Paddy Harper Land reform minister Thoko Didiza has intervened in the “paralysis” of the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB), committing the troubled entity to an organisational overhaul to ensure that its operations benefit people living on land under its control.
Tag: land rights
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Jun 09 2020
Right of Reply: M&G chose ‘good story’ over truth — Buthelezi
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP ‘Ingonyama Trust: The Full Story Revealed at Last”. Thus read the Mail & Guardian’s front page headline on August 8 last year, accompanied by an image of me and His Majesty the King.
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Jun 08 2020
Land, rurality and data systems during Covid-19: Co-ordinating a continental response
Constance Mogale Covid-19 has heightened the vulnerability of the powerless, who are now exposed to the whims of governments who have at their disposal absolute power as a result of the state of emergency and ‘the undemocratic nature of disasters’.
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Jun 01 2020
Coal mine’s bid for KZN land puts compensation criteria to test
Ramabina Mahapa The people of Mpukunyoni in KwaZulu-Natal are the latest in a growing list of rural South African communities whose land rights are under siege as a mining company seeks to remove them from their homes.
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May 26 2020
Special Assignment | Land Claims: 21 April 2020 (Video)
A recent episode of Special Assignment tracks developments in two communities whose restitution claims and dreams have been thwarted by government ineptitude.
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