South Africa’s rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
A Xolobeni villager protesting against mine development.
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Ben Cousins, University of the Western Cape and Ruth Hall, University of the Western Cape
There is very little clarity as to who owns what land in South Africa. A lack of reliable data and statistics doesn’t help.
South Africa has the ability to meet national food requirements but for this to happen serious reforms in its agriculture sector are needed.
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To stimulate innovation in the agriculture sector education and training is in dire need of substantial reform for greater integration, cooperation and accountability.
Rural poverty affects a growing number of people in South Africa.
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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.
Visiting Senior Fellow, Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, The Open University