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South Africans are abandoning smallholder farming – history and policy can help explain why

Klara Fischer, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences South African smallholders are abandoning farming. The decline in field cultivation is... Read more

12 May, 2024

Business

Families to leave ancestral lands as coal mine expands

Emily Nkosi’s home was destroyed by blasting at the nearby mine. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro By Kimberly Mutandiro Seven families... Read more

4 May, 2024

Countries

Ramaphosa tells ministers to set up task team on use of public land for housing

Housing activists marched to the President’s Cape Town residence in August last year to demand that the State Land... Read more

3 May, 2024

Countries

Public works ‘working’ on evicting people occupying land at the Castle

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is in the process of seeking an eviction order against dozens of... Read more

27 Nov, 2023

Countries

Land occupiers claim officials attacked them without warning

Khumbuzile Zungu, who was among those whose shacks were demolished on 8 October, shows the injuries she suffered after... Read more

14 Oct, 2023

Countries

Mashatile urges swift action on land claims

Cape Town – Deputy President Paul Mashatile has described the matter of land claims as highly sensitive and deserving... Read more

23 Sep, 2023

Business

SA’s Land Bank can be fixed: change the funding model and narrow the focus

Johann Kirsten, Stellenbosch University and Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University It is disheartening to see how many South Africans, including... Read more

12 Jul, 2023

Countries

Farming in SA is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest

Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University South Africa’s agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector’s gross value added... Read more

6 Jun, 2023

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