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Evaluating land and agrarian reform in South Africa : Municipal commonage
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2003)
This paper compares the performance of the Municipal Commonage Programme of the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) with the objectives stated in the White Paper on South African Land Policy (DLA 1997). This paper will review ...
The Communal Land Rights Act and women: Does the Act remedy or entrench discrimination and the distortion of the customary?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)
This paper discusses the likely impact of the Communal Land Rights Act (CLRA) of 2004 on the land rights of rural women. It asks whether the Act is likely to enhance or undermine tenure security, not only for women, but ...
Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2009)
Land reform in South Africa is a political project that has foundered. For years, the process has been variously described as being ‘in crisis’, ‘at a crossroads’, ‘at an impasse’ or simply ’stuck’. This still seems as ...
Gender implications of decentralised land reform: The case of Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
A bolder policy approach and more
vigorous implementation are needed
to support women’s empowerment,
transfer of land rights to women, and
to ensure their productive utilisation
of land. The land reform programme
focussed ...
Tribal land administration in Botswana
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-11)
Decentralising the administration of
communally-owned land to a local
system in Botswana was a sound
objective and could be pursued
elsewhere in the region. Yet, despite
Botswana having grappled relatively
successfully ...
Community views on the Communal Land Rights Bill
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
The Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) and the
National Land Committee (NLC) responded to the lack of effective
government consultation with communities on the draft Communal Land
Rights Bill (CLRB) by ...