Tembeka Ngcukaitobi

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

In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here

Under a state of national disaster, some rights may be suspended. But it is critical to remember that the Constitution itself is not suspended

Constitutional changes can’t resolve the real causes of slow and fraught transformation of property ownership

Section 25 of the Constitution is the key but a new Expropriation Act is also urgently needed

It’s 200 years since the Xhosa were driven from their land and it has not yet been restored to them

The ANC proposes to continue working with large agricultural businesses, an approach that has to date marginalised small-scale farmers

Redistribution must favour the poor and include the ability to make the land productive

The Union of South Africa and the women struggle for visibility in the courts

The way in which land is expropriated is just as important as the outcomes that are achieved

In 1902, there were already stirrings of people who were resisting being thrown off the land

Any amendment must be constitutional, which means certain principles must be adhered to