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The Communal Land Rights Bill
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Tenure legislation is urgently necessary. There are serious problem in the communal
areas in the ex-homeland provinces. These areas are characterised by severe poverty,
overcrowding and isolation from economic growth and ...
Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The increase in demand for land can be attributed in part to
rising incomes among middle-class Zambians, but also to the
Zambian government’s drive to boost economic growth and
reduce poverty by attracting foreign ...
Land grabbing from within: Learning from grazing disputes in Western Kavango, Namibia.
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In recent years Namibia has received a number of
proposals from multinational agricultural corporations
to develop large-scale irrigation projects, mainly in the
country’s water-rich, north-eastern regions (Odendaal
2011). ...
Land reform in South Africa: A status report 2008
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
After 14 years of democracy in South Africa,
there is agreement across the political and social
spectrum that the state’s programme of land
reform is in severe difficulties. Almost since its
inception, the programme ...
The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This thematic paper 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 ...