“Hundreds of shacks demolished in Khayelitsha” – GroundUp
05 September 2017 By Zoe Postman and Denise Patterson “Land occupiers in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha, were left homeless after the Anti-land Invasion Unit (ALIU) [...]
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“City Submits Report On Housing for Albert Road Families” – AllAfrica
04 September 2017 By Barbara Maregele “…The City of Cape Town has submitted a formal report describing alternative accommodation it is able to offer a group of [...]
“Activists fret as fracking exploration company given green light in KZN” – The Citizen
20 July 2017 “KZN’s northern inland has become a focal point for various exploration companies eager to find large deposits of hydrocarbons. A gas and oil [...]
“The regional identity politics of India’s new land wars: Land, food, and popular mobilisation in Goa and West Bengal” – SAGE Journals
17 July 2017 By Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Heather Plumridge Bedi “India has over the recent decade witnessed a spate of land transfers as Special Economic Zones, [...]
“Human Rights, Civil Society And The Contradictions Of Land Reform In South Africa” –
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 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 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
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 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 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 [...]
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