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Land Rights

Court rules against eviction of couple living on rural land in Stellenbosch
National
/ 20 May 2025

Court rules against eviction of couple living on rural land in Stellenbosch

The supreme court of appeal found the smallholding falls under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, meaning the gardener and his wife have a right to stay

By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti
Lebogang Seale’s book tracks a century of injustice in his family’s quest for land
Friday
/ 15 October 2024

Lebogang Seale’s book tracks a century of injustice in his family’s quest for land

One Hundred Years of Dispossession: My Family’s Quest to Reclaim Our Land traces his family’s ongoing struggle to strengthen their restitution case

By Lesego Makgatho
Women have fewer rights over land ownership than men in rural South Africa, study finds
National
/ 20 August 2024

Women have fewer rights over land ownership than men in rural South Africa, study finds

The report by the Commission for Gender Equality says while the country’s Constitution and laws aim to fight discrimination based on sex and race, cultural norms make this difficult.

By Aarti Bhana
Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project
The Green Guardian
/ 22 July 2024

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

The foundation has injected millions into the project and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has also approved millions in funding, but farmers say they weren’t consulted

By Bernard Chiguvare
Constitutional triumph on matrimonial property rights
Opinion
/ 19 September 2021

Constitutional triumph on matrimonial property rights

Access to land ownership and property rights is inextricably linked to self-determination.

By Nokuthula Mbele
‘Scrap Ingonyama’s unlawful leases’
National
/ 12 December 2020

‘Scrap Ingonyama’s unlawful leases’

Customary law and residents’ customary rights have been degraded, the high court has heard

By Paddy Harper
Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services
National
/ 6 November 2020

Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services

Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers

By Sarah Smit
The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster
Friday
/ 13 August 2020

The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster

‘There Are Mechanisms in Place’ posits that the all-encompassing physicality of the landscape does not reference an ‘abstract’ danger, but one that is created by both nature and human design

By Amie Soudien
2018, the year of women’s rights?
Article
/ 10 December 2018

2018, the year of women’s rights?

A new report by Amnesty International has urged governments around the world to prioritise making resources available for the empowerment of women

By Mashadi Kekana
We need to debate the Ingonyama Trust
Article
/ 3 December 2018

We need to debate the Ingonyama Trust

King Zwelithini has threatened violence and legal resistance, and secession of the “Zulu nation” and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa

By Staff Reporter
Ingonyama Trust strips women of land
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
Sons and daughters of the soil seek to claim the land that shaped them
Article
/ 3 November 2017

Sons and daughters of the soil seek to claim the land that shaped them

​There are plans to build a memorial to honour the 44 men who died during the unprotected strike that culminated in the Marikana massacre.

By Govan Whittles
Stripped of their brick home, living in a mud house
Africa
/ 26 October 2017

Stripped of their brick home, living in a mud house

Zambia’s government should protect families evicted to make way for commercial farms

By Audrey Wabwire
Historic Aboriginal land claim settled after 37-year battle
Article
/ 6 May 2016

Historic Aboriginal land claim settled after 37-year battle

Aborigines celebrate as ‘dark cloud’ lifts after hard-fought struggle for indigenous territory.

By Helen Davidson

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