Two bills recently rammed through Parliament will benefit traditional and political leaders, not the poorest and most vulnerable in the country.
Tag: communal land
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May 02 2018
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?
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Nov 30 2017
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should be dissolved and the law that established it on the eve of South Africa’s liberation in 1994 should be repealed says an independent High Level Panel headed by former president Kgalema Motlanthe. The report, commissioned by the Speakers of South Africa’s national and provincial …
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Nov 23 2017
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 amendments to legislation.
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Nov 08 2017
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 a part answer: they bought 4.3 million hectares. For this major research effort, which has …
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