10 Sep 2019
by Kevin Bloom
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In late August 2019, mere days before mass violence erupted in central Johannesburg, the Baloyi Commission released its report into the corruption that had been plaguing the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela, an indigenous community of 350,000, since at least 1998.
09 Sep 2019
by Zenande Booi and Nokwanda Sihlali
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There was a backlash against the Ingonyama Trust Board even before the release of the Presidential Expert Advisory Panel Report on Land Reform and Agriculture last month and the subsequent media coverage.
30 Jun 2019
by Sam Sole
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A voice from the grave accuses Sandile Nogxina, a former director-general and now advisor to the mining minister, of betraying a community.
30 Apr 2019
by Ben Cousins
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In debates taking place about the direction of land reform in South Africa today, it is important to remember why we are doing this, and what reform is intended to achieve.
30 Apr 2019
by Thiyane Duda, Ayesha Motala, and Monica de Souza Louw
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During Parliament’s fifth term, many Bills were introduced that bear a potentially significant impact on people living in rural areas or as part of traditional communities.
29 Apr 2019
by Peter Delius
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Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their ‘subjects’. This includes control over land distribution and mining rights. It is the mining rights, in particular, that […]
25 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Two bills recently rammed through Parliament will benefit traditional and political leaders, not the poorest and most vulnerable in the country.
20 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Why is the ANC rushing through legislation that entrenches the unstable reign of chiefs?
01 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe wants to ask unemployed people from surrounding villages whether mining should go ahead.
21 Feb 2019
by Ramabina Mahapa
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It is not just the government that has failed. Mining companies have usurped land belonging to rural communities without due regard for their property rights.