneyweb
'This will make a difference in terms of women's land and property inheritance,'
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04 September 2019
Times Live
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has accused parliament of failing to give effect to section 25 of the constitution by passing laws to ensure equitable redistribution of land.
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20 August 2019
Daily Maverick
South Africa’s labour laws have been weaponised against people of integrity to facilitate corruption and State Capture.
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14 August 2019
Creamer's Engineering News
The future of the South African agricultural sector is dependent on the country and industry making the right policy and investment choices. So cautioned Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) Board of Directors member Professor Ferdi Meyer on Wednesday. He was speaking at the launch of the BFAP Agricultural Outlook 2019-2028. "Growth in the future is not that strong," he pointed out. "We [South Africa] alone are a small share of the total [global agricultural] economy. ... Growth is not handed to us."
Land policy, Land related laws, Rural development read moreThe IRR’s present direction is contrary to the original core aims of the Institute. Captured might be an appropriate term. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-17-irrs-current-approach-betrays-the-legacy-of-its-founders-and-does-a-disservice-to-the-people-of-south-africa/
Cars are hijacked every single day from small businesses and the police are busy driving in 6 cars to shut down 1 mans cabbage business? https://twitter.com/KasiEconomy/status/1437859010657624066
This afternoon, Tshwane Metro Police arrived with four cars at Djo BaNkuma's home to issue him with a R1500 fine for planting cabbages outside his yard.
If he admits to planting the vegetables he will have a criminal record.
OUR BURNING PLANET: Keeping it in the family: Outrage after Eastern Cape municipality resolves to sell land to councillors and officials only https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-16-keeping-it-in-the-family-outrage-after-eastern-cape-municipality-resolves-to-sell-land-to-councillors-and-officials-only/
The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, based in Brussels, says that in 2019, Africa recorded 56 extreme weather events compared to 45 in the previous year
African Leaders Discuss Ways to Minimize Impact of Climate Change https://www.voanews.com/a/african-leaders-discuss-ways-to-minimize-impact-of-climate-change-/6229751.html
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