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A lifeline in the dalit battle for land rights
"AHMEDABAD: Navsarjan Trust was a response to one of the worst instances of caste violence in Gujarat. In January 1986, the Rajputs of Golana village in Anand district shot dead four dalits over a land dispute.
Eighteen people were injured and several dalit houses were set on fire. Activist Martin Macwan, who had lost a colleague in that violence, started Navsarjan in 1989 to take up the cause of dalits."
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South Africa "two-thirds urbanised"
Two-thirds of South Africa's population now lives in urban areas, according to the most recent survey of the country released by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg on Tuesday 22 January. The data in the survey comes from the World Bank.
Read more: http://www.southafrica.info/news/urbanisation-240113.htm#ixzz2Iy018kk3
Arrests of land rights activists doubled in 2012!
" The government arrested more than twice as many land rights activists and handed out dozens more economic land concessions (ELCs) in 2012 compared to the year before, new figures released by NGOs on Wednesday show. (...)"
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Canada has nothing to gain, much to lose by ignoring land rights of indigenous peoples
"Community hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline wrap up this week in Vancouver. As an international human rights organization with strong roots in communities across Canada, Amnesty International wanted to be part of this process to emphasize that whatever the mandate of this specific review, all decisions affecting the lands of indigenous peoples must uphold domestic and international protections for their rights.
Nigeria: 'Inequal Land Rights Aggravates Women's Status'
"The impact of the inequality in lands rights has aggravated women's socio-economic status, allowed for sexual harassment and violence against women and contributed towards marital instability, separation and divorce. (...) Achakpa said, "In spite of the Nigerian Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978, which restructured the property rights system in the country from mixed private property rights system in a collectivist framework, concerns about women's land rights persist." (...)"
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Tanzania Lobby Wants Land Grabbers Stopped
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A programme manager with ActionAid, Mr Bernard Baha, has called on Tanzanians to unite in stopping greedy foreign investors from grabbing poor farmers and livestock keepers’ land.
Speaking during the commemoration of the World Land Day in the city at the weekend, Mr Baha, whose NGO deals with governance, rights, health and education issues, said that most land conflicts reported in the country were linked to allocation of land, especially to foreign investors.
South Africa: Squeeze on finance for affordable housing
THE deteriorating creditworthiness and affordability among South Africans has affected the appetite for advance loans for affordable houses, according to Nedbank’s affordable-housing head Jeff Lawrence. Among the worst affected were those earning between R3,501 and R15,000; they have been falling through the cracks when it comes to qualifying for mortgage finance.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/property/2013/02/06/squeeze-on-financing-for-affordable-housing
Zimbabwe's urban housing crisis
HARARE, 8 March 2013 (IRIN) - With rural-to-urban migration increasing in Zimbabwe and urban squatter camps growing, the shortage of affordable public housing has become a contentious issue.
According to the Ministry of National Housing and Special Amenities, there are approximately 1.2 million people on the government's national housing waiting list, although the exact figure is not known because most local authorities do not collect the necessary data.