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45% of black South Africans want land
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A comprehensive study of the demand for land carried out in 2005/6 reveals that one third of black South Africans want access to land for food production, and another 12% want land for a variety of other reasons (Aliber ...
Dynamics of decline in small-scale sugarcane production in South Africa: Evidence from two ‘rural’ wards in the Umfolozi region
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014-05)
Using evidence from two rural wards in the Umfolozi region, this paper critically investigates the
dynamics and constraints of small-scale sugarcane production under conditions of decline. The
rapid decline in small-scale ...
The rise and decline of smallscale sugarcane production in South Africa: A historical perspective
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-12)
South Africa’s sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane
growers (SSGs) farming on ‘communal’ land and its peculiar, privately administered regulatory structure. In
recent ...
What are the real implications of reopening land claims?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act of 2014
has reopened the land claims process for another five years,
extending the deadline to 2019. An impact assessment
commissioned by the Department of Rural Development ...
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.
Social reproduction, accumulation and class differentiation: small-scale sugarcane growers in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This paper argues that the rise and decline of small-scale sugarcane grower (SSG) production in
KwaZulu-Natal must be historically located within a changing structural relationship with
miller-processors, in turn conditioned ...