Legal Aid SA calls for more funding to fight land injustices

The Land Department strictly enforces measures to prevent land ownership on behalf of foreigners. On March 18, 2025, the Land Department stated that there has been a lot of news about foreigners registering to set up Thai companies/legal entities to hold land on behalf of foreigners. The management authority of the company/legal entity is still under the control of foreigners. This is a way to avoid the law regarding land ownership by foreigners…

Legal Aid SA calls for more funding to fight land injustices

Legal Aid South Africa has called for additional funding to support its land rights management unit, which provides legal assistance to farm occupiers, labour tenants, and land claimants. The entity made its case before the portfolio committee on land reform and rural development, citing a growing caseload and severe financial constraints. Advocate Kgotso Godfrey Maja, the deputy chairperson of Legal Aid SA, told the committee that the unit had …

An effective agrarian reform cannot be limited to the redistribution of land. It must also be based on local structures capable of regulating access to land and land management. To achieve this, it must strengthen the autonomy and the capacities of peasant communities. Interview with Michel Merlet, agronomist, recognized expert in land governance and founder of AGTER , led by Laurent Delcourt (who coordinated the next publication of CETRI: Obsol…