The New Political Economy of Land Reform In South Africa, By Adeoye O. Akinola
In post-apartheid South Africa, land continues to be a key capital and social property.
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Despite the popular optimism that EWC is the necessary instrument to fast-track land reform, it may not be the magic wand capable of effectively redistributing land to the majority and redressing historical injustices. Policy implementation has been a major challenge in South Africa. EWC may later trap land in the hands of the government and a few elites…
A lively discussion took place recently on
The New Political Economy of Land Reform in South Africa, which I edited, along with Irrshad Kaseeram and Nokukhanya Jili. The meeting was chaired by Ruth Hall, a leading land expert at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape (UWC). Professor Tumo Charles Maloka, of the School of Law at the University of Limpopo, and I were the main speakers.
Nicklo Pedro
MOSSEL BAY NEWS - The struggle icon Nicklo Pedro (54) lost his final battle last weekend when he succumbed to cancer at his home in Mossel Bay on Saturday 8 May.
In a statement released by the ANC of the Western Cape this week, Pedro is dubbed the people’s soldier and described as one of the brightest flowers of the revolution ensuring a free and democratic South Africa.
He was recruited by Umkhonto we Sizwe while studying law at the University of the Western Cape. After fleeing from the security police, he was arrested near the Lesotho border in 1987 and taken back to Cape Town where he suffered at the hands of the notorious Wo Jeffrey Benzien, whose torture techniques are legendary.
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The University of the Free State (UFS) has moved up in the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR).
The UFS was among 13 South African universities that featured in the recent 2021-22 list of 2000 universities compiled by the CWUR.
On the University of the Free State s (UFS) website, it is reported that the university has been improving its rankings recently and this has led to the university overtaking the University of the Western Cape to be ranked eighth, after being in position nine the previous year. The UFS now ranks 1163rd globally.
Prof. Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of UFS, promised that the university will continue working hard for even greater results. âThis is a significant achievement, and I am proud that the UFS could rise in the rankings. The CWUR is the largest academic ranking of global universities. We will continue working towards achieving an even greater result next year,â said Prof
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Conflict between a 2019 ministerial agreement and the country’s national electricity roadmap, the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019), has been brewing.
The ministerial agreement pre-dates the final IRP 2019 and stipulates that a new nuclear plant for Koeberg must be procured by 2024, while the IRP 2019 does not. It further states that Koeberg’s lifespan must be extended by another 20 years beyond its intended lifespan.
Activists and organisations are looking for clarity from President Ramaphosa as elements within Eskom and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) use the ministerial agreement as a justification for pushing forward with a nuclear agenda which would increase electric
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Covid-19 variants a concern but itâs pandemic fatigue that will drive third wave, warn experts
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While the imported Covid-19 variants recently detected in the country were of great concern, behaviour remained the biggest driver of the third wave, experts have said.
This comes as the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) sequenced Covid-19 specimens from people with a recent travel history to India, Europe and North America.