Creeping land nationalisation no poverty solution
Land is a hugely emotive subject in South Africa and last week the country’s main House of Parliament took the necessary steps in order
7 March 2016
The politics - and economics - of patronage
Amazing what the African National Congress (ANC) gets away with, and how brazenly too. On Thursday last week the National Treasury
7 March 2016
Processing of Safcol land claims ‘has been slow and protracted’
THE processing of land claims on land owned by state-owned South African Forestry Company Limited (Safcol) has been slow and
7 March 2016
Traditional leaders should not lodge competing land claims, Zuma says
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has asked traditional leaders‚ as custodians of tribal land‚ to improve farming of underutilised land to ensure
4 March 2016
Minister Gugile Nkwinti conducts site inspection on “one household, one hectare" in Eastern Cape, 3 Mar
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Minister Gugile Nkwinti will on Thursday, 3rd March 2016 conduct a site inspection
4 March 2016
New multi-million land claim for Richards Bay
A rural KwaZulu-Natal community has laid claim to a swathe of gum-tree plantations - on top of a pending multimillion-rand land claim -
4 March 2016
Zuma moots moving land claim cut-off to 1800s
Should the 1913 cut off-date for land claims be changed to the 1800s? President Jacob Zuma raised the question as he opened the
4 March 2016
Expropriation bill no threat to investment: Nxesi
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi has told the NCOP's Select Committee on Economic and Business Development that there is no need to
4 March 2016
Don't drink the Kool-Aid on the Expropriation Bill
The government wants the power to take your house, business, shares...and a whole lot more.
The IRR disagrees very
4 March 2016
Vanguard to install turbines at Nojoli Wind Farm
Vanguard specialised transport and plant installation company has been awarded the transport and crane erection contract for the Nojoli
4 March 2016
State readies for a gas IPP programme
The government is planning a gas-to-power programme that will contribute 3 126 megawatts of electricity.
The National Treasury last
4 March 2016
South Africa harnesses power of the wind
Over 1 gigawatt (GW) of power from wind energy is already feeding much-needed electricity into the country’s grid, according to the
4 March 2016
Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Deputy Minister
The Quarterly Reports showed the progress that had been made in dealing with claims. However discomfort was expressed at the pace
4 March 2016