The Ingonyama Trust has been accused of illegal practices in rural villages in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
A rural homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
Young Sandi Sile on an abandoned structure in Makhanda, South Africa, in 2013. Questions remain about how the new law will treat abandoned land.
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The proposed new law has a long history. The country has been trying for almost 12 years now to come up with expropriation legislation that is in line with the constitution.
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, right, with Dali Mpofu and Winnie Mandela in 1989.
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Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.
A Xolobeni villager protesting against mine development.
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Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
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The main reason land reform in South Africa has been lethargic is not the Constitution, but a flawed approach.
Land reform discussions in Namibia don’t address capital or profits.
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Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
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A new land administration system that responds to changed ownership patterns of Zimbabwe’s agricultural land is needed if the country is to harness its farming potential.
Nearly 60% of all South Africans, live on land or in dwellings outside of the land titling system.
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The conventional view is that insecurity of land tenure results from the lack of a registered title deed which records the property rights of occupants of land or housing.