By Various
A collection of news articles and video clips relating to the recent Ingonyama Trust Board court ruling.
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Jul 13 2021
2nd Webinar Invitation: Ingonyama Trust Lease Case: What are the judgement’s implications for tenure security of rural South Africans?
By LARC
You are invited to attend a two part conversation hosted by the Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC) on the recent judgment in the matter of CASAC and others v Ingonyama Trust.
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Jul 12 2021
Book the date! Online Book launch for Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South Africa – Tuesday 20 July at 18:00-19:30 SAST.
Who controls the land and minerals in the former Bantustans of South Africa – chiefs, the state or landholders?
Disputes are taking place around the ownership of resources, decisions about their exploitation and who should benefit.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/book-the-date-online-book-launch-for-land-law-and-chiefs-in-rural-south-africa-tuesday-20-july-at-1800-1930-sast/
Jul 12 2021
Land rights have become a resource that is given to the elites, say rural land activists
By Zukiswa Pikoli
Rural activists say that the Ingonyama Trust judgment reveals a culture of exploitation of the most vulnerable by traditional leadership and the government, to benefit elites.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/land-rights-have-become-a-resource-that-is-given-to-the-elites-say-rural-land-activists/
Jun 23 2021
The value of land for people displaced by mining cannot be measured in monetary terms alone
By Shannon Herd-Hoare and Ramabina Mahapa
If mining comes to Makhasaneni in rural KwaZulu-Natal, will the community be compensated fairly — and how? The market value of land or immovables such as homesteads is the usual determinant. But excluding the cultural aspects of dependence on land helps explain why so few communities have been left better off after being displaced by mining, and why so many resist mining on their land.
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