[LISTEN] Land expropriation: What SA ‘can learn’ from Zimbabwe: The land matter is a hot topic in South Africa. Cape Talk host Africa Melane interviewed professor Ben Cousins, director of the Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News New project in Bonteheuwel aims to prevent backyard dwelling fires: As part of the project, 15 unemployed … [Read more...] about [LISTEN] Land expropriation: What SA ‘can learn’ from Zimbabwe
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SA News: South Africa: land of many languages
South Africa: land of many languages: Editor’s note: Todd Frye, Marysville, recently spent two weeks in South Africa on a Rotary Friendship Exchange. South Africa is often perceived in the United States as a nation with stark racial divisions. Its apartheid history has painted it in the ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews The IBM programmer who became Microsoft South … [Read more...] about SA News: South Africa: land of many languages
Why giving South Africa’s chiefs more power adds to land dispossession | The Conversation
Why giving South Africa's chiefs more power adds to land dispossession: Chief Nyalala Pilane of Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela has been accused of corruption regarding mining royalties. The Star/Simphiwe MbokazPower over rural land has become more and more concentrated in the hands of local chiefs in post-apartheid South Africa. This is particularly so in areas that are earmarked … [Read more...] about Why giving South Africa’s chiefs more power adds to land dispossession | The Conversation
The Batswana case shows how complex the land issue is in South Africa | The Conversation
The Batswana case shows how complex the land issue is in South Africa: Limpopo Province, South Africa. Who owned this land? Flickr/mifl68Land expropriation, a hot topic in South Africa, has taken a new twist. Led by the governing ANC, the push is to now use the pre-colonial period as the reference date when deciding the land’s rightful owners. Until now, the Natives Land Act … [Read more...] about The Batswana case shows how complex the land issue is in South Africa | The Conversation
Small businesses set to be the biggest loser if land grab without compensation becomes commonplace.
Small businesses set to be the biggest loser if land grab without compensation becomes commonplace.: Frank Knight CEO Debtsource Many South Africans believe that land grabs will only directly impact those whose land is expropriated if land grabs without compensation become commonplace. According to Frank Knight, CEO of Debtsource, a specialist credit management company, the … [Read more...] about Small businesses set to be the biggest loser if land grab without compensation becomes commonplace.
