August 17, 2017
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- Zululand Observer
The Emakasaneni, Entembeni and Mthonjaneni communities, making up three land claims, have become frustrated with the system, having taken to the streets to vent their unhappiness…
February 5, 2017
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- IOL
The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill currently before Parliament gives sudden prominence to a new concept of “partnership” on communal land, but it makes no provision…
January 19, 2017
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- The Daily Vox
Lack of effective and swift land reform is doing nothing to bridge the huge inequality gap in South Africa. But if we know that it’s so…
January 16, 2017
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- City Press
Criminal charges have been laid relating to one of the biggest land claim scams in the country – potentially costing the government millions – but the…
January 12, 2017
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- The Daily Vox
Land reform can be explained using three pillars which are provided for in section 25 of the Constitution: improving security of tenure, restitution of rights in…
May 17, 2016
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- Thomson Reuters Foundation News
South Africa’s largest grain producers’ group would challenge government efforts to expropriate land for redistribution to blacks if the compensation offered falls below market prices, its…
April 23, 2016
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- City Press
Imagine owning a piece of paradise but not being able to live in it or even visit it. The Manyeleti Nature Reserve is such a paradise….
April 21, 2016
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- News24
t would be hard to prove which piece of land historically belonged to which people, because apartheid had broken up many families. The onus should be…
April 8, 2016
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- ENCA
South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform together with KwaZulu-Natal MEC for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development handed over R5,7 million…
March 3, 2016
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- News24
Should the 1913 cut off-date for land claims be changed to the 1800s? President Jacob Zuma raised the question as he opened the National House of…
March 1, 2016
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- BizNews
The Expropriation Bill effectively scraps the willing-buyer, willing-seller approach to land reform. And while this may speed up the process, which sees the ruling party lagging…
February 24, 2016
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- Daily Maverick
Land reform is in chaos and that makes a lot of work for land activists. Just ask the new team at the helm of the Association…
February 23, 2016
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- IOL
The controversial Expropriation Bill, which sets out the legislative requirements for the State to lay claim to land, was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday….
February 23, 2016
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- Reuters
South Africa’s main house of parliament took a first step on Tuesday toward enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities…
February 23, 2016
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- Business Tech
The economic question is: who would lose the most if land was nationalised or who benefits from the very old slogans that have never been tested…
February 12, 2016
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- News24
A woman attending a Cape Chamber of Commerce debate challenged EFF leader Julius Malema over his statements about land saying he did not have authority over…