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Synthesis report: Land divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in comparative perspective
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Three institutions, the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town, the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Stellenbosch and the Institute for Policy, Land and Agrarian Studies ...
Beyond the 'problem' narrative: Towards an agenda for improved policy and practice in land reform
(2013)
The ‘problem’ narrative
•Land reform is too slow: it must be speeded up and better ways found of acquiring land at reasonable cost
•Land reform beneficiaries are not productive enough: they must be ‘disciplined’ or land ...
Not enough state land to meet land reform targets
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Arguments that state land should be used to meet land redistribution targets are misleading. Very little state land is suitable for this purpose. Official data from 2002 show that only 2% of the total of 12.6 million ha ...
Many land reform projects improve beneficiary livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Many land reform projects have improved the incomes and livelihoods of those who received land – despite inadequate government support for planning and production, and in the face of severe resource constraints.
Introduction: Agrarian change, rural poverty and land reform in South Africa since 1994
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
This introduction sketches the context and dynamics of agrarian change, rural poverty and
land reform since the end of apartheid in 1994, drawing attention to structural continuities
and new elements in the countrysides ...
Livestock and the rangeland commons in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Land and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa’s rangeland commons and enhance their contribution
to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an opportunity missed. ...