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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Tag Archives: communal land
02 May 2018
by Ayesha Motala
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Traditional leaders – not rural citizens – are at the centre of the land expropriation debate
Land expropriation without compensation has already galvanised much public debate and contestation among leadership from all sectors, but what does this mean for people living in rural areas?
30 Nov 2017
by Custom Contested
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Kgalema Motlanthe’s High Level Panel calls for repeal of Ingonyama Trust Act
The Ingonyama Trust headed by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu should be dissolved and the law that established it on the eve of South Africa’s liberation in 1994 should be repealed says an independent High Level Panel headed by former […]
23 Nov 2017
by Rehana Rossouw
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Communities must benefit more from mining — panel
Residents of mining areas testified at the high-level panel on assessment of key legislation and acceleration of fundamental change about the acute disruptions caused in their lives and livelihoods by mining and their concerns are dealt with in several recommended […]
08 Nov 2017
by Mike Coleman
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Who owns the land? Half an answer from AgrisSA land audit
Farmers’ interest group AgriSA last week released its own land audit. This filled in a major blank in the land reform and policy field: How many black emerging farmers have bought farms outside government’s land reform programme? We now have […]
06 Nov 2017
by Brendan Boyle
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Leadership bill dissolves rather than strengthens power of rural people
The pleas of thousands of rural people who made difficult journeys to attend public hearings across the country are largely ignored in the amended version of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill set to be adopted by the National Assembly […]
16 May 2017
by Sobantu Mzwakali
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Bapo: conflicts arising with land allocation
At the heart of a dispute for the headman-ship at Bapo Ba Mogale, a community in North West, is a land allocation process that leaves villagers stranded.
06 Apr 2017
by Thiyane Duda
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Communal land belongs to the people, not to the chiefs
It’s time the South African government made it clear that traditional leaders do not legally own the communal land that lies within the boundaries of our former homelands. The Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Des van Rooyen, […]
20 Jul 2016
by Aninka Claassens
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Hope for battle-weary mining community
North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has done little to find out what has happened to mining funds. Rural groups across the country face huge legal and logistical obstacles when they try to hold traditional leaders and the government to account […]
20 Jul 2016
by Joanna Pickering
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Black people on communal land at mercy of mining firms
A wealthy commercial farm owner is approached by a mining company that has been licensed by the state to mine on his land. The company approaches the farm owner to negotiate a surface lease. The farm owner employs a legal team, […]