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Retribalisation in post-apartheid South Africa: new “traditional” laws & their impacts on rural women
(2011)
• The rise of traditional leaders – in political, economic, governmental, judicial & legislative terms – amounts to a modern, post-apartheid retribalisation of the countryside
• Deleterious effect on rights
• Roots of ...
At the crossroads: Land and agrarian reform in South Africa into the 21st century
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 1999)
The land sector has always been characterised by
lively and public arguments over policy, and some of
the central and recurring themes of the previous five
years of debate were expected to surface at the
conference. ...
Reforming communal land tenure in South Africa – why land titling is not the answer: Critical comments on the communal land rights bill, 2002
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
The long-awaited draft Communal Land Rights Bill sets out government’s proposals to resolve urgent land tenure problems in the former ‘homeland’ areas, where most rural South Africans still live, and where land is registered ...
Access to land and rural poverty in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012-09)
The big picture: some history
• Large-scale land dispossession from 1652 into the late 20th century
• 1913 and 1936 Land Acts: African majority confined to 13% of country
• Forced removals in apartheid years: 2.5 million ...
Joint ventures in agriculture: Lessons from land reform projects in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in ‘inclusive business models’ in
agriculture, as part of wider discussions about growing agricultural investment in
lower income countries. Inclusive models aim to include ...
Lone Mothers in South Africa - The role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity.
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
The purpose of this document is to define the group of people whom we are considering as
part of the project ‘Lone Mothers in South Africa: The role of social security in respecting
and protecting dignity’. Setting to ...
Poverty erodes dignity: perspectives of low income female caregivers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights introduces the recognition of the inherent dignity of
all people as a foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Dignity plays a prominent
role in South Africa’s ...
Efficacy of rights based management within an ecosystems approach to fisheries - Small pelagics in South Africa
(2013)
• South Africa issued long-term fishing rights (2006 to 2020) for most commercial species Long-term rights a form of Rights Based Management (RBM) approach
• Has committed itself to introduce an Ecosystems Approach to ...
Without the blanket of the land: Agrarian change and biopolitics in post-apartheid South Africa
(2015)
What are the responses – from above and below – to processes of jobless de-agrarianization?
What are the dynamics and the consequences of the inclusion of poor, vulnerable and unruly populations within processes of ...
In search of South Africa’s second economy: Chronic poverty, vulnerability and adverse incorporation in Mt. Frere and Khayelitsha
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘first world ...