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Amendments to the Extension of Security of Tenure Act enable the formation of a land rights management board and land rights management committees to address tenure security, evictions, land rights disputes and land acquisition for settlement. Photo: File

22 SEP 2025

No dignity in displacement: Tenure insecurity in the Winelands

The conditions of people who work and live in South Africa’s farms today have remained the same as under apartheid. Will the new amendments in legislation bring about change?

Lungelo Mncwabe & Nokhetho Mhlanga

7 min read