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Ben Cousins
Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa
National
Ben Cousins
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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?
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Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa
Article
Ben Cousins
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18 Apr 2018
South Africa's land reform programme will fail if it continues to neglect smallholder farming
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South Africa’s land debate is clouded by misrepresentation and lack of data
Article
Ben Cousins
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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
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South Africa is still way behind the curve on transforming land ownership
Article
Ben Cousins
&
Ruth Hall
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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.
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ANC land policies: Talk left, walk right?
Analysis
Ben Cousins
&
Ruth Hall
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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.
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Farming problems are clear but the solutions are not
Analysis
Ben Cousins
&
Ruth Hall
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14 Jun 2013
Can we create one million new jobs in agriculture as envisaged by the National Development Plan (NDP)? If so, how?
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Land redistribution needs political will
Article
Ben Cousins
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28 Jun 2012
As the ANC meets to discuss its most important policies, land remains one of the hottest issues, writes Ben Cousins.
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Time to ditch the ‘disaster’ scenarios
Analysis
Ben Cousins
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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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