Association For Rural Advancement
latest news & developmentsSigns of hope for apartheid labour tenants after long wait for land rights
Less than half the claims by former labour tenants, who were given access to land during apartheid in exchange for working on farms, have been finalised
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
Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services
Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers
State’s failures impede land reform
Scathing Constitutional Court judgment bemoans land reform department’s inability to get job done in time
‘Zwelithini is not collecting rent, the Ingonyama Trust is’
King Goodwill Zwelithini has distanced himself from the court action taken against the Ingonyama Trust Board because of its lease programme
Labour tenants to be first in line
They live on the land and till the land, but don’t own the land. Expropriation could remedy this
Mlangeni unearths the land of his father
Lucas Ledwaba talks to ANC stalwart Andrew Mlangeni about his experience of dispossession and land restitution