Land Ownership

In systems of constitutional supremacy, constitutions may introduce legal fictions, but legal fictions may not be introduced into constitutions, like the Expropriation Act does

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A poem by Koleka Putuma