admin wrote a new post, "Goodwood land claimants fighting for their land" – eNCA 4 years, 7 months ago
26 September 2017
“Almost 20 years after successfully claiming back prime land the Cape Town suburb of Goodwood, no tangible benefits have come for the rightful land owners. Now the department of rural d […]
admin wrote a new post, "Plea for land trust beneficiaries to stop fighting" – iolNews 4 years, 7 months ago
26 September 2017
By Sandiso Phaliso
“Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister Mcebisi Skwatsha pleaded with beneficiaries of the Ndabeni Communal Property Trust to resolve their internal […]
admin wrote a new post, "City of Joburg to launch task team to probe illegal land invasions" – Times Live 4 years, 7 months ago
25 September 2017
“City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has announced that he is to establish an independent task team to investigate allegations of political interference behind recent illegal land […]
admin wrote a new post, "Land claim issues in the spotlight at Makgoba in Limpopo" – sabc 4 years, 7 months ago
25 September 2017
“Land claim issues came under the spotlight at Makgoba in Limpopo on Monday. The community has been given 49 hectares of tea, avocado, litchie, macadamia and cashew nut farms, but has no […]
admin wrote a new post, "Land Claimants Not Letting Go" – George Herald 4 years, 8 months ago
23 September 2017
“A group of land claimants for Hansmoeskraal outside Pacaltsdorp allege that documentary evidence of their claim filed in 1997 is being wilfully kept from them so as not to embarrass […]
admin wrote a new post, "Regime wants to accelerate land grab program" – South Africa Today 4 years, 8 months ago
23 September 2017
“The Land Surveyor General appointed by the ANC regime, and commissioned on behalf of the Zuma government, apparently began to look at the fertile soil of the Far Northern Transvaal and […]
admin wrote a new post, "City of Joburg denies Lenasia deaths linked to eviction" – Business Day 4 years, 8 months ago
23 September 2017
By Dianne Hawker
“The City of Johannesburg has denied evicting Lenasia residents‚ saying the incident that is believed to have led to the death of two people on Friday was a shack de […]
admin wrote a new post, "Restitution gives dispossessed communities restorative justice" – ANN7 4 years, 8 months ago
22 September 2017
By Mtobeli Mxotwa
“The vision of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights is to create an efficient and effective commission that will produce sustainable restitution projects […]
admin wrote a new post, "Why taking land without compensation is a bad idea" – Agbiz 4 years, 8 months ago
22 September 2017
By Dr John Purchase and Theo Boshoff
“Despite a stated commitment by government and private sector to change the ownership patterns of land in South Africa, there is growing sentiment […]
admin wrote a new post, "Land, The Solution To Economic Freedom?" – Business Media Mags 4 years, 8 months ago
20 September 2017
“…Land has formed an important part of the campaign for radical economic transformation. The expropriation of land without compensation is seen by many as one of the ways in which […]
admin wrote a new post, "MEC Qoboshiyane to open R32 million Wittekleibosch Dairy Farm" – RNews 4 years, 8 months ago
20 September 2017
“Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, will on Thursday officially open a brand new dairy farm in the Tsitsikamma, the first land to be returned […]
admin wrote a new post, "Here are the communities who hope to secure the Fish River Sun" – Times Live 4 years, 8 months ago
20 September 2017
By Odette Parfitt And Staff Reporter
“One community has been fighting for nearly two decades to lay claim to the land on which the Fish River Sun was built but multiple groups have […]
admin wrote a new post, "Police Respond To Durban Land Grab" – safrica24 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "Urban Migration: What The Marikana Informal Settlement Judgment Teaches" – Huffington Post 4 years, 8 months ago
18 September 2017
By Phephelaphi Dube
“…Despite early attempts in 2013 to evict the unlawful occupants, the number of unlawful occupants had exponentially grown to 60,000 by the time the Applicants […]
admin wrote a new post, "Why red lights are flashing over consultation on communal land bills" – Business Day 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "What is a fair price for expropriated land?" – The South African 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "Phosa backs king’s huge land claim" – Dispatch Live 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "CoJ to implement new town planning and land use scheme" – Engineering News 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "West Coast Phosphate Mine Stopped – for Now" – AllAfrica 4 years, 8 months 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 […]
admin wrote a new post, "Cape Town earmarks land for housing development" Times Live 4 years, 8 months 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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