Ben Cousins

Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa

National Ben Cousins - 8 Jun 2020

When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?

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

Article Ben Cousins - 18 Apr 2018

South Africa's land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming

South Africa’s land debate is clouded by misrepresentation and lack of data

Article Ben Cousins - 12 Mar 2018

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

South Africa is still way behind the curve on transforming land ownership

Article Ben Cousins & Ruth Hall - 14 Nov 2017

There is very little clarity as to who owns what land in South Africa. A lack of reliable data and statistics doesn't help.

ANC land policies: Talk left, walk right?

Analysis Ben Cousins & Ruth Hall - 23 Jan 2014

It's good election rhetoric but the main problems dogging farm redistribution are not being addressed, say Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall.

Farming problems are clear but the solutions are not

Analysis Ben Cousins & Ruth Hall - 14 Jun 2013

Can we create one million new jobs in agriculture as envisaged by the National Development Plan (NDP)? If so, how?

Land redistribution needs political will

Article Ben Cousins - 28 Jun 2012

As the ANC meets to discuss its most important policies, land remains one of the hottest issues, writes Ben Cousins.

Time to ditch the ‘disaster’ scenarios

Analysis Ben Cousins - 20 May 2010

“Total failure” is an inaccurate way to describe Zimbabwe's farming sector, despite its problems following land reform.

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