You can listen to Week 45 in full or by your choice of topic in this playlist format

You can listen to Week 45 in full or by your choice of topic in this playlist format

You can listen to Week 45 in full or by your choice of topic in this playlist format

You can listen to Week 45 in full or by your choice of topic in this playlist format

In week 44 we review misleading news stories on expropriation in the SA media. Under farmworkers we examine the state of disarray in the labour unions and their failure to adapt to to the changing world of work. We review an LRC article on the failure of restitution and lessons from the Prudhoe land claim in the Eastern Cape. We highlight Abahlali activist S'bu Zikode's recent speech on the struggles of people living in informal settlements and analysis of the governance issues associated with Ingonyama Trust.

This week in the news we discuss whether the Ad hoc committte tasked with drawing up an amendment to the Constitution can make its deadline of 31 March 2020 without shortcuts in the democratic process. We provide some highlights from research papers presented at the Future of Farm Worker conference discussed in Week 42, We review the strange story of the abaThembu land claim and the court battle over the development of the Philippi horticultural area

This week we cover the Future of Farm Workers conference held at UWC from the 16 - 18 October. Analysis and reflection on the conference and the state of the labour movement in the agricultural sector. A range of other stories as well including the Ingonyama Trust before the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Agriculture; whether you need to own land to succeed and the Phillipi Farmers challenge the City of Cape Town in Court over development of the Philippi Horticultural Area

A review of weekly news stories collated on www.knowledgebase.land. This week we focus on food insecurity and farm workers and the upcoming future of farmworkers conference at UWC. The Ingonyama Trust deflects questions in Parliament concerning the Auditor Generals adverse opinion on their accounts. Minister Didiza announces a District planning initiative for land reform and agriculture, but will we learn from previous experience and much more

A review of South African land news on www.knowledgebase.land from Week 40 covering expropriation without compensation and views on the consequences for the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area, implementation of the National Minimum Wage Act and much more.