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Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture

Hall, Ruth (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011)

This article explores three articles from the perspective of 2011. They are Makhosazane Gcabashe and Alan Mabin’s ‘Preparing to negotiate the land question’ (Transformation 11), Tom Bennett’s ‘Human rights and the African ...

Livestock and the rangeland commons in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform

Hall, Ruth; Cousins, Ben (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor & Francis, 2013)

Land and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa’s rangeland commons and enhance their contribution to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an opportunity missed. ...

Farm workers and farm dwellers in Limpopo, South Africa: struggles over tenure, livelihoods and justice

Zamchiya, Phillan; Shirinda, Shirhami; Hall, Ruth; Wisborg, Poul (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2013)

In the late 1990s land and agrarian issues remained a barrier to the enjoyment of human rights and justice for millions of South Africans. With funding from the Norwegian government, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights ...

A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform?

Hall, Ruth (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009-07-29)

The new cabinet ushered in after the 2009 national elections features new and renamed ministries. Those expected to take the lead in a new initiative to resuscitate the rural economy are the Ministry of Rural Development ...

The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods

Hall, Ruth (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2007-08)

This report 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 report has ...

Exporting contradictions: the expansion of South African agrarian capital within Africa

Hall, Ruth; Cousins, Ben (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

Agrarian change in South Africa over the past two decades has seen consolidation of the hegemony of large-scale commercial farming and corporate agribusiness within agro-food systems. Constrained domestic demand and growth ...

Land redistribution in South Africa: Towards decolonisation or recolonisation?

Kepe, Thembela; Hall, Ruth (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

Contrary to populist political discourses, in South Africa the ruling party’s approach to land policy is reproducing paternalistic relations that echo apartheid practices and represent the ’colonial present’. This reality ...

Creating learning and action space in South Africa’s post-apartheid land redistribution program

Kepe, Thembela; Hall, Ruth (SAGE Publications, 2017)

This paper uses the case of South Africa’s latest land redistribution strategy known as the Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, to explore whether, and how, research can have direct and positive impacts on beneficiaries ...

Budgeting for land reform

Hall, Ruth; Lahiff, Edward (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 ...

Comments on the Green Paper on land reform 2011

du Toit, Andries; Cousins, Ben; Hall, Ruth; Kleinbooi, Karin; Paradza, Gayno; Ukpabi, Obiozo (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)

As we have indicated in our earlier press release, the document released as a Green Paper by the Department Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform is a great disappointment. The Green Paper is the product of a ...