Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Municipal commonage"
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Municipal commonage
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)The Municipal Commonage Programme of the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) aims to enable poor residents to access commonage lands in order to supplement incomes and enhance food security. New commonage accounted for 31% ... -
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 ... -
People-centred environmental management and municipal commonage in the Nama Karoo
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)Land reform is a key part of government policy, spurred politically by the claims of the landless, as well as the land reform pressures in countries like Zimbabwe. It is clear to national and provincial governments that ...