Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South Africa
Dispossession in South Africa is associated with the period of colonialism and apartheid. As a result, not much consideration is given to how previously marginalised […]
Land expropriation without compensation
Survey shows a majority of South Africans support land reform
Unequal access to land in South Africa continues to prevent citizens from enjoying human dignity, rights and security. The ongoing debates and recent public hearings […]
Land activists want speedy land reform, restitution and an end to evictions
A group of about 100 land activists marched to Parliament to demand speedy expropriation of land without compensation.
Housing organisations march for decent houses
Housing organisations marched against evictions that are a feature of the state’s response to the growing wave of land occupations around the City.
Gugulethu backyarders protest against rumoured evictions
Ramaphosa Informal Settlement residents say the City should expect more protests if it does not back down from planning evictions.
“Parkwood has a problem, people live under inhumane conditions”
Widespread protests for land and housing are taking place with backyarders and landless people occupying vacant land in Cape Town.
The City and the province won’t expropriate land for housing
The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape provincial government has stated that it will not buy land from Ross Demolition to build houses for Siqalo residents as the land is “not fit for human habitation”.
Obstacles facing a young black farmer in South Africa: a personal story
A new sense of urgency has entered South Africa’s land reform process after the country’s parliament took a resolution to amend the constitution to effect […]
Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa
Ben Cousins argues that the land redistribution should benefit small-scale farmers.
From a backyard garden to small commercial farming
With the public domain dominated by debates on land expropriation without compensation, two guys from Port Elizabeth share their story of how they started farming in an urban backyard to getting a hectare of land to farm.
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