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Displaying 421 - 430 of 468Providing effective settlement and implementation support for land reform
A four page summary of a comprehensive 14 chapter base document highlighting strategy essentials
- Reframing land reform as a joint programme of government
- Area based integrated planning
- Providing comprehensive support services
- Securing rights, enhancinglivelihoods and enabling development
Developing capacity to provide effective settlement and implementation support for land and agrarian reform in South Africa
This capacity development strategy was produced by Phuhlisani as part of the Sustainable Development Consortium as part of a proposed Settlement and Implementation Support Strategy for Land Reform in South Africa. The strategy focused on
Settlement and Implementation Support (SIS) Strategy for Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa
Phuhlisani was the lead agency in a consortium appointed by the Commission on Restitution of land Rights and funded by Belgian Technical Co-operation tasked with the development of a strategy for the provision of effective post- settlement support required for land reform to be successful. While the focus was on Restitution to start with the brief expanded to address land reform as a whole. This document provides an accessible summary of the final proposals. While endorsed by the then Minister of Land Affairs the strategy was never implemented.
Strategies for Sustainable Land Reform in the Karoo Hoogland
This report examines the ways in which a local municipality can assist small holder farmers in a semiarid region. It highlights the range of smallholder producers and proposes different strategies for their effective support.
Agricultural developments on Middelrus farms on land not part of the joint ventures – livestock and arable options
Phuhlisani undertook this study to investigate agricultural options for six land holding communities which had each contributed land to a joint venture. The study focused on potential land uses for land hweld by the entities but that was part of the joint venture: including
- Arable land for household production
- Arable land for small‐scale commercial production
- Sustainable use of the grazing land
Recommendations on role of municipalities in land reform and an assessment of land reform related resources in the Cape Winelands District
The Cape Winelands District Municipality has identified land reform as one of the key factors that can address empowerment and poverty eradication in its municipal area. Its role and the availability of resources for land reform in the District are not
clear and it is seeking the support of an agency to achieve the following objectives:
Community development and land acquisition plan for Ebenhaeser and Papendorp (CDLAP)
The key focus of this document is the settlement of the Ebenhaeser restitution claim in the Western Cape. This is guided by the Settlement Framework Agreement which was signed by the Community, the then Department of Land Affairs and the Commission on the Restitution of Land Rights in March 2005.
The CDLAP has three main components:
What's the big deal about land?
A presentation focusing on facts about land and land dispossession in South Africa
New angles on the impact of land redistribution
This article explores the impacts of the now discontinued Land Reform for Agricultural Development Programme on household consumption but argues that more work needs to be done to fully understand the connection between asset treansfer programmes and a reduction in persistent poverty
Allocating farmland to rural women - new insights
Land reform in South Africa intends to redress racial imbalances with regard to ownership and access to land. On the surface, the various strategy documents also talk to transferring land to black women, the youth and the disabled. This article examines interesting patterns that are emerging with respect to gender relations and land ownership driven by land reform including mounting evidence of exclusive female ownership and co-ownership of land among land reform recipient households.