The Marapyane Bakgatla Primary Cooperative is the beneficiary of the Grain Project by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA)
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Deputy Minister calls on Communal Property Associations (CPAs) to assist government by working together to resolve conflicts as department awaits final audit report THE Bathlabine…
Experts are warning that overfishing and pollution of the oceans have depleted natural fish stocks alarmingly in South Africa. The result is that in the…
Land reform beneficiary Frank Makgopela Monaheng farms bonsmara cattle and sunflower. He has built up the farm into a thriving commercial enterprise by reinvesting his profits into the business, using the funds to buy machinery to improve production.
The decolonization of tertiary education is not necessary only in the legal space. Decolonization to me, is about teaching, preparing and producing intellectuals, professionals and academics that will have not only thoroughly engaged with their subjects, but who are going to be placed in a position to transform our country and to form part of solutions that will find meaning and relevance in the South African context. For instance, in my space which is land reform, I find that most law schools do not have land reform as a stand-alone and focused subject.
The community was removed from the houses built by SAFCOL in 1973 and when the Komati Land Company took over from SAFCOL, the houses of the community members not working for SAFCOL were demolished.
IN August 2019 as I was doing research for my book A Desire to Return to The Ruins – I learnt of the passing of…
The judge referred to section 3(4) of ESTA which she said creates a presumption that a person continuously and openly resided on land for a year has consent to do. He said although section 3(4) uses the language of openly residing, it cannot be interpreted narrowly to apply only to a consent to being housed, but must include a consent also to use the land connected to that residence, in this case the grazing of cattle.
Apartheid's forced removals not only impacted victims physically but also led to spiritual turmoil caused by the disconnection of people from their ancestral land
THE Khomani San community are using their rich heritage and the land restored to them as part of the restitution process to make a living…