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Food, Water & Energy Security

Eastern Cape R80m programme to tackle poverty, malnutrition

17 Oct 2024

Boosting food security: Eastern Cape's new rural hubs initiative

Agriculture

Boosting food security: Eastern Cape's new rural hubs initiative

11 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Ayanda Ngubo, partner at Webber Wentzel.

Property

CPAs: Missed chance for rural economic growth

Ayanda Ngubo 5 Aug 2024

Land reform: Overcoming challenges and creating opportunities for rural economies

Agriculture

Land reform: Overcoming challenges and creating opportunities for rural economies

21 Feb 2024

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Land & Property Law

Special Tribunal declares land reform lease agreement unlawful

17 May 2023

Common measuring instruments needed to assess the success of land reform in SA

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Common measuring instruments needed to assess the success of land reform in SA

Peter Setou 23 Mar 2023

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Criminal Law

SIU obtains freezing order in State land case

8 Mar 2023

Private sector's role in supporting land reform beneficiaries' adoption of good governance practices

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Private sector's role in supporting land reform beneficiaries' adoption of good governance practices

Peter Setou 22 Nov 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Estina Farm project case transferred to Bloemfontein High Court

3 Nov 2022

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Criminal Law

Gupta brothers arrested in the UAE

7 Jun 2022

E Cape women abandon vegetable gardens to collect scrap for cash

ESG & Sustainability

E Cape women abandon vegetable gardens to collect scrap for cash

Mkhuseli Sizani 23 Nov 2021

Vumelana Advisory Fund receives R5m cash injection

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Vumelana Advisory Fund receives R5m cash injection

22 Nov 2021

NPA seeks Interpol intervention in Gupta arrests

Criminal Law

NPA seeks Interpol intervention in Gupta arrests

7 Jun 2021

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Professor Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu 24 May 2021

How to replace a lost or destroyed title deed...

Land & Property Law

How to replace a lost or destroyed title deed...

Leigh-Anne Kriel 25 Jan 2021

Inclusive, multi-pronged approach needed for successful land reform programme

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Inclusive, multi-pronged approach needed for successful land reform programme

24 Aug 2020

Property transfers - what could be the delay?

Property

Property transfers - what could be the delay?

Lethabo Mashishi 15 Jul 2020

Nazreen Sekao Pandor is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a qualified arbitrator. Peter Setou is the chief executive of the Vumelana Advisory Fund (Vumelana).

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Land reform beneficiaries, use lockdown to put your CPA in order

Nazreen Sekao Pandor and Peter Setou 8 May 2020

Eleventh-hour delay in court case involving King Goodwill Zwelithini

Legal

Eleventh-hour delay in court case involving King Goodwill Zwelithini

Tony Carnie 20 Nov 2019

Afrocentric IP reaches 10 year milestone

ICT

Afrocentric IP reaches 10 year milestone

25 Oct 2019

Viticulture & Oenology

Nedbank, Vinpro ushers 2020 in with SA wine information day

21 Oct 2019

Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency

Land & Property Law

Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency

Zoë Postman and Wilmien Wicomb 21 Aug 2019

District Six: Why judge described minister as "reckless and grossly negligent"

Land & Property Law

District Six: Why judge described minister as "reckless and grossly negligent"

Geoffrey Allsop 13 Aug 2019

Agriculture

Driving transformation: The role of women in SA agriculture should be prioritised

12 Aug 2019

Agriculture

SA agrarian development agency to be launched

21 May 2019

Shahied Ajam, the chairperson of the District Six Working Committee, addressed dozens of claimants to land in the neighbourhood. Photo: Shamiel Benjamin

Residential Property

District Six claimaints frustrated after state fails to deliver plan

Sebastian Moronell 12 Mar 2019

Agriculture

NW MEC commits to addressing farmers' challenges

17 Jan 2019

Unisa-Sowetan Dialogues kicks off with discussion around land debate

Property

Unisa-Sowetan Dialogues kicks off with discussion around land debate

4 Dec 2018

Institution to fast-track water use licences

Infrastructure & Utilities

Institution to fast-track water use licences

13 Nov 2018

R800m committed to provide support to women, youth farmers to ready them for planting season

Agribusiness

R800m committed to provide support to women, youth farmers to ready them for planting season

6 Nov 2018

Property

SA, Namibia share notes on land reform

23 Oct 2018

Spotlight on successful transformation at Agri SA congress

Agriculture

Spotlight on successful transformation at Agri SA congress

Ursula Human 12 Oct 2018

NERPO calls on government funding to support SA meat trade concerns

Agribusiness

NERPO calls on government funding to support SA meat trade concerns

11 Oct 2018

To what extent will agriculture contribute to the reduction in unemployment in South Africa?

Agriculture

To what extent will agriculture contribute to the reduction in unemployment in South Africa?

Wandile Sihlobo and Tinashe Kapuya 10 Oct 2018

Masisizane Fund's Harvest Day emphasise benefits of agricultural investment

Agriculture

Masisizane Fund's Harvest Day emphasise benefits of agricultural investment

1 Aug 2018

Programmes in place to return land to tenants, farm dwellers

Land & Property Law

Programmes in place to return land to tenants, farm dwellers

22 Jun 2018

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Agriculture

Potatoes SA announces first Enterprise Development Farmer of the Year

Hanrie Greebe 11 Jun 2018

Current land reform challenges need to be fixed before moving forward

Agriculture

Current land reform challenges need to be fixed before moving forward

28 May 2018

Property

MPs rap Ingonyama Trust over dilution of land rights

Tamar Kahn 9 Mar 2018

Agriculture

Agbiz welcomes SONA 2018 but issues remain

19 Feb 2018

Agriculture

Addressing land redistribution through the One Household One Hectare policy

Yolisa Mfaise 18 Jul 2017

Mearns Farm (Image Supplied)

Agriculture

#CSIMonth: Agricultural transformation is a multigenerational, multi-stakeholder undertaking

Cari Coetzee 26 Jul 2017

Lawrence Maduna

Agriculture

Eastern Cape entrepreneurs find business success in agriculture

13 Jul 2017

From left to right: Farmer Mlungisi Ndobeni, Chief Nobandla Makaula, OR Tambo District Municipality officials Jackson Sabona and Andiswa Dunywa, Potato South Africa Transformation Manager Nomvula Xaba, Kei Fresh Produce Marker acting operations manager Melinkqubo Ndabokutya and ECDC’s acting Imvaba Co-operatives Fund Manager Simphiwe Ntshweni.

Agriculture

ECDC invests millions into potato producing cooperatives

24 Apr 2017

SA recovering from drought but crisis is ongoing

Agriculture

SA recovering from drought but crisis is ongoing

Khulekani Magubane 3 Mar 2017

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

Agriculture

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

24 Feb 2017

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Agriculture

Agriculture spend to increase to R30 billion in next three years

23 Feb 2017

Land Reform Futures

Agriculture

Future scenarios for land reform in South Africa

2 Feb 2017

Abattoirs rewarded for excellence

Agro-processing

Abattoirs rewarded for excellence

Devon Koen 18 Nov 2016