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24 Mai 2022
A Natural Justice é uma organização enraizada nas lutas das comunidades na África. Como uma equipe de advogados pioneiros e especialistas legais, somos especializados em direitos humanos e direito ambiental na busca da justiça social e ambiental. Os valores, o conhecimento e a autodeterminação…
28 Avril 2022
The life and work of labour economist Francis Wilson was one of the inspirations for the Land Portal data story Double dispossession? A history of land and mining in South Africa's former homelands. The data story was published on the 28th April - the day on which Wilson died aged 82.
We publish…
27 Janvier 2022
As Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique mop up after Cyclone Ana, scientists caution that South Africa’s east coast could be hit by intense tropical cyclones.
Over the past week, the first seasonal cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean killed at least 34 people in Madagascar and two in Mozambique, and…
18 Mars 2021
Durante o seu longo reinado, Goodwill Zwelithini, o controverso, mas venerado, rei dos zulos da África do Sul acumulou poder muito para além do seu papel cerimonial. O que não agrada a todos.
Oficialmente, o rei da província sul-africana KwaZulu-Natal não detém poderes concretos. O seu papel é…
13 Février 2021
Plataforma exploratória avaliada em milhões de dólares da ReconAfrica começou, em janeiro, a perfurar o leito de um rio que se encontra no habitat de elefantes, a cerca de 257 quilômetros do Delta do Okavango.
WALVIS BAY, NAMÍBIA A busca por petróleo e gás na bacia hidrográfica do Delta do…
13 Février 2021
Mais de 2 mil apartamentos estão há cinco anos abandonados na centralidade do Capari. Autoridades explicam que questões técnicas estão a impedir que imóveis sejam habitados. Populares falam em “aproveitamento eleitoral”.
Os munícipes que falaram à DW dizem não entendem as razões que fazem com…
17 Janvier 2021
Foto: Angela Sevin/Flickr
A British Ecological Society (BES) está atualmente aceitando propostas para o Prêmio Ecologistas na África para realizar pesquisas ecológicas inovadoras.
O BES reconhece que os ecologistas em África enfrentam desafios únicos na realização de pesquisas. O prêmio foi …
6 Janvier 2021
The changing Covid context
In our last update (19th of November 2020) we indicated that there were fears that cluster outbreaks could lead to a second wave of Covid infections in South Africa. Unfortunately, these fears have been realised and South Africa is back on Level 3 lockdown restrictions…
21 Novembre 2020
Land News and Analysis
Weeks 43 – 46
South Africa
Southern, Central and Eastern Africa
19th October – 18th November 2020
News curated via knowledgebase.land
South African land news
The changing Covid context
South Africa reached its peak of Covid 19 cases in July 2020. Case…
7 Octobre 2020
A call for evidence-based approaches and community engagement to increase tree cover
This article was originally published by Landscape News.
Leveraging strong scientific and technical knowledge is essential to regreening the planet, said delegates during a conference on tree planting…
12 Août 2020
In this land news update from South Africa we focus on:
Our changing Covid 19 context
The unresolved problem of farm worker evictions
Budget cuts and food insecurity
Contestation over land administration in communal areas in KwaZulu-Natal province
The need for a digital deeds registry platform…
23 Janvier 2020
In theory, South Africa has strong laws to protect the property ownership and inheritance rights of all women. However, a 2018 study conducted by Bongi Owusu for her master’s dissertation in social science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal found that these laws are often not implemented in rural…