By Suthentira Govender The spate of recent attacks on traditional leaders in KwaZulu-Natal has resulted in the provincial government giving the green light to the establishment of a community safety intervention unit.
Tag: land rights
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Jan 13 2022
SAVE THE DATE: Land Conference 2022
The Failed Promise of Tenure Security. Customary Land Rights and Dispossession. Hosted by Legal Resources Centre, LARC at University of Cape Town, PLAAS at University of Western Cape and SWOP and Wits. 23-25 February 2022. Register at https://bit.ly/LAND22
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Nov 30 2021
PILG 2021 report: “Reflections on defending and advancing social justice during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa”
The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG) is an annual civil society convening of people and organisations who use law as a tool to advance social justice in South Africa.
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Sep 06 2021
Women, (neo-)colonial customary law, patriarchy, custodianship and the land debate
By Narnia Bohler-Muller and Fathima Zahra Ebrahim Mayet The government has been lethargic in enacting policies that enable some form of equitable land redistribution in South Africa, while attempts at policy have been met with little success.
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Aug 10 2021
The Ingonyama judgment: Why the state must heed court orders to halt dispossession and deliver land rights
By Aninka Claassens Vulnerable rural people in South Africa are being systematically dispossessed of their precariously held property rights. The past decade has seen a colossal battle between the courts and government over land reform and the property rights of the 18 million South Africans living in their former homeland areas.
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