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Municipal commonage as a form of land redistribution: A case study of the new farms of Leliefontein, a communal reserve in Namaqualand, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This paper examines the
implementation of a quasi-commercial
land use system on newly acquired
municipal commonage in Leliefontein, a
former ‘coloured reserve’ in Namaqualand,
Northern Cape. This land has been ...
Community conservancies in Namibia: An effective institutional model for commons management?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Common property resources (CPRs) remain of great significance for livelihoods among rural and poor communities of the world.
CPRs are particularly important because in many contexts they remain resources of last resort ...
From exclusion to informal segregation: The limits to racial transformation at the University of Natal
(Taylor & Francis, 2004)
In the context of higher education transformation in South Africa, this paper
attempts to capture a series of observations about transformation at the
forme r University ofNatal. From a descriptive, multidisciplinary ...
Return to the organic: Onions, artichokes and 'the debate' on the nation and modernity
(Berghahn Books, 2004)
There exist in intellectual history periods where, following intense deliberation on a question, something like a consensus emerges. Typically the consensus amounts to a refinement of the competing views on the question ...
Reflecting on Racial Discrimination in the Post-Apartheid South African Labour Market
(University if Cape Town, 2004-12)
During the 20th century, South Africa’s economy became increasingly ordered and controlled along racial lines.
Since the official demise of apartheid in 1994, the State has implemented various policies aimed at redress.
In ...
The election result and its implications for political party configuration
(Sabinet, 2004)
As a competition for both popular support and political office, Election 2004 deepened
the dominant-party system in South Africa. In terms of support, the African
National Congress (ANC) did better than ever. Indeed, its ...
Budgeting for land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The primary purpose of land reform in South Africa is to redistribute agricultural and other land in order to address the racially
skewed pattern of landholding and promote development. Slow progress in land reform over ...
Citizenship, community participation and social change: The case of area coordinating teams in Cape Town, South Africa
(Wiley, 2004)
Social change does not roll in under the wheels of inevitability On the contrary; we have to organize for it, mobilize for it, struggle for it and indeed, plan for it. This is especially so in a country such as South Africa, ...
Nepad, land and resource rights
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) is an overarching programme for revitalising Africa’s fortunes. It has a
visionary tone, yet the way that it proposes to overcome Africa’s underdevelopment uncritically ...
Multilateral environmental agreements and land and resource rights in Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
Many African countries are signatories to a number of international and regional environmental treaties. These include the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...