For decades, land reform in South Africa has been seen as a symbol of political intent, a rallying cry for justice, transformation and restitution. But beyond the political slogans lies a more ...

When Peter Setou is not in the boardroom dressed in a suit and working on the next project to empower a community, he is dressed in khaki, boots and a hat, working on his farm in the North West. For ...

The year 2024 was a watershed for land reform in South Africa. While there were no seismic developments that marked a momentous change in the trajectory of land reform, there were nonetheless steady ...

Young people face structural barriers in land reform despite progress. Peter Setou urges for inclusive support to unlock ...

Most people who have their land returned under the government’s reform programme don’t have the technical know-how or enough access to markets to make a profit from it. This is according to Vumelana ...

Vumelana is a non-profit organisation that works with land reform beneficiaries to make their land productive by facilitating partnerships between communities and investors who have, amongst others, ...

A series of roadshows launched by the Vumelana Advisory Fund aims to educate and empower land reform beneficiaries on how to make their land profitable and how to adopt good governance practices to ...

“While we understand the emotive nature of land ownership and the frustration that many communities feel about the slow pace of land reform, remedial action lies not in tinkering with the Constitution ...

Young people continue to face barriers to participating in land reform projects, despite growing recognition that youth involvement will be essential to the long-term sustainability of restituted land ...

2020 marked exactly 368 years since the displacement of indigenous people from their land following the colonisation of the country by the Dutch in 1652, and later the English and the Afrikaner ...