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Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New Institutional Mechanisms?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Since the 2005 Land Summit, new approaches
to land reform have been on
the agenda, yet there remains little
clarity on the way forward. The main
focus has been on means of accelerating
the redistribution of land ...
Municipal commonage as a form of land redistribution: A case study of the new farms of Leliefontein, a communal reserve in Namaqualand, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This paper examines the
implementation of a quasi-commercial
land use system on newly acquired
municipal commonage in Leliefontein, a
former ‘coloured reserve’ in Namaqualand,
Northern Cape. This land has been ...
Joint ventures and livelihoods in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in Greater Sekhukhune District: Perspectives from Hereford
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Small-scale irrigation farming is
envisaged as playing a progressively
larger role in rural development
and in reducing some of the inequalities
inherent in South Africa’s space economy.
The promotion of entry by black ...
Study of the incidence and nature of chronic poverty and development policy in South Africa: An overview
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
The purpose of this study is fourfold: first, to summarise the current state of knowledge about chronic poverty in South Africa; second, to describe the range of existing governmental and civil society initiatives which ...
Budgeting for land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The primary purpose of land reform in South Africa is to redistribute agricultural and other land in order to address the racially
skewed pattern of landholding and promote development. Slow progress in land reform over ...
Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
The Eastern Cape is one of the nine provinces of South Africa, located
in the south-east of the country along the Indian Ocean seaboard. The
area was a site of prolonged struggle between native peoples, principally
Xh ...
Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2008-11)
This research investigated the drivers
and the impact of HIV and Aids in
fishing communities in South Africa, in
order to assist the Department of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism: Marine
and Coastal Management ...
Groenfontein–Ramohlakane community restitution claim
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)
This report examines the efforts of the
Groenfontein-Ramohlakane Trust to develop and use
the land in (Mpumalanga) that has been restored to the
community in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act
22 of 1994 ...
Business models in land reform
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)
This paper reviews the types of business models, or landuse
models, being implemented in land reform projects
involving the transfer of rural land to communities and
other groups in South Africa, under both the restitution ...