Two bills recently rammed through Parliament will benefit traditional and political leaders, not the poorest and most vulnerable in the country.
25 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Archive: Opinion
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 […]
12 Dec 2018
by Monica de Souza Louw
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Parliament’s final push on dangerous traditional leadership bills
The recognition of traditional communities in the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill comes with baggage. The “traditional communities” recognised in the TKLB are those previously called “tribes” under colonialism and apartheid. Tribal authorities were established for them in terms of […]
10 Dec 2018
by Dr. Aninka Claassens
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Mining – Giving the Power the People
The response by Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe to two recent judgments about mining and the land rights of people living in the former homelands has been instructive.
19 Nov 2018
by Nokwanda Sihlali
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Rural women fight for the right to own ‘their’ land
South Africa’s constitutional watchdog, backed by several brave rural women from KwaZulu-Natal, went to court this week in a bid to stop King Goodwill Zwelithini’s Ingonyama Trust turning land owners into tenants.