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 Ben Cousins
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Archive: Opinion
30 Apr 2019
by Thiyane Duda, Ayesha Motala, and Monica de Souza Louw
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Public Engagement on traditional leadership bills: What Parliament did well and where it was lacking
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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Why the ANC is bent on conferring colonial and apartheid-era rights on rural chiefs
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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Looting of land rights continues as Parliament signs two controversial bills
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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Traditional Courts Bill props up a system spawned by apartheid
Why is the ANC rushing through legislation that entrenches the unstable reign of chiefs?
01 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Xolobeni community being coerced into giving up land rights
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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Mining rights ride roughshod over property rights
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.
06 Feb 2019
by Dr. Aninka Claassens
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Women’s struggle for land rights in the former homelands: Aninka Claassens speaks to Tsholofelo Sepotokele
Aninka Claassens has been engaged in the struggle for land rights in South Africa since the early 1980s.
06 Feb 2019
by Nokwanda Sihlali
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A reflection on the lived experiences of womxn in rural KwaZulu-Natal living under Ingonyama Trust
The idea that womxn in rural spaces are the least resistant is a definite misperception when you look at some of the changes that have been negotiated since 1994 during which time some of the most significant changes have been precipitated […]
15 Jan 2019
by Andrew Bennie
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Mining will not bring jobs to Xolobeni
Through farming, many Amadiba coastal residents are not just surviving, but flourishing. Together with greater potential for integration with ecological integrity, this is the kind of work that should be supported in a climate change world. But the Amadiba are […]