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admin wrote a new post, “Activists fret as fracking exploration company given green light in KZN” – The Citizen 1 day, 20 hours ago
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 exploration company announced on Thursday, that […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Pilot Study Tracking Implementation of AU Land Declaration Launched in Ghana” – AllAfrica 1 day, 20 hours ago
20 July 2017
“Accra — The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today unveiled a Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa (MELA) project to track pr […]
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admin wrote a new post, “We are gearing up for numerous land grabs across SA – BLF are coming for the land” – The South African 1 day, 21 hours ago
20 July 2017
By Nic Andersen
“Black First Land First (BLF) has told journalists that the organisation is preparing to grab land all across the country. The land grabs will also be “intensified” from […]
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admin wrote a new post, “ConCourt falls short of farm dweller Act’s aims” – Mail&Guardian 2 days, 15 hours ago
19 July 2017
By Stuart Wilson
“The Extension of Security of Tenure Act (Esta) was adopted to protect that most vulnerable class, the farm dweller. The Act recognises that their rights to live on […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land ‘hijack’ turns ugly” – TheNewAge 2 days, 15 hours ago
19 July 2017
By Mthokozisi Dube
“Bloodshed looms as Mpumalanga’s Mawulu community is entangled in a fierce dispute with two white farmers over their alleged attempts to hijack a land claim gazetted by […]
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admin wrote a new post, “We’re taking back the land, says BLF as it prepares for land grabs” – The Citizen 2 days, 20 hours ago
19 July 2017
“…Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama on Wednesday said his organisation was gearing up for extensive land grabs across South Africa, which will be intensified next year…” […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Fear of land seizures prompts major rise in farm sales” – The Citizen 3 days, 2 hours ago
19 July 2017
By Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni
“The biggest mass exodus of farmers in 20 years has also been blamed on high input costs, low returns and currency woes. Caught in a cash crunch with rising in […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Addressing land redistribution through the One Household One Hectare Policy” – Politicsweb 4 days, 13 hours ago
17 July 2017
By Yolisa Mfaise
“…Over the years, the DRDLR has had various programmes with similar objectives to the 1HH 1H programme; specifically aimed at supporting government’s land re […]
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admin wrote a new post, “African governments urged to secure land rights for all” – UNECA 4 days, 15 hours ago
17 July 2017
“Insecure forest and land rights trigger widespread poverty, gender disparity, lack of economic growth, social unrest, conflicts and investment risks, says Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Africa […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Pretoria families evicted like ‘dogs’” – The Citizen 4 days, 20 hours ago
17 July 2017
By Virginia Keppler
“The group claims it has been living on the land, given to them by a farmer, for 30 years. A total of 48 Pretoria families were allegedly thrown out of their houses l […]
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admin wrote a new post, “India’s land conflicts will persist until acquisition policy is inclusive, says expert” – Sharenet News 5 days, 2 hours ago
17 July 2017
By Rina Chandran
“Conflicts over land in India will persist until the government’s policy on land acquisitions for industrial use is made more inclusive to benefit villagers and farmers […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Human Rights, Civil Society And The Contradictions Of Land Reform In South Africa” – Polit 5 days, 12 hours ago
12 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 major source of conflict in the c […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land without owners will be taken and developed for public use: Mashatile” – Times Live 5 days, 16 hours ago
16 July 2017
“Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements Paul Mashatile has told the community of Diepkloof and Noordgesig in Soweto that government will take land […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Community files lawsuit against ‘inept’ officials” – Sowetan Live 6 days, 17 hours ago
15 July 2017
By Loyiso Sidimba
“The Bakwena Ba Mare a Phogole community has asked the Land Claims Court to order four senior government officials to personally pay the costs of its lawsuit for bungling […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Spike in illegal evictions at Western Cape farms” – iolNews 6 days, 18 hours ago
15 July 2017
By Soyiso Maliti
“Illegal farm evictions are on the rise in the Western Cape, according to the provincial Human Rights Commission and Women on Farms, a non-governmental organisation. H […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Land conflicts highlight a critical role for universities” – University World News 1 week ago
14 July 2017
By Gilbert Nakweya
“African universities have a key role to play in developing technical and human capacities to support land policy development and implementation, according to experts […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Where must we go? ask sisters facing eviction from wine farm” – GroundUp 1 week ago
14 July 2017
By Ashleigh Furlong and Thembela Ntongana
“…Josina and her younger sister, Miriam, are facing imminent eviction from their two-bedroomed home on Excelsior wine farm, outside Rob […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Gomorrah violence calms as Hercules residents fear more violent protests” – Times Live 1 week, 1 day ago
13 July 2017
By Sipho Mabena
“Promises and lies are what Gomorrah residents say they have received from the Tshwane municipality instead of services and now they are fed up. For almost a decade they h […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Kenya: 6 police officers killed by herders in land invasions” – News24 1 week, 1 day ago
13 July 2017
“A Kenya police report says six police officers have been killed by herders in volatile Laikipia County, where at least 40 people have died this year due to clashes over land. The report s […]
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admin wrote a new post, “Namibia: Land Grabbing Threatens Stability of Otjozondjupa – Governor” – AllAfrica 1 week, 1 day ago
13 July 2017
By Albertina Nakale
“Windhoek — Land grabbing in Otjozondjupa is threatening the stability of the region, the regional governor Otto Ipinge said…” – AllAfrica
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