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“Human Rights, Civil Society And The Contradictions Of Land Reform In South Africa” –

11/07/2017 // 0 Comments

11 July 2017 By Adeoye O Akinola “Land, a central resource for rural development and human survival, has become a recurrent feature of South African politics and a [...]

“Land reform and property rights in SA” – Moneyweb

08/07/2017 // 0 Comments

08 July 2017 By Ben Cousins, Constance Mogale and Temba Nolutshungu “There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed, but that the extent is [...]

“Zuma gives SIU go-ahead to investigate land department” – news24

04/07/2017 // 0 Comments

04 July 2017 By Iavan Pijoos “President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe certain matters relating to the [...]

“Heavily armed Zim riot cops evict white farmer in ‘fresh land grabs'” – News24

24/06/2017 // 0 Comments

22 June 2017 By Frank Chikowore “Heavily armed Zimbabwean riot police this week besieged the property of a white commercial farmer, Robert Smart outside Rusape town [...]

“Govt Supports Traditional Leaders’ Land Demand” – EWN

02/06/2017 // 0 Comments

02 June 2017 By Clement Manyathela “Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government supports the demand by traditional leaders for 13% of land to be transferred to [...]

“Zuma Says Govt Ready To Address Land Redistribution Issues” – EWN

29/05/2017 // 0 Comments

29 May 2017 By Kgomotso Modise “President Jacob Zuma says the government is ready to address the issue of land redistribution with traditional leaders as it is the [...]

“Land audits to determine who owns SA” – SAnews.gov.za

19/05/2017 // 0 Comments

19 May 2017 “Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says there is a need to conduct a land audit in terms of race, gender and nationality to [...]

“Peddie land claim going nowhere says judge” – The Announcer Online

04/05/2017 // 0 Comments

04 May 2017 “The land claim instituted by three Peddie communities, the Amazizi, Prudhoe and Tharfield communities, which includes the land on which the iconic Fish [...]

“One giant step forward for women’s land rights: The African Union officially endorses Pan African Women’s Charter on Land Rights” – Land Coalition

10/04/2017 // 0 Comments

10 April 2017 “…There was singing and dancing, but most of all there was tenacity and utter determination to ensure their voices were heard. As it turns out, [...]

“Cadasta: Mapping Land Rights from the Bottom Up” – xyht

06/04/2017 // 0 Comments

06 April 2017 By Matteo Luccio “In advanced industrial countries we take much infrastructure for granted, such as cadastres with plots mapped at survey grade. In many [...]

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