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Progressing community-based natural resource management in Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Zimbabwe is ushering in a new era of community-based
natural resource management (CBNRM). It is moving away
from place-based wildlife management initiatives to more
internationally linked forestry carbon projects which ...
What are the real implications of reopening land claims?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act of 2014
has reopened the land claims process for another five years,
extending the deadline to 2019. An impact assessment
commissioned by the Department of Rural Development ...
Social security and the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
This working paper forms part of a project entitled ‘Lone Mothers in South Africa: The role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity’. The project originates from research undertaken for the South African ...
The Role of Social Security in Respecting and Protecting the Dignity of Lone Mothers in South Africa: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers and ...
The legacies of the Natives Land Act of 1913
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)
Looking back at the century since the promulgation of the Natives Land Act, it can be argued that it shaped the trajectories of most South Africans’ lives. It expelled black people from the land into crowded reserves and ...
A constricted agricultural system: Cartels, collusion and corporate farming
(2014-07)
A constricted agricultural system: cartels, collusion and corporate farming
Nothing happens in a vacuum, let alone an agricultural system. South Africa’s has been shaped by very particular
historical forces: colonisation, ...
An institutional approach for developing South African inland freshwater fisheries for improved food security and rural livelihoods
(Water Research Commission, 2014)
South Africa has over 4 700 storage dams, about 700 of which are owned and controlled by Government. Public dams were primarily constructed for domestic, irrigation and industrial water supply. Over time secondary uses for ...