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Civil society advocacy for an amendment to the KwaZulu-Natal Cemeteries and Crematoria Act
(PLAAS, 2005-11)
Welcome to the fourth issue of Umhlaba Wethu, the update on land and agrarian reform in South Africa from the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. With the recent National Land ...
Land reform policies under review
(PLAAS, 2004-08)
Welcome to the introductory issue of Umhlaba Wethu, an initiative of the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape. Umhlaba Wethu is intended to promote information sharing 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 ...
Regulating the institution of traditional leadership
(PLAAS, 2008-10)
This edition of Umhlaba Wethu focuses on communal tenure and specifically on the Communal Land Rights Act (CLRA), which, if implemented, will see the transfer of private title to communal land to ‘traditional communities’; ...
Biennial report 2016-2017
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2018)
Besides research and postgraduate teaching, PLAAS undertakes training, provides advisory, facilitation
and evaluation services and is active in the field of national policy development. Through these activities,
and by ...
Annual report 2003
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
Applied social science researchers generally want to see their
research influence policy and practice; those of a more activist
bent seek to ‘change the world, not simply to interpret it’.1
In its
mission statement ...
Annual report 2014
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
Very often, in our work at PLAAS, we encounter two common misunderstandings about what it is that we do and why it is important. One common misunderstanding is that we are some sort of technical agricultural education ...
Polokwane land resolution creates space for struggle
(PLAAS, 2008-06)
The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is pleased to re-introduce Umhlaba Wethu, a quarterly bulletin on issues of land and agrarian reform in South Africa. Since 2005, public debate has focused increasingly ...
Annual report 2012
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
In much of the global South the instability in global financial
systems continued to have dire effects – and there were
many worrying signs that the serious food price inflation the
world experienced in 2008 would return. ...
Annual report 2001
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
PLAAS continues to grow and to take on new projects and staff. This presents a number of
challenges, not least of which is the sustainability of such growth. The year 2001 saw the
completion of a twelve month-long ...