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Agricultural union in India supports farmers protest against government and agri-business

12th Feb 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The protesting farmers, with the support of the broader community in India, are fighting for the security of government-regulated markets for their produce.

The food crisis and hunger pandemic

12th Jun 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The measures taken by government to slow the spread of COVID-19 have unmasked the face of racialised and gendered inequalities hiding in the folds of democracy.

Farmworkers tell of poor working and living conditions

17th Oct 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The fact that farmworkers work the land under working and living conditions that have not changed since the Western Cape strike of 2012 should be […]

Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa

17th Apr 2018 Ben Cousins 0

Ben Cousins argues that the land redistribution should benefit small-scale farmers.

Land expropriation: identifying who benefits crucial for success

10th Apr 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Speaking at a public seminar organised by PLAAS, Professor Ruth Hall from the University of the Western Cape argued that there is no need to change the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.

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