03 Oct 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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There has been a series of damning court judgments in the past 12 months exposing the government’s systematic failure to uphold the constitutionally protected land rights of the poor and vulnerable.
10 Sep 2019
by Kevin Bloom
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In late August 2019, mere days before mass violence erupted in central Johannesburg, the Baloyi Commission released its report into the corruption that had been plaguing the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela, an indigenous community of 350,000, since at least 1998.
29 Apr 2019
by Peter Delius
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Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their ‘subjects’. This includes control over land distribution and mining rights. It is the mining rights, in particular, that […]
25 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Two bills recently rammed through Parliament will benefit traditional and political leaders, not the poorest and most vulnerable in the country.
01 Mar 2019
by Aninka Claassens
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Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe wants to ask unemployed people from surrounding villages whether mining should go ahead.
21 Feb 2019
by Ramabina Mahapa
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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.
15 Jan 2019
by Andrew Bennie
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Through farming, many Amadiba coastal residents are not just surviving, but flourishing. Together with greater potential for integration with ecological integrity, this is the kind of work that should be supported in a climate change world. But the Amadiba are […]
10 Dec 2018
by Dr. Aninka Claassens
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The response by Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe to two recent judgments about mining and the land rights of people living in the former homelands has been instructive.
19 Nov 2018
by Zenande Booi
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The Lesetlheng community’s victory against mining interests signals a start to the recognition of land rights of which SA’s oppressed people had been deprived for generations.
05 Nov 2018
by Dr. Aninka Claassens
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The Constitutional Court ruled unanimously last week that mining and the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) cannot trump the constitutional rights of the 17-million South Africans living in former homeland areas.