Land Ownership

/ 25 June 2024

John Hlophe says MK party regards itself as new official opposition, aims to abolish private land ownership

The former judge, who was impeached in relation to a bid to influence a case involving Jacob Zuma, said the party’s priority would be the nationalisation of land

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 18 October 2020

Women are entitled to own land

Too many laws and customs in too many African countries still treat women as minors

By Hloniphile Simelane

Sport

/ 15 July 2020

It’s just not cricket

Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?

By Niren Tolsi

Opinion

/ 2 July 2020

Mogoeng on Israel: Bad faith and ‘impunified disregard’ for international law?

The chief justice needs to publicly account for his comments, by either walking them back or explaining his change of heart on international law and its institutions

By Christopher Gevers

Article

/ 9 November 2018

Ingonyama Trust strips women of land

A rule by King Goodwill Zwelithini’s trust board — that only men can sign leases — is being challenged in the high court

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 1 March 2018

Malema: Farming must continue ‘uninterrupted’, but ‘idle’ land must be redistributed

Malema also emphasised that there was no turning back on their call for the state to own all the land in the country

By Mahlatse Mahlase

Africa

/ 27 November 2017

Drones are taking to the skies above Africa to map land ownership

Creating a reliable, up to date land register is important for African countries. Drones can help collect and record the necessary data

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 14 November 2017

Ramaphosa proposes a new plan of action for South Africa

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says that there must be an uncompromising rejection of corruption, patronage, cronyism and wastage

By Amanda Khoza News24

Article

/ 8 November 2017

Slice of life: The land is ours – let’s work it

There is a lot of red tape when applying for a piece of farmland but I don’t think there is anything really stopping us from getting in there

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 18 August 2017

Rent or buy: The debate rages on

Financially it might make sense not to buy a home, unless you live there for many years

By Thalia Holmes

Article

/ 21 July 2017

One way to solve the land deadlock

The willing buyer, willing seller model is not working – but there is an alternative

By Staff Reporter

Analysis

/ 10 November 2016

The battle cry for land is spreading

The ANC, having struggled to rectify the theft of land, finds that it is firmly on the people’s agenda.

By Sipho Hlongwane

Article

/ 1 August 2016

Land and patriarchy take centre stage in Kani and Mda’s recent collaborative play

The director-writer duo of John Kani and Zakes Mda taps into a relevant South Africa topic, but could do more to deepen the conversation.

By Kwanele Sosibo

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Article

/ 18 March 2016

Mountain

A poem by Koleka Putuma

By Koleka

Article

/ 5 March 2015

Foreign land Bill a ‘setback’ for economy

Economists say the government’s moves to bar noncitizens from buying agricultural property in South Africa are short-sighted.

By Thalia Holmes

Africa

/ 17 November 2014

A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa

Displacement, climate change and entrenched abuse block the support women need to enter the agriculture sector, and to be able own land.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 15 September 2014

Do 40 000 whites own 80% of South Africa?

Land ownership in SA remains heavily skewed across racial lines 20 years after apartheid. But is 80% of it in the hands of 40 000 white families?

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 7 April 2014

FF+: Plans to give 50% of farms to workers ‘ill-considered’

Freedom Front Plus has joined in criticism against government proposals to expropriate half of every commercial farm in SA for workers.

By Sapa

Article

/ 16 October 2013

‘White’, ‘Jewish’ land ownership comments can’t be verified

Statistics to support Marius Fransman’s comments that 98% of Cape Town’s land owners are "white" and "Jewish" actually do not exist.

By Raymond Joseph

Article

/ 5 September 2013

Up to 21% of land is state owned, says surveyor general

An audit of state-owned land has found at least 14% of the area of South Africa – and perhaps as much as a fifth – is owned by the government.

By Phillip De Wet

Article

/ 5 September 2013

No clear owners of huge tracts of SA land

The government owns at least 14% of the country, Parliament is due to hear, but ownership of 8.36-million hectares is unaccounted for.

By Phillip De Wet

Article

/ 15 February 2012

Mulder shakes the hornet’s nest on land ownership

FF+ leader Pieter Mulder gave the hornet’s nest on land ownership a poke when he said "bantu-speakers" had no historical claim to 40% of the country.

By Staff Reporter

John Hlophe says MK party regards itself as new official opposition, aims to abolish private land ownership

Women are entitled to own land

It’s just not cricket

Mogoeng on Israel: Bad faith and ‘impunified disregard’ for international law?

Ingonyama Trust strips women of land

Malema: Farming must continue ‘uninterrupted’, but ‘idle’ land must be redistributed

Drones are taking to the skies above Africa to map land ownership

Ramaphosa proposes a new plan of action for South Africa

Slice of life: The land is ours – let’s work it

Rent or buy: The debate rages on

One way to solve the land deadlock

The battle cry for land is spreading

Land and patriarchy take centre stage in Kani and Mda’s recent collaborative play

Mountain

Foreign land Bill a ‘setback’ for economy

A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa

Do 40 000 whites own 80% of South Africa?

FF+: Plans to give 50% of farms to workers ‘ill-considered’

‘White’, ‘Jewish’ land ownership comments can’t be verified

Up to 21% of land is state owned, says surveyor general

No clear owners of huge tracts of SA land

Mulder shakes the hornet’s nest on land ownership

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