8 January 2022
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, a prominent South African Advocate and author writing an Op-Ed in the Mail and Guardian on 8th January, provides in depth analysis of the failure by South Africa's ANC ruling party to address land issues. He argues that "the backstory to the formation of the ANC (in 1912) was
15 December 2021
Gender equity is also key to land reform since women are under-represented and have not benefited from land reform in any meaningful manner. (Photo: newframe.com / Wikipedia)
6 December 2021
A national validation workshop discussed the draft National Land Policy Document of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa on 15–17 November 2021.
The workshop was part of a process that began in November 2018 at the Bukavu interprovincial forum to formulate a new national land policy.
2 December 2021
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development is pushing for gender parity in land ownership in the region.
At a July 28 meeting in Nairobi, seven ministers from member states signed a document titled Regional Women's Land Rights Agenda, which will serve as the foundation for improving policies
24 November 2021
Prindex Global and leading think tank NCAER will announce a new initiative today at the India Land and Development Conference 2021 to enhance land and housing rights in India. The project will go state by state mapping government performance on land records against people’s perceptions of their
18 November 2021
Dr Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Associate Professor in the Discipline of Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki has recently reviewed a new book by one of South Africa's leading legal minds and land analysts Tembeka Ngcukaitobi . His review of Land Mattters: South Africa's Failed Land
13 November 2021
Government has introduced the new securitised A2 Model Settlement Permit with advanced security features to curb fake offer letters.
This follows the emergence of land ownership disputes countrywide with people in some cases vying for occupation of farms using different offer letters.
Lands,
2 November 2021
The UN Climate Change Conference (the official name for climate Conferences of the Parties) has happened every year since 1995. The two-week summits are an important space for stakeholders to discuss the climate crisis on a global level. These annual conferences bring together those that have
20 October 2021
An on-going aspiration in Niger since 1992, the Land Policy inspired by VGGT principles was finally adopted in Niger on 9 September 2021.
This operation which started in 2015 demonstrates that land tenure mechanisms need time, patience, technical support and a close follow-up at the Country level.
12 October 2021
CCSI is hiring a Senior Legal or Policy Researcher to work on our Land, Agriculture & Food Systems portfolio of projects. This position will collaborate with CCSI’s Director and Research Staff to execute the Center’s applied research agenda on
4 October 2021
His administration will establish the "Agrarian Civil Service," a program through which thousands of young university students will technically support the farmers.
On Sunday, Peru’s President Pedro Castillo launched the "second agrarian reform", which is a national policy for the development of
27 September 2021
The Congolese government approved on September 20 the bill approving the partnership agreement with Total Nature Based Solutions (TNBS), Congo First Company (CFC), and Forest Neutral Congo (FNC) for the development of the State land reserve located at Léfini in the Plateaux department. This bill