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99 Years without our Land - Mayibuye I'Afrika!

Legislation & Policies
June, 2012
Africa, South Africa
advocacy
land reform
TA Media Release - 99 Years without our Land - Mayibuye I'Afrika!
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Administration of Estates Act, 1965.

Legislation
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
This Act regulates the (grant of) administration of real and personal estates of deceased persons, minors and persons under curatorship and of derelict estates. The Act also places restrictions of the disposal of such estates and provides for registration of documents and the handling of disputed claims. The Minister shall appoint Masters, Deputy Masters and Assistant Masters for purposes of grant of letters of administration.
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ADOPTING “First-level Adjudication” INTO A GIS MEDIUM

A Preliminary report for AFRA by Denis Rugege, March 2005

Other legal document
March, 2005
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
adjudication
land administration
This project is a component of the project “Piloting of Local Administration of Records - PILAR”, undertaken by the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA). AFRA is an independent land rights NGO that aims to redress past injustices, to secure tenure for all and to improve the quality of life and livelihoods of the rural poor. Pilar’s main objective is to assist the people of Ekuthuleni obtain legal, affordable and accessible land records in order to improve their tenure security and their access to credit and municipal services.
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African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).

المعاهدة الافريقية للمحافظة على الطبيعة والموارد الطبيعية.

International Conventions or Treaties
Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Nigeria, Mauritius, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini, Ghana, Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia, Comoros, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Botswana, Senegal, Chad, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Gambia, Mali, Burundi, Sao Tome and Principe, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Rwanda, Morocco, Niger, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan, Cameroon, Kenya, Middle Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
fisheries
land management
natural resources management
The Contracting States, in the belief that objectives set out in the Preamble would be better achieved by amending the 1968 Algiers Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by expanding elements related to sustainable development, have agreed on measures to enhance environmental protection, to foster the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources; and to harmonize and coordinate policies in these fields with a view to achieving ecologically rational, economically sound and socially acceptable development policies and programs for the Convention area.
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Agricultural Credit Act.

An Act to provide assistance to persons carrying on or undertaking to carry on farming operations, for the exercise of control in respect of assistance rendered, and for other incidental matters.

Legislation
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
leases
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Agricultural Credit Board and assistance to farmers by the Board. The Board is established under section 2. The Minister may establish Agricultural Credit Committees for one or more magisterial districts or portion of district. The Committees shall advise and assist the Minister or the Board. Assistance shall consist of a loan or selling or letting of immovable property. Immovable property may be acquired for farming purposes or sold by the State if the property is not suitable for farming purposes.
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Agricultural Debt Management Act, 2001 (No. 21 of 2001).

Legislation
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
The Agricultural Credit Account, kept in terms of section 20A of the Agricultural Credit Act (here repealed), continues to exist despite the repeal of that Act and is to be called the Agricultural Debt Account. Any agreement which is still in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and which directly or indirectly relates to a debt, remains a legally binding agreement and is enforceable as despite the repeal of any legislation under which or as a result of which that agreement was concluded.
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Agricultural Debt Management Amendment Act, 2002 (No. 49 of 2002).

Legislation
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
cadastres
land registration
The Heading of section 9 now reads: "Registration and filing of documents and exemptions". Subsection (1) now reads: "Despite the provisions of any other Act, a mortgage bond, agreement, consent, authorisation or other document tendered for the purposes of this Act at any deeds register for registration or filing, may be prepared, executed and attested by an officer of the department.".

Amends: Agricultural Debt Management Act, 2001 (No. 21 of 2001). (2001-12-04)
Repealed by: Agricultural Debt Management Repeal Act, 2008 (No. 15 of 2008). (2008-09-17)
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Agricultural Debt Management Repeal Act, 2008 (No. 15 of 2008).

Legislation
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Despite the repeal of the Agricultural Debt Management Act, 2001, the provisions contained in sections 2, 7, 8(1), (2) and (3) and 9 of that Act remain in force until all agreements referred to in that Act have been terminated and the debt associated with those agreements have been recovered or otherwise extinguished. The repeal of the Agricultural Debt Management Act, 2001 does not affect any rights of the State to collect the debts referred to in that Act.
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report

Legislation & Policies
October, 2015
South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
agriculture
forestry
fisheries
protected areas
property
agricultural land management
The Portfolio Committee’s Content Advisor provided a summary of the key financial and performance recommendations contained in the 2013/14 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report, and described those that had been brought to the attention of the Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), as well as to the Minister of Finance.
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Amaqamu & Emakhasaneni v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Legislation & Policies
Jurisprudence
November, 2016
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
customary land rights
expropriation
land access
land distribution
This is a judgement in the Land Claims Court which concerned the validity of land claims lodged under The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act 15 of 2014. This act was an amended version of the Restitution of Land rights Act 22 f 1994 which differed by extending the time frame for persons, descendants, or communities who were disposed of land after 1913 to lodge land claims. Previously the cut-off date under the 1994 to lodge claims was 31st December 1998. Under the 2014 Act, claims could up lodged from the passing of the act until 30 June 2019.