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admin wrote a new post, “Police Respond To Durban Land Grab” – safrica24 16 hours, 17 minutes ago
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, on Tuesday. eThekwini spokesperson Toz […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Why red lights are flashing over consultation on communal land bills” – Business Day 1 day, 15 hours ago
18 September 2017
By Constance Mogale
“…Parliament is processing, or is due to process, six bills that have particular significance for the rights of people living in SA’s former homelands. Three dr […]
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admin wrote a new post, “What is a fair price for expropriated land?” – The South African 1 day, 19 hours ago
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? This question came before the S […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Phosa backs king’s huge land claim” – Dispatch Live 1 day, 19 hours ago
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 stretches over three […]
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admin wrote a new post, “CoJ to implement new town planning and land use scheme” – Engineering News 4 days, 21 hours ago
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 1970. Members of the public have until O […]
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admin wrote a new post, “West Coast Phosphate Mine Stopped – for Now” – AllAfrica 4 days, 22 hours ago
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 challenged by environmental activists a […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Cape Town earmarks land for housing development” Times Live 5 days, 21 hours ago
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 families within 5km of central Cape […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Consultations on Land Tenure Bill due in the Chris Hani district” – The Rep 1 week, 1 day ago
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 Tenure Rights Bill during October. On Ju […]
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admin wrote a new post, “From the Inside: The other Marikana and its implications” – Daily Maverick 1 week, 2 days ago
10 September 2017
By Helen Zille
“…The judge addressed one of the key unresolved issues by ordering the City to enter into negotiations with the landowners to purchase their occupied land. If the […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Zuma: Youth must be vocal to ‘get our land back’ ” – News24 1 week, 2 days ago
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 back”. Zuma, in a dialogue style, i […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land reform in South Africa: Beneficiary participation and impact on land use in the Waterberg District” – ScienceDirect 1 week, 2 days ago
10 September 2017
By Avhafunani J .Netshipale, Simon J. Oosting, Edzisani N.Raidimi, Majela L. Mashiloane and Imke J.M .de Boera
“National challenges of food insecurity and unemployment in South Africa […]
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admin wrote a new post, “SA state has been trying to cover up huge land reform failures – report” – The Citizen 1 week, 2 days ago
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 weekly Rapport, the new approach to the co […]
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admin wrote a new post, “The farmer who gave up his land for his workers”- Beautiful News 1 week, 3 days ago
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 was his home. He was born here and so […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land Reform in the Republic of South Africa: Social Justice or Populism?” – De Gruyter 1 week, 4 days ago
08 September 2017
By Arkadiusz Żukowski
“In the paper land reform in South African political discourse will be investigated, especially the process of its politicization. How the topic of land reform i […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Title deeds: how do we fix the system?” – GroundUp 1 week, 4 days ago
08 September 2017
By Ashleigh Furlong
“There are fundamental problems with the title deeds programme, as nearly half of all subsidised properties are not registered in the deeds registry. This was a […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land reform mirage: ANC govt fails to take property rights seriously” – Biznews 1 week, 5 days ago
07 July 2017
By Chris Hattingh
“…The poor will be mired in poverty and uncertainty until guaranteed property rights. A new study from UWC (University of the Western Cape) and Rhodes University, focu […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Msimanga vows to clamp down on land grabs” – power98.7 1 week, 5 days ago
07 September 2017
“Tshwane Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga said the city is working around the clock to clamp down on a land grabs criminal syndicate. The mayor was on POWER Perspective with JJ Tabane on […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Shackdwellers demand right to return to land” – GroundUp 1 week, 5 days ago
07 September 2017
By Joseph Chirume
“One person was arrested on Wednesday morning in Port Elizabeth after a small group of backyarders barricaded roads. They were demanding permission to build shacks o […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Take a cue from Asia on successful land reform” – Farmer’s Weekly 1 week, 5 days ago
07 September 2017
“Speaking at the AVI Africa Poultry conference, Christo van der Rheede, deputy executive officer at Agri SA, questioned government’s commitment to land reform. In particular, he cr […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Ekurhuleni residents fall victim to land scheme” – sabc 1 week, 6 days ago
06 September 2017
“The Gauteng government says the illegal selling of government-owned land by unscrupulous employees is on the rise. This week Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality official, who was charged for […]
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