The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated…
South Africa’s land reform journey is still shaped by the legacies of colonial conquest and apartheid
Thirty years on, the patience of the poor is wearing thin as they are subjected to tardy, disrespectful service
A conservation project has brought together biodiversity, habitat protection, cultural heritage and community conservation
Bulelwa Mabasa tells the story of how her love for land reform and justice is tied to her family and upbringing
Endless court cases and threats plague community of South Africa’s most costly restitution settlement
Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier…
A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time —…
On paper, the Bino family of Kowa (formerly Elliot), Eastern Cape, are a land reform success story. In 2000, they applied with their relatives to pool their government subsidies…
Land expropriation can only take place politically and unrestrained by the law
A clan’s claim to prime areas of the capital has been dogged by controversy
It has been largely successful but limited by family fights and an urban land shortage
‘Land reform has never been just a nice-to-do. Both for reasons of equity and to provide a base for economic growth, it has always been a have-to-do’
In 1902, there were already stirrings of people who were resisting being thrown off the land
South Africa’s land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing
The land debate: from original sin to justice. After heated arguments at the December conference, the ANC still doesn’t have a plan
But the ANC does not yet have a policy for its decision to expropriate land without compensation
The land debate has to be approached calmly and responsibly says Barclays Africa Group chief executive Maria Ramos.
The question of land is about rectifying skewed patterns of ownership and recognising its importance in identity
