Tag: land dispossession
BOOK REVIEW | These Potatoes Look Like Humans
These Potatoes Look Like Humans critiques the narrow materialist and legalistic arguments about the land question to recognise that, for most black South Africans, the meanings of land and dispossession are linked with spirituality and being.
BOOK REVIEW | A Country of Two Agricultures
Nearly three decades after the dawn of democracy, South Africa has remained a country of ‘two agricultures’. On the one hand we have a subsistence, primarily non-commercial, black farming segment. On the other hand, however, we have a predominantly commercial and white farming sector that is well-resourced and has access to domestic and international trade networks.
South Africa should heed Venezuela’s and Zimbabwe’s abandonment of socialism
The recent press reports of the Venezuelan government relaxing its controls over the economy is heartening. This comes after the government of Zimbabwe also in recent years signalled its intention to open up for business and set right the disaster of Mugabe-era land grabs. South Africa would do well to take heed of this trend away from socialism toward freedom.
Ministerial discretion under the ULTRA Amendment Bill will cause land dispossession...
The Upgrading or Land Tenure Rights Act (ULTRA) is arguably democratic South Africa’s most important law. Yet virtually no one knows about it. A proposed amendment is currently before Parliament but only one aspect has enjoyed attention: the removal of gender discrimination.
