According to the 2014 budget – an overview of which Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented on 26 February – the government has set aside R8.7 billion for the settlement of restitution claims over the next three (3) years. This falls far short of the R180 billion that the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform …
Tag: Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill
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Nov 26 2013
Response to ‘Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire’
I have received a number of interesting comments via social media on the piece Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire. The hearings are related to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, which was tabled in parliament in October. I would like to continue this conversation by responding to some of the comments here, …
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Nov 25 2013
Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire
Parliament is currently holding provincial public hearings on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill. The Bill, which re-opens the window to allow people to put in restitution claims until 2018, was tabled in October. See a response to comments on this post here. The Western Cape hearing in George was emblematic of the government’s …
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Nov 15 2013
Advocacy for women’s land rights: Plotting the way forward
The story of Dudu Xaba from KwaZulu Natal shows vividly how land rights and livelihoods are intertwined. Xaba’s late father left her a farm in his will but her half-brother claimed it, arguing only a male heir could inherit the plot. The brother and the local chief threatened her with violence if she persisted with …
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Oct 30 2013
“The state does not consult rural people about laws that affect them”
The centenary year of the 1913 Natives Land Act is drawing to a close and we are looking ahead to marking two decades of democratic governance in 2014. Many questions arise as to the extent to which the democratisation that seemed imminent in 1994 has been achieved, especially in rural areas in the former homelands. …
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