What can be done to secure poor rural people’s rights to land and water they depend on for their livelihoods, and what must be done to ensure that women’s access and tenure is secured?
These questions are at the centre of a new multi-country action research project on Land and Water Rights in…
By: Joe Brock
Date: May 26th 2016
Source: Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved a bill allowing state expropriations of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership, an emotive issue two decades after the end of apartheid.
Most of…
Date: 28 mai 2016
Source: RFI
Le Parlement sud-africain a voté jeudi 26 mai une loi permettant une accélération de la réforme agraire. Ce nouveau texte va autoriser l'expropriation de la terre, contre compensation, si c'est dans le cadre de l'intérêt public. Une mesure qui concerne des dizaines…
By: John Campbell
Date: June 8th 2016
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
OPINION
There is less than meets the eye to the South African parliament’s passage at the end of May of a land reform bill, called the “Expropriation Bill.” Ostensibly, the new legislation has some similarity to law of…
Source: BDLive
Author: Franny Rabkin
ALL land restitution claims made after December 1998 have been put on hold by the Constitutional Court, after the court found that Parliament did not properly consult the public before deciding to reopen the window for claims.
The Restitution of Land Rights…
By: Teboho.Setena
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: News24
THE African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) in the Free State has called for a second model to the land reform programme to complement the existing Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (Plas) programme.
The body strongly…
By: Bongani Mthethwa
Date: August 21st 2016
Source: Sowetan Live
One of the first pilot projects that will see workers and farm owners become co-owners of a farming enterprise as part of government’s 50/50 land policy was officially launched in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.
The pilot project‚ which…
By: Bekezela Phakathi
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: BD Live
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its drought relief efforts amid fears that hundreds of commercial farmers will be forced to shut up shop as their rising debt reach crisis levels.
South Africa is suffering its worst drought in decades.…
By: Anine Kilian
Date: September 27th 2016
Source: Engineering News
Property ownership in South Africa is hugely skewed and there is major asset inequality in the country, Public Works Deputy Minister Jeremy Cronin stated at the Rode-REIM Property Conference 2016 on Tuesday.
Making the case for…
Date: 28 septembre 2016
Source: Agence ecofin
Par Souha Touré
En appui à sa stratégie de développement 2016-2021, Safcol est en« négociations avancées » avec le gouvernement sud-africain pour l’acquisition de nouvelles terres forestières. C’est ce qu’a annoncé Lungile Mabece, le président de…
By: Carl Collen
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: Eurofruit
Witzenberg PALS helps empower agri-workers and play a role in South African land reform
A dedicated group of Ceres-based growers in South Africa have prioritised black empowerment and land reform as they look to secure future food…
By: Africa News Agency
Date: October 24th 2016
Source: ENCA
RUSTENBURG - Black farmers will march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to demonstrate their dissatisfaction over the slow pace of land reform.
African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) secretary general Aggrey Mahanjana…