Search results

Showing items 1 through 9 of 10.

Library Resource

UNTITLED: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa

January, 2017
South Africa
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Library Resource

Development by dispossession: the post-2000 development agenda and land rights in Lesotho

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Lesotho
Land & Investments
land policies
land reform
dispossession
This paper questions the novelty of post-2000 development strategies, in particular the US’s Millennium Challenge Corporation and its ethos of ‘poverty reduction through economic growth.’ Using land as a lens, I explore recent eras of development assistance and ask if the Millennium-era has been appreciably different from pre-2000 development. The backdrop of my study is an MCC-sponsored land reform in Lesotho. I use data drawn from fieldwork in Lesotho to argue that the logics and outcomes of the Development industry’s land policies have remained largely the same.
Library Resource

Land rights: What people want

Reports & Research
February, 2017
South Africa
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
land use
land reform
communal territory
land investments
private ownership
rural population
local communities
tenure security
In South Africa, policies of separate development and restrictions placed on capital expenditure imposed on the lands occupied by the indigenous people during the colonial era prevented the state from implementing the cadastre in the communal areas of the country. The status quo persists to this day, which has resulted in a dual system that promoted investment in areas where private property rights were permitted, but relegated the traditional communities into poverty and disinvestment
Library Resource

MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BILL: NO 15D OF 2013

Legislation & Policies
Legislation
Other legal document
March, 2017
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
customary land rights
development
extractive industries
indigenous peoples' land rights
mining
Written submissions on the MPRDA Amendment Bill 15D of 2013 to the Gauteng Legislature, made on behalf of the Land Access Movement of South Africa (LAMOSA), the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), and Bench Marks Foundation.
Library Resource

THE REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS DRAFT BILL, 2017

Legislation & Policies
National Policies
Other legal document
May, 2017
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
compensation
expropriation
indigenous peoples' land rights
land distribution
Written submissions on the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Draft Bill made to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Library Resource

Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Draft Bill

Legislation & Policies
National Policies
Other legal document
May, 2017
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
collective ownership
customary land rights
customary law
extractive industries
mining
Written submissions on the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Draft Bill made to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Library Resource

Who owns the land? Half an answer from AgrisSA land audit

Reports & Research
November, 2017
South Africa
Land & Investments
land ownership
Farmers’ interest group AgriSA last week released its own land audit. This filled in a major blank in the land reform and policy field: How many black emerging farmers have bought farms outside government’s land reform programme? We now have a part answer: they bought 4.3 million hectares. Other findings from this study are contested and methodological flaws are highlighted.
Library Resource

Communities must benefit more from mining — High Level Panel

Reports & Research
November, 2017
South Africa
Land & Investments
community land rights
Residents of mining areas testified at the Parliamentary High-Level panel on assessment of key legislation and acceleration of fundamental change about the acute disruptions caused in their lives and livelihoods by mining and their concerns are dealt with in several recommended amendments to legislation.
Library Resource

Rethinking Expropriation Law: Compensation for Expropriation

Colloquium Report (December 7-9 2016)

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2017
Global, Africa, South Africa, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
expropriation
land valuation
The Groningen Centre for Law and Governance (GCLG) and the University of Cape Town collaborated with the Global Land Tool Network and True Price to convene the fourth annual colloquium on Expropriation Law in Cape Town. The annual meetings of this project concentrate on narrowly defined aspects of expropriation, and facilitate discussion amongst international academics and other experts on shared issues in Expropriation Law. The project gives delegates the opportunity to participate on the global platform, alongside leading scholars in the field of expropriation law.
Library Resource

Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2017
South Africa
Land & Investments
land acquisitions
land policies
land reform
land rights
This paper uses the case of South Africa’s latest land redistribution strategy known as the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, to explore whether, and how, research can have direct and positive impacts on beneficiaries of land reform. The study is situated within the practice of action research: to explore how it can generate knowledge that can be shared back and forth between stakeholders, as well as how it may ignite changes that the participants desire. The findings are that Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy is not meeting the overall goals land reform.