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Beyond populism or paralysis: a real debate on South Africa’s land reform trajectory
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2011)
On 24 October 2011 the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) convened a public dialogue on South Africa’s land reform trajectory at Townhouse Hotel and Conference Centre in Cape Town. Present were a wide ...
The mining-conservation nexus: Rio Tinto, development ‘gifts’ and contested compensation in Madagascar
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent
convergence of multinational mining and conservation in southeast Madagascar. Drawing on empirical
research carried out ...
Commercial biofuel land deals & environment and social impact assessments in Africa: Three case studies in Mozambique and Sierra Leone
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The rapid increase in attempts by foreign investors to acquire large tracts of land in Africa for biofuel
developments has generated substantial concern about their potential negative impact on the
communities living in ...
Rethinking rural transformation in South Africa
(PLAAS, 2011-05)
In this edition we describe a civil society workshop convened by the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) entitled ‘Re-thinking Rural Transformation in South ...
Evictions from farms – the role of local government
(PLAAS, 2011-06)
Recently, land reform has gained greater prominence in public debates, notably with the latest call for the nationalisation of land, which has been met with mixed responses. The call highlights why the need for nationalisation ...
Decentralised land governance: Case studies and local voices from Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2011)
Decentralisation has been on the Southern African development agenda for a long time. It is a concept which appears deceptively simple. The principle of subsidiarity holds that decision making about local development ...
Elite land grabbing in Namibian communal areas and its impact on subsistence farmers’ livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Large scale land acquisitions by
foreign investors in Africa for
agricultural purposes continue to
capture attention worldwide. In
recent years Namibia has received
some proposals from multi-national
agricultural ...
Imithetho yomhlaba yaseMsinga: The living law of land in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This report describes the ‘living law’ of land
in one part of Msinga, a deep rural area of
KwaZulu-Natal. It presents research findings
from the Mchunu and Mthembu tribal areas,
where a three-year action-research ...
Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm
(Springer, 2011)
Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially ...
Imithetho yomhlaba yaseMsinga: The living law of land in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This report describes the ‘living law’ of land in one part of Msinga, a deep rural area of KwaZulu-Natal. It presents research findings from the Mchunu and Mthembu tribal areas, where a three-year action-research project ...