Nigeria’s oil fields where Shell has been operating for decades have been described as a wasteland in which oil spills have led to destruction of…
Posts tagged as “land”
Amadiba take on Shell in bid to preserve coastal land
The Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda is set to hear an application brought by environmental rights groups against plans by multinational petroleum company Shell…
State shows no urgency to finalise restitution land claims
Restitution land claims are still outstanding more than 2 years after a 2019 Constitutional Court order that government finalise them writes Molatelo Mohale THE Restitution of…
Observing International Day of Rural Women in pictures
In most parts rural women participate in crop production and livestock care, provide food, water and fuel for their families, and engage in off-farm activities to diversify their families’ livelihoods. In addition, they carry out most of the unpaid care work in rural areas including caring for children, older persons and the sick. They are also the predominant labour providers in agri-businesses and agro-industries.
‘The land is everything to us’
Maasai pastoralists protect the land, sustainable tourism protects the Maasai Agricultural heritage designation helps preserve a way of life All seems at peace. Just the…
Final bow for chief who used his pension to reclaim ancestral land
A traditional leader who used proceeds from his own meagre old age pension to reclaim land on behalf of his community is no more. Kgosi…
Born frees face another long wait for return of the land
As government continues to stumble on land issue a generation born into democracy could endure lengthy wait for resolution of claims writes Lucas Ledwaba MOYAHABO…
Farmers apply dodgy tactics to force workers off land
Employees forced to pay rent on houses they built as farmers seek to force them off their properties writes Molatelo Mohale The farmers’ practice to…
Honour at last for a great son of the soil Dr Pheko
IN analysing the discourse of South Africa’s volatile history, one cannot help but notice the many forms of erasure that people like Dr Motsoko Pheko have suffered because of their affiliation to the PAC and to Robert Sobukwe.
Why is the state bluffing about stopping evictions?
Despite the existence of legislation regulating and precluding illegal evictions millions of poor living in rural areas and informal settlements continue to be ejected from…






