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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 ...
Experience of ‘hybrid organisations in promoting meaningful rural livelihoods: Lessons from Africa, India and the Americas
(2010)
A Ford Foundation Rural Livelihoods Learning Group carried out a study into ‘hybrid’
organisations and strategies between July 2008 and September 2009. Twenty –one case
studies were completed of hybrid organisations ...
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998 (MLRA), excluded smallscale
and artisanal fishers who catch and sell fish to sustain livelihoods.
Furthermore, it also excluded those involved in post harvesting and other
activities ...
Submission to the portfolio committee on public works on expropriation bill of 2015
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
The Bill brings legislation in line with the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 108 of 1996.
To date, despite the efforts of progressive movements to ensure that expropriation would be ...
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 ...
Recommendations for revisions to inland fishery access rights and property rights regimes
(2011)
• Deliverable Aims:
• Evaluate and analyse existing property rights and access rights currently governing inland fisheries in South Africa
• Recommend reforms or changes to the existing property rights regimes and access ...
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 ...
Current policy processes and legislative reforms
(2011)
•Land reform policy and legislation suffered under negotiated terms in the run-up to SA’s democracy
•Land & agricultural policies were initiated and continued to move in disparate directions
•Particular weaknesses resulted ...
The implications of the mobility of South African capital for rural youth in Africa: The case of Zambian sugar
(2015)
Developing young people as independent farmers and producers, capable to establish land-based livelihood at their own and on their own terms, seems to be the most desirable option to ensure the rural futures of rural ...
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 ...