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1913 Land Act

Recall unheard voices  in South Africa’s history
Analysis
/ 14 February 2020

Recall unheard voices in South Africa’s history

Adelaide Tantsi Dube’s poem was published in 1913, the year Africans were stripped of their land

By Athambile Masola
Housing crisis inextricably entwined with land occupations
Article
/ 23 January 2019

Housing crisis inextricably entwined with land occupations

Land expropriation can only take place politically and unrestrained by the law

By Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa hands over 4 500 hectares to KZN community
Article
/ 14 October 2018

Ramaphosa hands over 4 500 hectares to KZN community

The president said the government would assist the community by developing their ability to create sustainable income and jobs from the land

By Mxolisi Mngadi
Politics blocks land reform
Article
/ 17 March 2017

Politics blocks land reform

Radical economic transformation has been dismissed as rhetoric because there is no plan.

By Dineo Bendile
State failed, not the Constitution
Article
/ 16 March 2017

State failed, not the Constitution

Populists lift their middle finger to a 100-year fight for rights to freedom, equality and, yes, land.

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author
Ace plays his hand on leased land
Article
/ 24 February 2017

Ace plays his hand on leased land

He said, although the government was aware it needed to accelerate land expropriation, he urged South Africans to use constitutional means to get land

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
Nation’s loss is literature’s gain
Article
/ 24 February 2017

Nation’s loss is literature’s gain

The ingredients of great South African novels are based on greed, injustice, land and natural resources.

By Staff Reporter
ANC plans ‘constitutional revolution’ on land
Article
/ 3 February 2017

ANC plans ‘constitutional revolution’ on land

No longer Mr Nice Guy, the party also wants to put a freeze on foreigners buying land.

By Dineo Bendile
Is ‘Fuck White People’ fucking itself?
Article
/ 3 February 2017

Is ‘Fuck White People’ fucking itself?

Dean Hutton’s work shocks and discomforts, but will it foster meaningful change?

By Kwanele Sosibo
NW farms to be restored to dispossessed communities
Article
/ 16 March 2014

NW farms to be restored to dispossessed communities

The North West agriculture MEC is to hand over farms, aimed to benefit 2 304 people, to communities stripped of land as a result of the land Act.

By Sapa
Modise returns R60m worth of ‘stolen’ land
Article
/ 26 August 2013

Modise returns R60m worth of ‘stolen’ land

North West Premier Thandi Modise has returned six farms in the Ratlou municipality after they were taken from the community through the 1913 Land Act.

By Sapa
1913 land act: A longer history of dispossession
Analysis
/ 14 June 2013

1913 land act: A longer history of dispossession

The centenary of the Natives Land Act has revealed that the dominant understanding of the Act is that it was a fundamental cause of land dispossession

By Staff Reporter
Farming problems are clear but the solutions are not
Analysis
/ 14 June 2013

Farming problems are clear but the solutions are not

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

By Ben Cousins and Ruth Hall
1913 Land Act: Bantustans left untransformed
Analysis
/ 14 June 2013

1913 Land Act: Bantustans left untransformed

The trajectory of the land Acts of 1913 and 1936 lays bare two interrelated processes of dispossession and disenfranchisement.

By Staff Reporter
1913 land act: Change is written into the Constitution
Analysis
/ 13 June 2013

1913 land act: Change is written into the Constitution

The centenary of the Land Act of 1913 is an opportunity to reflect on its role in constructing a society based on inequality and dispossession.

By Sipho M Pityana

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