Contrary to populist political discourses, in South Africa the ruling party's approach to land
policy is reproducing paternalistic relations that echo apartheid practices and represent …

Abstract Indigenous communities in South Africa are severely affected by land degradation
and global climate change, which lead to decline in the provision of multiple ecosystem …

Market-oriented agrarian transformation challenges notions of the 'communal'nature of
customary land. This paper foregrounds the emergent patterns of land access in the context …

How do state-recognized traditional authorities (TAs) influence local-level stability? Policies
that recognize and give TAs public authority, particularly in many sub-Saharan African …

Abstract Umgungundlovu in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa has the
characteristics of a resource frontier; it is the subject of multiple development interventions …

The government of Botswana enacted the Tribal Land Act in 1968, which created statutory
land boards in 1970. They replaced dikgosi (chiefs) from the administration of tribal land …

Mahikeng is a city with a unique history as a Batswana settlement, the colonial capital of
Bechuanaland, the capital of Bophuthatswana and now the capital of the North West …

In various parts of the world, rural and indigenous coastal communities who have a long
history of relying on land and coastal resources that predates colonial times are threatened …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book focuses on problems that occur on a societal, political level …

In this paper I contribute to critical literature on human rights practice by emphasizing how
communities in South Africa leverage emerging transnational human rights norms to make …