Amanda Khoza Impoverished residents in the province, especially those in rural areas, say they are being neglected, ignored and exploited by the very people who are supposed to protect them.
Tag: customary land
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Apr 09 2020
Mantashe uses State of Disaster to escape accountability
As the Covid-19 lockdown came into force, amendments to the Mineral Resources Development Act were quietly pushed through, which effectively strip mining-affected communities of key rights.
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Apr 09 2020
Killing the Holy Ghost: Inside the R145bn plan that would destroy the Limpopo River
When Vasco da Gama anchored off the mouth of the Limpopo River in 1498, he named it Espiritu Santo. Around 520 years later, a Chinese businessman wanted by Interpol would do a deal with the South African government to build an 8,000ha Special Economic Zone on the river’s southern bank. The dealmakers would keep many …
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Dec 11 2019
Traditional Khoi-San Leadership Act Underpinned By Idea That Rural People Cannot Think
Last week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Traditional Khoi-San Leadership Act. Some have called it controversial, others colonial or corrupting. And indeed, it is all of those things. But it also signals the utter contempt the government has for rural people.
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Dec 11 2019
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act ‘brings back apartheid Bantustans’, say activists
In a recent article in Maverick Citizen, we explained that the Traditional and Khoi-san Leadership Act was likely to rob millions of rural people, women in particular, of their rights. Maverick Citizen sought the views of rural land activists from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Limpopo who have been particularly vociferous in the fight …
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