Search
Now showing items 1-9 of 9
Vulnerability and social protection at the margins of the formal economy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This report sets out the results of an in-depth study of livelihood strategies and
‘coping mechanisms’ among poor people in one very specific, but highly significant
context of poverty in South Africa. Its core concrete ...
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 ...
Land redistribution and poverty reduction in South Africa: The livelihood impacts of smallholder agriculture under land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Since its inception in 1994, South Africa’s land
reform programme has aimed to achieve multiple
objectives, including redressing the historical
racial imbalance in landholding, alleviating poverty
and developing the ...
Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
In 2004 I was fortunate enough to be able
to return to Ha Tumahole, the village
in Lesotho where I undertook research
on farming and livelihoods in 1976–77,
and spend four weeks learning about what
had changed in ...
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 ...
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 ...
The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods
(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 ...
Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy. Volume 1: Situation analysis, fieldwork findings and main conclusions
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Within the ambit of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa, government is leading a process to define a Second Economy Strategy, and has identified the agricultural sector as a site of opportunity, ...