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    • Another countryside? Policy options for land and agrarian reform in South Africa 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2009)
      Land reform in South Africa is a political project that has foundered. For years, the process has been variously described as being ‘in crisis’, ‘at a crossroads’, ‘at an impasse’ or simply ’stuck’. This still seems as ...
    • Common property resources and privatisation trends in Southern Africa 

      Saruchera, Munyaradzi; Fakir, Saliem (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Access to common property resources (CPRs) is a significant part of the land resource base and therefore the livelihoods of many poor rural people. However, despite their central importance, CPRs are declining throughout ...
    • 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 ...