Does land reform still matter in South Africa?
/ 29 November 2023

Does land reform still matter in South Africa?

It is this generation’s obligation to find a new path that will ensure the injustices of the past are undone

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RBM cuts production over new wave of protests
/ 14 June 2022

RBM cuts production over new wave of protests

Smelter operations have been reduced and night haulage halted over security concerns

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RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter
/ 2 August 2021

RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter

‘This would be a very serious disincentive to investment,’ says Thabo Mbeki in a document arguing that the ANC should not proceed with the Constitutional amendment of section 25

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No more excuses for land inertia
/ 21 June 2021

No more excuses for land inertia

In the second of a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi says the constitution is clear: land seized under colonial states must be returned. But there is only policy confusion and elite possession

Money instead of land
/ 16 August 2020

Money instead of land

The majority of previously dispossessed people choose money over property, while land reform has become the preserve of the affluent. Is there another way to think about land reform?

EFF tackles apartheid legislation
/ 19 February 2020

EFF tackles apartheid legislation

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 — defending an apartheid-era law