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Amaqamu & Emakhasaneni v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Legislation & Policies
Jurisprudence
November, 2016
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
community land rights
customary land rights
expropriation
land access
land distribution
This is a judgement in the Land Claims Court which concerned the validity of land claims lodged under The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act 15 of 2014. This act was an amended version of the Restitution of Land rights Act 22 f 1994 which differed by extending the time frame for persons, descendants, or communities who were disposed of land after 1913 to lodge land claims. Previously the cut-off date under the 1994 to lodge claims was 31st December 1998. Under the 2014 Act, claims could up lodged from the passing of the act until 30 June 2019.
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An assessment of the role of social capital in collaborative environmental governance in tribal communities: the study of Gumbi and Zondi communities in KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa

Reports & Research
May, 2017
South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
indigenous peoples
land governance
natural resources management
rural population
local communities
environment
land rights
Political transformations in most developing nations have been accompanied by vast land claims by indigenous communities who were forcibly detached from their traditional land during colonisation and apartheid-like dispensations. In the context of sub-Saharan African countries (including South Africa), the need for land reform has been aggravated by the great scarcity of farmland. However, most of the reclaimed land is in areas pursuing conservation activities.
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Changes in in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Belgium, Rwanda, Mali, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, France, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
property rights
customary law
customary tenure
farming systems
farmers
natural resources management
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
indigenous peoples
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous tenure
Across rural Africa, land legislation struggles to be properly implemented, and most resource users gain access to land on the basis of local land tenure systems.
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Committee Report on Department of Rural Development & Land Reform Budget, Riemvasmak & Rama Communal Property Association progress reports

Legislation & Policies
April, 2015
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
land reform
rural development
communal ownership
community land rights
land ownership
The meeting began with the adoption of the draft report on the budget vote 39, where a number of small issues were raised, including typos and minor amendments. The main thrust of the changes was that the Land Claims Court should be given greater priority, and a policy needed to be put in place to help with alleviating the bottlenecks in these courts. The adoption of the report became heated when the DA abstained from approving it, even though they had been a part of the process from the beginning.
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Communal Land Rights Act

Legislation & Policies
July, 1994
South Africa
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
communal territory
land
land rights
tenure security
land transfers
land registration
tenure regularization
legal empowerment
trust
land
community land rights
title deeds
surveyors
land acquisitions
To provide for the temporary protection of certain rights to and interests in land which are not otherwise adequately protected by law; and to provide for matters connected therewith
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Communal Property Association 2015 Annual Report, Rama and Riemvasmaak updates: Department Rural Development & Land Reform briefings, minute adoption

Legislation & Policies
November, 2015
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
communal territory
land
land administration
capacity building
tenure security
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the Annual Report 2014/15 for the Communal Property Associations (CPAs). To date, 1 428 CPAs were registered, with 48 being registered in the last financial year. Challenges faced by CPAs included ongoing conflicts amongst CPA members which centred on governance issues, and the fact that some CPAs were insolvent and needed an injection of funds to put them on a sound footing. 29 CPAs were untraceable, 20 CPAs had lost (through sale or loss by attachment) 10 668 hectares of land, and nine CPAs were under administration.
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Communal Property Associations 2014/15 Report: briefing with Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Legislation & Policies
June, 2015
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
communal ownership
property rights
Members expressed concern that the Communal Property Associations Annual Report 2014/5 had not been signed by the Minister nor tabled in Parliament yet. The Committee agreed that it could not consider the Department’s presentation because the corresponding report had not been submitted to them in advance. The Deputy Director-General of the Department explained the delay and the Minister apologised to the Committee. The meeting was then adjourned.
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Communal Property Associations Act

Legislation & Policies
May, 1996
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
land reform
rural development
communal ownership
community land rights
land ownership
To enable communities to form juristic persons, to be known as communal property associations in order to acquire, hold and manage property on a basis agreed to by members of a community in terms of a written constitution; and to provide for matters connected therewith. (English text signed by the President.)
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Communal Property Associations Amendment Act

Legislation & Policies
National Policies
July, 2017
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
boundaries
collective ownership
common lands
customary land rights
indigenous land rights
Written submissions on the Communal Property Associations Amendment Act to the Portfolio Committee Rural Development and Land Reform
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Community development and land acquisition plan for Ebenhaeser and Papendorp (CDLAP)

Settling the land claim

Reports & Research
December, 2013
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agrarian reform
community land rights
land reform
The key focus of this document is the settlement of the Ebenhaeser restitution claim in the Western Cape. This is guided by the Settlement Framework Agreement which was signed by the Community, the then Department of Land Affairs and the Commission on the Restitution of Land Rights in March 2005.

The CDLAP has three main components: