University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa - UJ secures grant to advance land and agrarian reform in South Africa

Title: 

UJ secures grant to advance land and agrarian reform in South Africa  

 

Published: 

University of Johannesburg (UJ), 18 March 2022 

https://www.uj.ac.za/news/uj-secure-grant-to-advance-land-and-agrarian-reform-in-south-africa/   

 

From the article: 

The Centre for Sociological Research and Practice (CSRP) within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg (UJ)  has secured a R4 million grant from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). 

 

SOUTH AFRICA - What landmark Kwazulu-Natal court ruling means for land reform in South Africa [The Conversation, June 2021]

Title:

What landmark KwaZulu-Natal court ruling means for land reform in South Africa

 

Author:

Ben Cousins

Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

 

Published:

The Conversation, 22 June 2021

https://theconversation.com/what-landmark-kwazulu-natal-court-ruling-means-for-land-reform-in-south-africa-162969

 

From the article:

In a landmark judgment a South African high court has declared that people living on customary land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, notionally held in trust by the Ingonyama (king) of the Zulu people, are the “true and beneficial owners” of that land.  

 

It confirms that the Ingonyama Trust Board is not the real owner of this land. It, therefore, cannot convert the customary land rights of occupiers to rent-paying leases as it has been doing.

WEBINAR hosted by Rhodes University: Why SA's land reform fails as a decolonisation project (12 November 2020)

Virtual event:

Why SA's land reform fails as a decolonisation project

Hosted by:

The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University, South Africa

 

Speakers:

Mr Siyabulela Manona, PhD candidate in Geography, Rhodes University and a director of Phuhlisani NPC and LandNNES

Prof Thembela Kepe, Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, and a Visiting Professor at Rhodes University

 

Respondent:

Prof Peliwe Mnguni, Associate Professor, Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)

 

Date:

12 November 2020

 

For more information & to register:

https://www.ru.ac.za/communicationsandadvancement/communications/latestevents/events/event_title_272251_en.html

African Development Bank Group Report, 26 May 2020 - Rethinking land reform in Africa new ideas, opportunities and challenges

Title of report:
Rethinking land reform in Africa new ideas, opportunities and challenges

Published:
African Development Bank Group, 26 May 2020
https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/rethinking-land-reform-africa-new-ideas-opportunities-and-challenges

Focus of the report:
A thought-leading policy platform and publication of inquiry, analysis, and research for breakthrough progress in land reform policy.