“Police Respond To Durban Land Grab” – safrica24
19 September 2017 “Fed up with waiting for RDP housing, a large group of people moved to occupy a vast expanse of land near Molweni, in Durban’s Outer West region, [...]
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“What is a fair price for expropriated land?” – The South African
18 September 2017 By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti “Can landowners be compensated less than the market value for their land when it is expropriated for their labour tenants? [...]
“Phosa backs king’s huge land claim” – Dispatch Live
18 September 2017 By Lulamile Feni “Presidential hopeful and businessman Mathews Phosa has vowed to back AmaXhosa king Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcawu in a land claim which [...]
“CoJ to implement new town planning and land use scheme” – Engineering News
15 September 2017 “The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) on Friday said it was developing a new Land Use Scheme to replace the current version, which had been in use since [...]
“West Coast Phosphate Mine Stopped – for Now” – AllAfrica
15 September 2017 By Ashleigh Furlong “Activists and state departments fear Elandsfontein mine could damage area. A new phosphate mine on the West Coast is being [...]
“Cape Town earmarks land for housing development” Times Live
14 September 2017 By Dave Chambers “Private sector developers are to get access to land the size of 10 football fields to build affordable homes for thousands of [...]
“Consultations on Land Tenure Bill due in the Chris Hani district” – The Rep
11 September 2017 By Sonja Raasch “THE Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in the Eastern Cape will be conducting consultations on the Communal Land [...]
“Zuma: Youth must be vocal to ‘get our land back’ ” – News24
10 September 2017 By Mxolisi Mngadi “President Jacob Zuma on Sunday said the youth and the ANC Youth League must lead the line in the fight to “get our land [...]
“SA state has been trying to cover up huge land reform failures – report” – The Citizen
10 September 2017 “Despite R2bn spent annually, redistribution efforts may in fact be making people in rural areas even poorer. According to a report in Afrikaans [...]
“The farmer who gave up his land for his workers”- Beautiful News
09 September 2017 “Anton Maseko was a tractor driver for most of his life. Like other farm workers, he earned just enough to support himself and his family. But this [...]
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