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Zimbabwe urgently needs a new land administration system

Reports & Research
January, 2018
Zimbabwe, Africa
land
farmers
land administration
agrarian structure
scale
land reform
leases
land ownership
Zimbabwe today has an agrarian structure made up of small, medium and large farms, all under different forms of land ownership. A landscape once dominated by 4,500 large-scale commercial farmers is now populated by about 145,000 smallholder households, occupying 4.1 million hectares, and around 23,000 medium-scale farmers on 3.5 million hectares. Knowing exactly who has land and where is difficult. Illegal multiple allocations combine with unclear boundary demarcations and an incomplete recording system.
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Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937

Legislation & Policies
May, 1937
South Africa
land titling
title deeds
leases
land loans
land law
land registration
land rights
To consolidate and amend the laws in force in the Union relating to the registration of deeds…1. (I) There shall be deeds registries at Cape Town, Kingwilliamstown, Kimberley, Vryburg, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria and Bloemfontein, each to serve its respective area as defined in the Second Schedule to this Act. The Rand townships registration office at Johannesburg, shall also be a deeds registry, but only in connection with the registration of documents relating to immovable property in any township in the area served thereby as defined in the said Schedule.
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Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 - The Land Claims Court of South Africa

Legislation & Policies
November, 1994
South Africa
land rights
land law
property
public ownership
land ownership
leases
occupation
To provide for the restitution of rights in land to persons or communities dispossessed of such rights after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices; to establish a Commission on Restitution of Land
Rights and a Land Claims Court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[Long title substituted by s. 31 of Act 63/97]
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Land Restitution and Reform Laws Amendment Act, 1996

Legislation & Policies
November, 1996
South Africa
land reform
land law
land policies
land
land rights
zoning
land administration
leases
To amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994, so as to insert certain definitions; to effect certain textual improvements; to provide that no person shall be entitled to enforce restitution of a right in land dispossessed if just and equitable compensation was paid; to provide for the appointment of certain organisations to advise the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, to facilitate meetings of interested parties and to mediate and settle disputes; to require the leave of the Land Claims Court for the lodging of a claim in respect of land in certain circumstances; to alter the p
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Research Report on the Tenure Security of Labour Tenants and Former Labour Tenants in South Africa

Commissioned report for High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation and the acceleration of fundamental change, an initiative of the Parliament of South Africa

Reports & Research
June, 2017
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
eviction
farm tenancy
Issues surrounding labour tenancy in South Africa are controversial and complex. The issue is controversial in that that it currently reflects a struggle over access to land and tenure security that spans more than a century. The controversy surrounding labour tenancy derives from the fact that the role players within this scenario often hold widely differentiated perceptions about each other’s rights, duties and respective power relationships.
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Research Report on the Tenure Security of Labour Tenants and Former Labour Tenants in South Africa

Commissioned report for High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation and the acceleration of fundamental change, an initiative of the Parliament of South Africa

Reports & Research
June, 2017
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
eviction
farm tenancy
Issues surrounding labour tenancy in South Africa are controversial and complex. The issue is controversial in that that it currently reflects a struggle over access to land and tenure security that spans more than a century. The controversy surrounding labour tenancy derives from the fact that the role players within this scenario often hold widely differentiated perceptions about each other’s rights, duties and respective power relationships.
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Report of the Expert Committee on Land Leasing

Reports & Research
March, 2016
India
land deals
land law
land policies
leases
This report is in pursuance of the communication of the NITI Aayog, Govt. of India, vide order No. Q11022/12/2015-Agri dated September 07, 2015 to constitute an Expert Committee, for preparing a Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, based on critical review of the existing agricultural tenancy laws of States and keeping in view the need to legalize land leasing.
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Wan Lis, Fulap Stori

Leasing on Epi Island, Vanuatu

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
September, 2010
Vanuatu, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land & Investments
agriculture
farmers
freehold
land reform
land speculation
land tenure
leases
property rights
This study of 23 leases over land on the island of Epi is the first of the Jastis Blong Evriwan (JBE) research activities to examine land and natural resource management (L&NRM) and access to justice on particular Vanuatu islands. The research will be repeated on the island of Tanna. To inform the broader context of land leasing in Vanuatu, JBE, in collaboration with the government of Vanuatu, has begun collecting and analyzing government land-leasing data.
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Land Redistribution in South Africa

A Critical Review

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2012
South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
agrarian reform
agriculture
farmers
farmland
food security
land administration
land management
land ownership
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
landowners
leases
property rights
rural areas
rural development
tenant farmers
tenants
urbanization
This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.
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Wan Sip, Plante Kapten

Land Leasing on Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2012
Vanuatu, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land & Investments
agriculture
decentralization
land reform
land speculation
leases
property rights
The body of this report consists of five sections. Section one is an introduction to the JBE program and the context for the lease research on Tanna. Section two provides a profile of some of the relevant historical and economic features of the island and aspects related to the structure of governance and civil society organization. This is followed in section three by a summary of key findings regarding the 64 leases studied on Tanna.