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Last week a case-study of mine on expropriation without compensation in South Africa appeared in the 2025 International Property Rights Index. This column is a summary of that study, which can be read in full here.
HUNGER IN SA: ONE IN TEN CHILDREN STILL GOES TO BED HUNGRY – BUT HOPE IS RISING
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It is heartbreaking that in 2025, at least one in ten South African children still suffers from hunger, yet the nation barely talks about it.That silence ends today.The Shoprite Group has just released the 2025 South African Food Security Index, the country’s only independent, yearly measure of hunger.
Where did the first people come from? The case for a coastal migration from southern Africa
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The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to Africa as the continent from which our ancestors dispersed in the Late Pleistocene epoch, which began about 126,000 years ago. Various dispersal routes have been suggested.
Stronger CPA governance will unlock the promise of land reform as government implements the CPA Amendment Act of 2018
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As South Africa continues to debate how to make land reform productive, one critical truth stands out: for restituted land to become a source of lasting opportunity, community ownership must go beyond the transfer of land.
Breaking the chains of duality: Towards a truly inclusive South African agriculture
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South African agriculture stands at a crossroads. The recently concluded Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) once again illuminated a painful truth: the agricultural sector remains deeply divided, still shaped by the enduring legacy of colonial and apartheid structures.
Vumelana calls for an increased focus on tourism in the land reform programme
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Confining the outcomes of the land reform programme to agricultural activity is not only narrow and short-sighted but it deprives land reform beneficiaries of the opportunity to use their newly acquired assets optimally for non-agricultural activities such as conservation and tourism, says Peter Setou, Chief Executive of Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that helps land reform beneficiaries put their land to productive use.
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- Every year the world loses 24 billion tons of soils, and dryland degradation reduces national domestic product in developing countries by 8% annually," UN-General Antonio Guterres said - "We must urgently change such trends. Protecting and restoring land - better use it - can reduce forced migration, improve food security and spur economic growth. It help to address the global climate emergency."
- The cheetah is the rarest of the big cat species in Africa and the savannahs of Nambia are one of their last strongholds on earth. But they are a farmer's worst nightmare because they hunt on agricultural land and prey on livestock. A new study has found a way for the spotted creature and ranchers to live in harmony.
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- The native birds, which were driven to extinction in Britain in the 1400s, will be located in Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham from October next year, making the site the second publicly accessible white stork reintroduction project in the country. Beavers will also be released at the park in March 2027. These rodents were first reintroduced in the capital in 2023 at a nature reserve in Greenford, Ealing.
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