By Johann Kirsten and Wandile Sihlobo South Africa’s land reform policy remains highly contested. But, in our view, a number of persistent myths about farmland statistics and the structure of commercial agriculture skew debates. This makes it difficult to reach some common understanding about the realities of land and agriculture in the country.
Tag: land redistribution
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May 09 2022
Land reform can only happen by targeting private property ownership, says Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
By Zukiswa Pikoli Government should abandon the policy of land restitution because it is not economically or politically feasible, and rather go back to redistribution.
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Apr 30 2019
Land policy must change South Africa’s agrarian structure
In debates taking place about the direction of land reform in South Africa today, it is important to remember why we are doing this, and what reform is intended to achieve.
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Feb 21 2019
Mining rights ride roughshod over property rights
It is not just the government that has failed. Mining companies have usurped land belonging to rural communities without due regard for their property rights.
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