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Example 1,000,000: former enslaved people in the rural Western Cape got land around 1900. Nearby White farmers took the land, murdered some of the new owners and buried them in shallow graves. Descendants of original owners continue to work the land for 100 years. 2/n

Democracy arrives. A government department assumes responsibility for the surrounding area, and promises are made from the early 90s onwards that people will get legal ownership of the homes they have lived in for a century. Remember, this land was originally theirs. 3/n

Endless workshops held in late 90s, many commitments and promises made. No transfer of the land. Early 2000s, same story. Mid 2000s, same story. 2014, same story. Present day, same story. Endless promises, no follow through. 4/n

A big part of the problem is that the state doesn't manage its records or produce information it claims to hold. Says maps will be produced - nothing. Says houses will be built and land handed over - nothing. And this is just one story out of countless others. 5/n

This example goes back to the late 1800s, but there are others that are way more recent. All the while, people who were evicted from their homes under apartheid are still alive and still face the absolute indignity of passing their former family homes. 6/n

New families live in these homes and enjoy all the benefits of highly desirable neighbourhoods. Meanwhile, original owners are forced to live extremely difficult, precarious lives in shit neighbourhoods that trap people in poverty. 7/n

It's genuinely mad that despite how recent some of this dispossession is, people just carry on as if nothing is wrong and as if no radical action is needed to address the wrongs of our past. Land reform has flopped & housing delivery declines every year. Something must change 8/8

Nick Budlender ...and when the deed is eventually issued, it may be ambiguous, have land use conditions embedded in it preventing people making a living from home (instead of just deferring to the town planning scheme), or be in archaic legal Afrikaans incomprehensible to the owner

Big ups Tswale CPA for keeping, upgrading, and maintainance of the infrastructure of the restitution farm. Driving past the entrance to this farm, I was extremely proud and happy to see this. This gives me trust & confidence in our land beneficiaries

I'm happy to be joining @drlandislife and others for African Studies seminars at University of Edinburgh.... will be talking land tenure and land politic #AfricanStudies #InternationalDevelopment The University of Edinburgh CAS Edinburgh

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Paralegal Pathways Initiative develops the formerly-incarcerated for professional legal careers amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/10/2… via New York Amsterdam News

New article with Robyn Park-Ross on Ndifuna Ukwazi's People's Land Map: 'Almost 18,000 soccer fields - that's how much public land is lying unused in Cape Town' Article here: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-1… Link to the map itself: peopleslandmap.nu.org.za

The LRC is in the Mthatha High Court this morning, appearing on behalf of concerned parents of learners at 4 schools litigating against the Eastern Cape Department of Education for the severe overcrowding crises at these schools.

Dire Tladi of South Africa was just elected by the UN Security Council and the General Assembly to be a judge for International Court of Justice. The first judge from SA for nearly 8 decades. He was one of 5 new judges elected onto the ICJ. Well done @DireTladi4ICJ DIRCO South Africa

South Africa’s candidate, Professor Dire Tladi, has been elected to the International Court of Justice – the first citizen of the Republic to serve in this capacity. tinyurl.com/2w58p29k

BREAKING: Prof Dire Tladi has been elected to a 9-year term on the International Court of Justice in the Hague. He is the first South African to serve as a judge on the Court. “The Faculty is proud of him and knows he will represent us well.” - Prof Schoeman #UPLaw #ProudlyUP

Unfair dismissal of Xolani Khumalo by Moja Love a wing of DSTV - Sign the Petition! chng.it/5Kj8cJMP via Change.org South Africa