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    • Land and agrarian reform in integrated development plans (IDPs) 

      Hall, Ruth; Isaacs, Moenieba; Saruchera, Munyaradzi (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
      This research study were conducted in late 2004 and the fi ndings presented to the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) and shared with the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) in 2005. Since then, some ...
    • Land and agrarian reform in South Africa: A status report 2004 

      Hall, Ruth (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      This is the third in a series of ‘status reports’ on land and agrarian reform in South Africa published by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS). These reports set out to assess progress, problems and ...
    • Land and agrarian reform in South Africa: A status report, 2002 

      Turner, Stephen; Cousins, Ben; Lahiff, Edward; Wisbourg, Poul (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
      In 1994, South Africa started a new life as a democratic nation. It faced immense challenges. Multiple economic, social and political transformations were needed to overcome the legacy of colonialism and apartheid. The ...
    • Land redistribution and poverty reduction in South Africa: The livelihood impacts of smallholder agriculture under land reform 

      Lahiff, Edward; Maluleke, Themba; Manenzhe, Tshililo; Wegerif, Marc (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 ...
    • Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province 

      Lahiff, Edward (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)
      The Eastern Cape is one of the nine provinces of South Africa, located in the south-east of the country along the Indian Ocean seaboard. The area was a site of prolonged struggle between native peoples, principally Xh ...
    • Land reform in South Africa: A status report 2008 

      Lahiff, Edward (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
      After 14 years of democracy in South Africa, there is agreement across the political and social spectrum that the state’s programme of land reform is in severe difficulties. Almost since its inception, the programme ...
    • Land reform, sustainable rural livelihoods and gender relations: A case study of Gallawater A farm: Volume 1 

      Mokgope, Kgopotso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2000)
      The research project aimed to investigate the impact of land reform processes on sustainable rural livelihoods and on gender relations in South Africa by examining a case study in the Eastern Cape province.
    • Land reform, sustainable rural livelihoods and gender relations: A case study of Gallawater A farm: Volume 2 

      Vetter, Susanne; Goqwana, Wiseman M; Bobo, Joseph; Marsh, Alan (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2000)
      There is an ongoing debate about the sustainability of South African communal rangelands as old views on overgrazing and degradation are being widely challenged. The degradation issue has recently received renewed ...
    • Large-scale land acquisitions in Zambia: Evidence to inform policy 

      Chu, Jessica; Phiri, Dimuna (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Land in Zambia plays a vital role in sustaining livelihoods, ensuring food security and reducing poverty. If people are not able to access land (including communal interests, such as lands for grazing or access to water ...
    • LEGEND state of the debate report 2016 - Strengthening land governance: Lessons from implementing the Voluntary Guidelines 

      Hall, Ruth; Scoones, Ian; Henley, Giles (Legend, 2017)
      The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) are a globally agreed standard. Achieving this normative consensus in ...
    • Livelihoods after land reform 

      Werner, Wolfgang; Odendaal, Willem (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      In 1990, Namibia emerged from colonial rule with a skewed distribution of agricultural land and high levels of poverty. The new government led by SWAPO Party initiated a process to address the land question within the ...
    • Livelihoods after land reform: The impacts of land reform on livelihoods in Namibia: Section B 

      Werner, Wolfgang; Odendaal, Willem (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      The first AALS farmers in Hardap obtained their land in 1992, and the most recent in 2003. In Omaheke, the first AALS farmer obtained his farm in 1992 and the most recent, a woman, in 2000. Thus in both regions the oldest ...
    • Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004 

      Turner, Stephen D. (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 ...
    • Livelihoods and sharing: Trends in a Lesotho village, 1976–2004 

      Turner, Stephen (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape & Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc. (CARE), 2005-10)
      The study compares the livelihoods and inter-household sharing mechanisms in a Lesotho village across a 28 year period. The report examines the complex socio-economic structures and systems that are in place in the rural ...
    • Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy 

      Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
      HIV/Aids is one of the most serious health, economic and social issues facing southern Africa today (UNAIDS; Heywood 2004). Although only 10% of the world’s population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, 64% of the 39.5 million ...
    • Municipal commonage as a form of land redistribution: A case study of the new farms of Leliefontein, a communal reserve in Namaqualand, South Africa 

      Lebert, Tom (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      This paper examines the implementation of a quasi-commercial land use system on newly acquired municipal commonage in Leliefontein, a former ‘coloured reserve’ in Namaqualand, Northern Cape. This land has been ...
    • The new alliance on food security and nutrition: what are the implications for Africa’s youth? 

      Hakizimana, Cyriaque (Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
      Young people are a growing proportion of Africa’s population and most live in poverty in rural areas. Despite urbanisation, in absolute numbers the rural youth are growing and agricultural development needs to prioritise ...
    • PLAAS Annual Report 2019 

      PLAAS (PLAAS, 2020-12-01)
      PLAAS had a successful 2019, contributing effectively to the University of the Western Cape’s mission as a research-led, community-oriented and engaged university.
    • Pressures on land in sub-Saharan Africa: Social differentiation and societal response 

      Hall, Ruth; Paradza, Gaynor (Overseas Development Institute, 2012)
      This paper focuses on large-scale land acquisitions and the implications of these new trends for land tenure rights in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights trends in legal and policy approaches; describes and analyses new ...
    • Reconsidering rural development: Using livelihood analysis to examine rural development in the former homelands of South Africa 

      Neves, David (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017)
      ‘Rural development’ as concept and focus of public policy is comparatively new, having emerged in the post-war period. Much of the impetus for ‘rural development’ arose in the context of newly decolonised, low-income ...