By Nolundi Luwaya, Constance Mogale, Ruth Hall, Dineo Skosana, Wilmien Wicomb, Zenande Booi, Tshepo Fokane, Nokwanda Sihlali and Sienne Molepo Citizens of rural communities across the country who are fighting for their land rights are outraged at the government’s treatment of them, likening it to apartheid and colonialism.
Tag: communal land
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Jun 06 2022
Ingonyama Trust land: Residents ‘must pay for what they use’
By Thami Magubane Durban – eThekwini Municipality is looking to engage with the Ingonyama Trust to get residents living on its land to pay “something” for the services they receive.
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Jun 06 2022
SAfm Interview: Ahead of the National Land Summit (Nokwanda Sihlali)
Interview: Nokwanda Sihlali As the National Land Summit is set to be held this coming Friday and Saturday, we thought to revisit the issue looking at where we are.
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Oct 03 2019
State’s mining bias is making the poor poorer
There has been a series of damning court judgments in the past 12 months exposing the government’s systematic failure to uphold the constitutionally protected land rights of the poor and vulnerable.
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Oct 01 2019
South Africa’s lands must be shared
The return of land to black South Africans, ‘expropriation without compensation’, is once again a crucial issue for the government. There have been proposals for transfers, and a few actual transfers, for 25 years, but now there is strong pressure, with threats of action, from the radical left.
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