One hundred years ago, it was declared illegal for native South Africans to acquire land outside scheduled native areas, reserves which had been demarcated by the new Union Parliament and covered only a small fraction of the country. This short piece of legislature, the 1913 Natives Land Act,...
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Rural Development
by Dr Ruth Hall and Prof Andries du Toit on 7 Oct 2011
The DA’s notice in respect of the introduction of a Private Member’s Bill on Communal Land Rights is right about one thing: poor people’s tenure rights in the former...
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by Obiozo Ukpabi on 19 Jul 2011
This piece draws from PLAAS research evidence as well as opinions of PLAAS researchers voiced in informal discussions. The author takes sole responsibility for any disclaimers.
The future of South Africa’s countryside remains a hot topic for public debate. In anticipation of the...
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by Rebecca Pointer on 16 Feb 2011
BASED on comments from presenters and the audience the key priorities emerging from the PLAAS public debate on rural transformation Back to the Plot! held on 31 January 2011 included:
- land reform
- service delivery in rural areas
- experimenting with...
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by Karin Kleinbooi on 27 Oct 2010
What is happening with Land Reform?
Gus Pickard, a rural development consultant operating in the Western Cape, has a strange problem. He has been contacted by a farming family living on land near Elim: they desperately need help because they may lose their land — to the Department of...
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