Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "Wisborg, Poul"

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    • Contested land tenure reform in South Africa: The Namaqualand experience 

      Wisborg, Poul; Rohde, Rick (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
      The legacy of apartheid land policy in South Africa remains one of the most conspicuous manifestations of past injustices. To correct this legacy, diverse land reform efforts have centred on the constitutional mandate for ...

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

      Wisborg, Poul; Hall, Ruth; Shirinda, Shirhami; Zamchiya, Phillan (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
      Stories about farm workers and dwellers losing their homes, land and livelihoods are common in contemporary South Africa, and also in Limpopo Province. Around 1988, Grace M.1 and her children were evicted from a Limpopo ...

    • TRANCRAA and communal land rights: Lessons from Namaqualand 

      Wisborg, Poul; Rohde, Rick (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
      The Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act, Act 94 of 1998 (TRANCRAA) is the first comprehensive legislation to reform communal land tenure in South Africa. It aims to transfer land in 23 former coloured rural areas ...