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Radical land reform is key to sustainable rural development in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Sustainable rural development in 21st century South Africa will never be achieved without a radical assault on the structural
underpinnings of poverty and inequality inherited from three centuries of oppression and ...
ANC election manifesto in relation to rural development and land reform
(PLAAS, 2009-06)
In the last 15 years the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) has set out to achieve many things but, by its own admission, has been unsuccessful in meeting its objectives for land reform. Hence a few questions arise. Is land ...
Joint ventures and livelihoods in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in Greater Sekhukhune District : Perspectives from Hereford
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2005-09)
This report is based on research carried
out between June 2003 and April 2005 in the
Greater Sekhukhune Cross-Border District
Municipality, which straddles the boundaries
of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces.
This ...
A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform?
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-07-29)
The new cabinet ushered in after
the 2009 national elections features
new and renamed ministries. Those
expected to take the lead in a new
initiative to resuscitate the rural
economy are the Ministry of Rural
Development ...
Cooperative enterprises as a solution to rural poverty and unemployment case studies of the Heiveld cooperative at Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape and die berg vrugteverwerking at Piketberg in the Western Cape province
(University of the Western Cape, 2009-11)
Historically, the poor have always been socially, politically and economically
marginalized in society. The South African Government’s Cooperative Act 2005
presents a promising step in the right direction towards addressing ...