South Africa needs to track whether beneficiaries of land reform policies are participating in the country’s thriving ...

In South Africa, most of the arable land was taken from Africans by colonial settlers. Ever since apartheid ended in 1994, people who were dispossessed of their land have been trying to get it back.

Moving towards addressing the lingering effects of apartheid, South Africa has taken a step toward land reform. President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed an expropriation act. This initiative has ...

There are a few critical policy areas that could have significant positive spinoffs to South Africa’s agricultural growth if implemented effectively. The prioritisation of implementation itself wou ...

Experts outline critical policy recommendations for South Africa's agricultural sector to thrive in 2026, addressing issues ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken a bold stance against South Africa’s controversial land reform law, signing an executive order in early February 2024 that freezes U.S. federal aid to the ...

US President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday offering to resettle Afrikaner “refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination” invites the question: Is there a violin small ...

On January 23, 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa signed an Expropriation Act. The law states that the government can legally take private property for public use — but also spells out ...

Melanie Verwoerd is a political analyst. She was formerly a member of South Africa's Parliament for the African National Congress and served as South Africa's ambassador to Ireland from 2001 to 2005.

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes causing tension between ...

Since 1994, the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has pursued a constitutional mandate of land restitution, ...