Southern Africa
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24 January 2024
Land ownership in South Africa is a complex topic, with dozens of laws regulating the purchase, redistribution, and tenure of land, as well as the property rights of landowners. These laws date back decades, through pre- and post-colonial apartheid eras, and they govern different spaces – urban and…
24 January 2024
La propriété foncière en Afrique du Sud est un sujet complexe, avec des dizaines de lois régissant l'achat, la redistribution et le droit foncier, ainsi que les droits de propriété des propriétaires terriens. Ces lois remontent à plusieurs décennies, à travers les périodes pré et post-coloniales de…
21 August 2023
O quê: Formação em Serviços Digitais de Consultora Climática para Apoiar a Resiliência Climática dos Pequenos Agricultores na África Austral
Quem: Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, Centro Global de Adaptação, Impacto Climático e Aqualinks
Quando: 27 e 28 de setembro de 2023
Onde: Online e…
28 March 2023
28 Mar 2023
REFLECTIONS FROM ZIMBABWEAN FARMERS ON WEST AFRICA PEASANTS’ SEED FAIR
The theme of the fair was, Food Sovereignty: People’s Rights in the Face of the Rise of Genetically Modified Organisms in Africa, with the objective ofstrengthening movement building for the promotion of farmer-…
27 March 2023
This tribute by Ian Scoones first appeared on the Zimbabweland blog
I first encountered Robin via his academic work and his brilliant book Land and Racial Domination in Rhodesia, alongside the collection edited with Neil Parsons, Roots of Rural Poverty in Central and Southern Africa. Both…
23 March 2023
By Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
Published On 23 Mar 202323 Mar 2023
An investigation by Al Jazeera has revealed some of Southern Africa’s largest gold-smuggling operations, exposing how these gangs help criminals around the world launder billions of dollars while aiding governments in…
1 March 2023
Corruption Watch is participating in an eight-country study on land-related corruption and a recent baseline survey of four local communities suggests that not only has corruption become deeply embedded in issues of land redress, but it is perpetrated by figures of authority, including municipal…
18 October 2022
Data limite: 10 de fevereiro de 2023 às 11:59 EST
Contato: apn@ssrc.org
A Rede Africana de Construção da Paz (APN - sigla em inglês) do Conselho de Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (SSRC - sigla em inglês) convoca pesquisadores(as) africanos(as), analistas de políticas e profissionais que trabalham em…
19 August 2022
A summary of conference highlights follows below. See also the condensed analysis in the follow up article
Day One: Summary
Welcome & introduction - Nolundi Luwaya
The conference convenes activists, academics and allies to draw attention back to the urgent need to secure the tenure, land and…
16 August 2022
outh Africa needs a people-centred and deep just transition framework. Unfortunately, the recently released “Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa” by the Presidential Climate Commission fails to achieve this. Here’s why.
While the introduction to the framework acknowledges the urgency…
24 May 2022
A Natural Justice é uma organização enraizada nas lutas das comunidades na África. Como uma equipe de advogados pioneiros e especialistas legais, somos especializados em direitos humanos e direito ambiental na busca da justiça social e ambiental. Os valores, o conhecimento e a autodeterminação…
28 April 2022
The life and work of labour economist Francis Wilson was one of the inspirations for the Land Portal data story Double dispossession? A history of land and mining in South Africa's former homelands. The data story was published on the 28th April - the day on which Wilson died aged 82.
We publish…