The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
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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.
Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.
Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
The main reason land reform in South Africa has been lethargic is not the Constitution, but a flawed approach.
Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
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.
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.
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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