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LAND

Mining’s revival must also deal with its legacy
Opinion
/ 12 July 2025

Mining’s revival must also deal with its legacy

Little has been invested in mining and exploration, and that includes in social compacts

By Ross Harvey
Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine
Thought Leader
/ 10 July 2025

Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine

South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain

By Sõzarn Barday
Struggle for the Freedom Charter goes on
Opinion
/ 5 July 2025

Struggle for the Freedom Charter goes on

Signed 70 years ago, today’s Constitution was built on it, but not everything has been realised

By Ronnie Kasrils
Lithium rush a crossroads for Zim’s future
Opinion
/ 21 June 2025

Lithium rush a crossroads for Zim’s future

Zimbabwe’s government can use the critical minerals surge to empower communities and foster inclusive development

By Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Zimbabwe: Why does the state persist when its outputs are poverty, violence and humiliation
Thought Leader
/ 22 April 2025

Zimbabwe: Why does the state persist when its outputs are poverty, violence and humiliation

After 45 years of independence, issues such as the disintegration of the country’s monetary system are illustrative of the crisis.

By Leroy Maisiri
Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine
Thought Leader
/ 16 April 2025

Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine

Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India and Brazil.

By Ali Ridha Khan
How the Expropriation Act can revitalise South Africa’s economy
Thought Leader
/ 24 March 2025

How the Expropriation Act can revitalise South Africa’s economy

This legislation could help unlock the potential of underused assets and abandoned properties, including mines, inner-city buildings and land

By Yonela Faba
The land question is about social relations as well as race
Thought Leader
/ 20 March 2025

The land question is about social relations as well as race

Organisations such as South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement and the Diggers in England’s 17th century have faced violent repression from the authorities

By Imraan Buccus
Deal with South Africa on the basis of facts, not rumour
Thought Leader
/ 20 February 2025

Deal with South Africa on the basis of facts, not rumour

The country stands firm on the principle that diplomacy is the most viable route for settling differences in a complicated geopolitical world, including the conflict in the Middle East

By Fidel Hadebe
Expropriation law: Not new or dangerous
Opinion
/ 31 January 2025

Expropriation law: Not new or dangerous

The 2025 law differs from the old Act in that it includes fixing skewed land patterns, and introduces compensation based on ‘justice and equity’ and not ‘willing buyer, willing seller’

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
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
Songs to the mountain: documenta comes to joburg
Friday
/ 4 November 2022

Songs to the mountain: documenta comes to joburg

MADEYOULOOK brings a part of documenta to Joburg. lumbung.jozi will include screenings and garden talks around questions of land

By Bárbara Rousseaux
Democratise land rights in communal areas to unlock the rural economy
Opinion
/ 4 November 2022

Democratise land rights in communal areas to unlock the rural economy

The former homelands and bantustans could offer opportunities to pursue activities that would curb poverty and unemployment

By Bulelwa Mabasa
Evictions: Law doesn’t protect unlawful occupiers’ economic interests
Opinion
/ 17 October 2022

Evictions: Law doesn’t protect unlawful occupiers’ economic interests

The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act requires only that evictees be provided with alternative accommodation

By Sithelo Magagula
People rush to stake their claim as EFF leads land grab in Gauteng
Politics
/ 12 September 2022

People rush to stake their claim as EFF leads land grab in Gauteng

Party’s post about ‘free land’ sees hundreds of houses built on a vacant private property

By Kimberley Schoeman and Delwyn Verasamy
What needs to be done to get Zimbabwe back on its feet
Opinion
/ 2 September 2022

What needs to be done to get Zimbabwe back on its feet

A concerned Zimbabwean proposes a charter that is based on a simple ideology of the redistribution of unjust money, wealth and power

By Mike Chipere
Land Conference delegates: Customary law should limit traditional leaders’ powers
The Green Guardian
/ 22 August 2022

Land Conference delegates: Customary law should limit traditional leaders’ powers

Community activists also urged the government to pass an amended land bill to give them rights to secure their land.

By Mandisa Nyathi
Redistribution of land remains a man’s world in South Africa
Opinion
/ 6 February 2022

Redistribution of land remains a man’s world in South Africa

Legislation and political will are needed to set land targets that consider the needs of women

By Monty Fynn and Cecile van Schalkwyk
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles
Opinion
/ 8 January 2022

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles

The party’s founders focused it’s mission on the problem of the day – land – which remains a central issue. Yet, since 1994, the ANC has been hesitant and timid in resolving the land question.

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
Lindiwe Sisulu: Whose law is it anyway?
Opinion
/ 8 January 2022

Lindiwe Sisulu: Whose law is it anyway?

We must overhaul a justice system that does not work for Africa and Africans. Immediate land reform is crucial now

By Lindiwe Sisulu
EFF ready for coalitions talks, says Malema
Politics
/ 4 November 2021

EFF ready for coalitions talks, says Malema

Steady growth and an increase in its number of seats make the Economic Freedom Fighters a potential kingmaker in councils across South Africa

By Paddy Harper
We will do better, ANC president Ramaphosa says in corrective manifesto
Politics
/ 28 September 2021

We will do better, ANC president Ramaphosa says in corrective manifesto

At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party

By Lizeka Tandwa
Fight over controversial redevelopment of River Club heads to court
The Green Guardian
/ 6 August 2021

Fight over controversial redevelopment of River Club heads to court

The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants

By Sheree Bega
RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter
Politics
/ 2 August 2021

RECAP: Mbeki tells ANC that land without compensation goes against the party’s Freedom Charter

‘This would be a very serious disincentive to investment,’ says Thabo Mbeki in a document arguing that the ANC should not proceed with the Constitutional amendment of section 25

By Lizeka Tandwa
Sierra Leoneans want a share of mining profits, or they want compensation
Africa
/ 23 July 2021

Sierra Leoneans want a share of mining profits, or they want compensation

The arrival of a Chinese gold mining company in Kono, a diamond-rich district in the east of Sierra Leone, had a devastating impact on the local community, cutting its water supply and threatening farmers’ livelihoods – and their attempts to seek justice have been frustrated at every turn

By Abdul Brima
Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back
Opinion
/ 19 May 2021

Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back

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

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
‘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
Growing culture: Brothers on the land, together under the sun
National
/ 7 December 2020

Growing culture: Brothers on the land, together under the sun

Some black and white farmers are working together in the name of progress in a sector that has long been associated with racial exclusion and the abuse of black people

By Lucas Ledwaba
Shadow of eviction looms over farm dwellers
National
/ 29 November 2020

Shadow of eviction looms over farm dwellers

In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction

By Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni
Does the Expropriation Bill muddy the land question even further?
Politics
/ 27 October 2020

Does the Expropriation Bill muddy the land question even further?

Land ownership and its equitable distribution has floundered. Changes to a section of the constitution and the expropriation act are now before parliament, but do they offer any solution?

By Luke Feltham
Finance probe into the Ingonyama Trust Board goes ahead
National
/ 20 October 2020

Finance probe into the Ingonyama Trust Board goes ahead

The threat of legal action from ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya fails to halt forensic audit ordered by the land reform minister

By Paddy Harper
How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma
Opinion
/ 24 September 2020

How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma

Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid

By Jonty Cogger and Robyn Park-Ross
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