Fear of karma?
Any mention of land reform in South Africa seems to drive the right-wing US media into a frenzy. What is behind this over-the-top reaction?
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Land reform: The World Bank finally sees the light
A new report by the World Bank, virtually ignored by the international media, categorically comes out in favour of comprehensive land reform in South Africa …
South Africa Land Reform: Work begins on redressing “a grave historical injustice”
In his maiden State of the Nation Address last week, South Africa’s new President Cyril Ramaphosa referring to the question of black land ownership (or …
South Africa: Land, statues and Malema
With the arrival of a youthful political force in the name of Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who have made the land ownership issue …
Sudan: Land grabbing and displacement
Land grabbing is not a new phenomenon in Sudan. The antagonism between private property and customary approaches to land ownership stretches back through the post-independence period and into the colonial era.
South Africa’s landless blacks: Why does the impasse continue?
It was in 1652 when people of European descent began to systematically drive Africans in South Africa off their resource rich ancestral land, through force …