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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 ...
The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)
This report investigates emerging trends evident
in the limited literature available on the impact of land
restitution on livelihoods, and suggests ways of thinking
about, and planning for, livelihoods.
The report has ...
Smallholder irrigation schemes, agrarian reform and ‘accumulation from above and from below’ in South Africa
(Wiley & Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
A key issue in debates on agrarian reform in South Africa is the potential for small-scale
farming, in conjunction with redistributive land reform, to make a significant contribution to
employment creation and poverty ...
An institutional approach for developing South African inland freshwater fisheries for improved food security and rural livelihoods
(Water Research Commission, 2014)
South Africa has over 4 700 storage dams, about 700 of which are owned and controlled by Government. Public dams were primarily constructed for domestic, irrigation and industrial water supply. Over time secondary uses for ...
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 ...
Livelihoods after land reform in South Africa
(Wiley, 2013)
Over the past few decades, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa have pursued redistributive land reform as a means to address rural poverty. The Livelihoods after Land Reform (LaLR) study was carried out between 2007 and ...
Aspirations and human development interventions
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
What role can aspirations play in small-scale human development interventions? In this paper, we contribute to answering that question with both conceptual and empirical work. Aspirations can play at least two roles in ...
Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New institutional mechanisms?
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-10)
Since the 2005 Land Summit, new approaches
to land reform have been on the agenda, yet there remains little clarity on the way forward. The main focus has been on means of accelerating
the redistribution of land through ...
The politics of social change and the transition to democratic governance: Community participation in post-apartheid South Africa
(Juta, 2008)
Community participation, i.e. the direct involvement/engagement of ordinary people in the affairs of planning, governance and overall development programs at the local or grassroots level, has become an integral part of ...
The Everyday at Grassroots level: poverty, protest and social change in post-apartheid South Africa
(CLACSO, 2009)
This paper posits that social change derives from how the everyday is encountered,
analyzed and experienced at the grassroots level. Drawing extensively
from the seminal work of Henri Lefebvre, the paper argues that for ...