I had a farm in Africa
South Africa takes a populist turn on land reform Feb 28th 2015 | CAPE TOWN | CHURCHILLIAN is seldom an adjective used to describe Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, whose ponderous parliamentary speeches are so…
South African black farmers still struggling with land reform
by Emilie Iob on ‘5 November 2012’ South African President Jacob Zuma recently revealed another land reform strategy in South Africa, less than two months before the ruling ANC’s party elections. Land reform was one…
South Africa reopens land claims process
South Africa reopens land claims process 1 July 2014 South Africa has reopened its land claims process, allowing people who were removed from their land under apartheid rule, but who missed an earlier deadline for…
Land Reform and Redistribution in South Africa
Land Reform and Redistribution in South Africa By Laura Oneale on January 18, 2014 Since 1994, under the Nelson Mandela government, land reform and redistribution in South Africa remained a serious matter for the government…
Black farmers in South Africa cash in by selling land given to them by the government… back to whites who originally owned the farms
By DAN NEWLING FOR MAILONLINE UPDATED: 13:10 GMT, 1 September 2011 The South African government has spent a fortune trying to redistribute the country’s land wealth from the white minority to the black majority. It…
90% BLACK FARMS FAILING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Just in case you were wondering how the handing over of South African farms from white farmers to their black “counterparts” was going….it’s not going very well. I know, I know. This is shocking and…
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti wants white commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to black farmworkers.
Nkwinti said in an interview this week that stakeholders in commercial agriculture, including farmers, trade unions, farmworkers and the agricultural business sector, have until April next year to react to his proposals. The commercial farmers…
RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS ACT 22 OF 1994
RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS ACT 22 OF 1994 (Afrikaans text signed by the President) [Assented To: 17 November 1994] [Commencement Date: 2 December 1994] as amended by: Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act 84 of…
A property clause was included in the South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996.
A property clause was included in the South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996. However, the provision was formulated to ensure that both the propertied, and the landless and vulnerable and those dispossessed of their property…
1913 land act: A longer history of dispossession
THESE LAWS WERE PASSED BY THE BRITISH AND INHERITED BY THE AFRIKAANERS IN 1948 1913 land act: A longer history of dispossession 14 JUN 2013 WILLIAM BEINART, PETER DELIUS The centenary of the Natives Land…