The incident known as the Marikana massacre of 2012 brought the world’s attention to the arduous lives of South African mineworkers. But a group that is continuously overlooked is the women of Marikana, and how many of them have had to sell their bodies to survive. It is a common misconception that mining is a …
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Oct 01 2014
Rural land rights in jeopardy*
More than 2 000 people attended a recent government summit on land tenure security. They included large numbers of traditional leaders, but also farmworkers, farm dwellers, land reform beneficiaries and people living in the former homelands whose voices are often most marginalised in the national discourse. While there were some divergent views, one of the clearest messages …
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Sep 29 2014
Class, race and the new native*
South Africa today suffers a confusion between the rule of the people, the rule of law and the rule of property. The single most important transformation brought about by the end of apartheid was an acceleration in turning South African society from a society of control into a society of consumption. This shift has been …
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Sep 11 2014
We want rights – not equity, say farmworkers*
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) achieved something momentous at the three-day National Land Tenure Summit in Boksburg last week – it united farm workers and farm owners in opposition to its proposal to split the ownership of commercial farms 50-50 between them. Delegates called instead for government to implement existing laws …
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Sep 04 2014
Land claims could blow up in Zuma’s face*
Several traditional leaders recently announced their intention to lodge restitution claims to vast and overlapping swaths of land. They include the Zulu king, leaders of the Hlubi, Rharhabe and Thembu, and President Jacob Zuma’s nephew Simphiwe Zuma, on behalf of the KwaNxamalala clan. King Goodwill Zwelithini has announced that his claim goes back to 1838 …
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