Fact Check

 

Recent Submissions

  • The distribution of land in South Africa: An overview 

    Walker, Cherryl; Dubb, Alex (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)

  • 45% of black South Africans want land 

    Hall, Ruth; Dubb, Alex (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
    A comprehensive study of the demand for land carried out in 2005/6 reveals that one third of black South Africans want access to land for food production, and another 12% want land for a variety of other reasons (Aliber ...

  • Not enough state land to meet land reform targets 

    Kleinbooi, Karin; Dubb, Alex (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
    Arguments that state land should be used to meet land redistribution targets are misleading. Very little state land is suitable for this purpose. Official data from 2002 show that only 2% of the total of 12.6 million ha ...

  • Many land reform projects improve beneficiary livelihoods 

    Cousins, Ben; Dubb, Alex (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
    Many land reform projects have improved the incomes and livelihoods of those who received land – despite inadequate government support for planning and production, and in the face of severe resource constraints.