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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 ...
The use and effectiveness of social grants in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This research examines the effectiveness of social grants in South Africa, and how recipients use
their grants. As a form of social protection, social grants not only ameliorate poverty and
provide a safety net, they ...
Poverty measurement blues: Some reflections on the space for understanding ‘chronic’ and ‘structural’ poverty in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2005)
This paper explores the challenge of understanding chronic and structural poverty in South Africa, and questions the dominance of the econometric imaginary in present-day development and poverty studies. It argues that ...
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 ...
Land and resources in a transfrontier setting
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Amongst the many initiatives in legislative and policy change affecting land and common property resource management
in Southern Africa today, transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) seem particularly prominent because ...
From ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ to a people-driven land reform
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The concept of ‘willing seller, willing buyer’ has dominated the discourse on land reform in South Africa since 1994. Now,
following the national Land Summit of July 2005, it appears that government is willing to abandon ...
Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African Fisheries Policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
This research investigated the drivers
and the impact of HIV and Aids in
fishing communities in South Africa, in
order to assist the Department of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism: Marine
and Coastal Management ...
Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New Institutional Mechanisms?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Since the 2005 Land Summit, new approaches
to land reform have been on
the agenda, yet there remains little
clarity on the way forward. The main
focus has been on means of accelerating
the redistribution of land ...
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 ...
Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2008-11)
This research investigated the drivers
and the impact of HIV and Aids in
fishing communities in South Africa, in
order to assist the Department of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism: Marine
and Coastal Management ...