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, by WICOMB Wilmien
In a remarkable display of legal gymnastics, parliament’s constitutional and legal services office has suggested that there is no problem with highly contested changes to the Traditional Courts Bill.
To its credit, the portfolio committee of justice and correctional services has decided to (...)
, by TOM Boyce
The mass action that unfolded in Caledon a few weeks before the country’s fourth national elections was typical of actions that have characterised periods before elections.
This article draws some lessons, and makes some observations, from the recent service delivery protest action in the (...)
, by NGONYAMA Percy
The recent high court challenge by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, a group of individual land occupiers and the Rural Women’s Movement against Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has, once again, brought the issue of the Ingonyama Trust and the role of the king (...)
, by BAHADUR Aisha
The controversial announcement by the African National Congress that land will be expropriated without compensation has raised contentions on land reform in South Africa. Land is symbolic of the discontent at post-apartheid transformation but it is real agrarian reform to improve income and (...)
, by MONJANE Boaventura
The South African parliament has voted for a motion to amend the constitution that will allow the government to expropriate private land without compensation. However, a true resolution of the land question must be in accordance with the needs of those who work and live off the land. This (...)
, by KEKANA Mashadi
Parliament’s adoption of the land expropriation motion has been described as a way to “achieve the founding principles of the liberation in South Africa” by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), while those opposing this decision say the rights of individuals are being infringed upon.
The (...)
, by ANDREWS Mercia
Farm workers and farm dwellers have generally been excluded “as beneficiaries” of radical land distribution.
“Access to land is a key priority for people in the countryside. We will therefore review the appropriateness of the existing land redistribution programme. We are doing this in (...)
, by DUCASSE Marc, FAVRE François
Robertson is a small South African town situated in the Breerivier valley, two hours’ drive from Cape Town. It has been nicknamed the wine and roses valley and vine growing plays an important economical role there. 61% of the 28,000 inhabitants are « coloured » to keep to the South African (...)
, by ANDREWS Mercia
On Wednesday 6 March 2013 in Ashton, 180 km from Cape Town, people started gathering for a meeting early in the morning. Outside the library, one could observe the expensive bakkies and luxury sedans of the consultants and lawyers representing 42 farms that had been called to a meeting by the (...)
, by Via Campesina Africa
(Maputo 14th January 2013) - During the month of November last year, the world watched farmworkers strikes, particularly those working in vinyards, in the Western Cape Province, in South Africa. They were protesting against exploitation and poor working and living conditions on farms, (...)
, by JARA Mazibuko K.
The heroic and historic strike by thousands of farm workers in the Western Cape has struck at the heart of the ANC government’s neoliberal policies on land reform and agricultural policy. The strike marks the beginnings of much-needed mass struggles to challenge white baaskaap, slave-like (...)
, by ANDREWS Mercia
“I earn R800,00 per month and with this money I have to feed, clothe and fend for my family of eight. We barely survive; I cannot even afford to buy school shoes for the children. I cannot take it any longer”- Gertie Beukes, Ashton farmworker. “We produce the food that we cannot even afford to (...)
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