Race, power, and the politics of distraction
As economic crises deepen, right-wing fearmongering and racial scapegoating thrive—masking the real struggle for economic justice.
land reform
What happened to land grabs in Africa?
More than a decade since the surge in large-scale land acquisitions worldwide, many land deals remain in limbo. They nonetheless have far-reaching consequences for those who depend on land as foundational to life.
Time for an agriculture Green New Deal in South Africa
Land reform should focus on justice and social transformation, not on creating a new class of black commercial farm owners.
Should sleeping giants lie?
Colonial land grievances and the politics of redistribution in contemporary Kenya.
The battles over land in Namibia
The land issue is the most divisive issue that Namibia has experienced since independence.
The politics of reforming traditional land in South Africa
Land reform in South Africa has to not only tackle racial inequalities of ownership, but also the power of chiefs and the Zulu royal family.
Who gets to define borders?
What will the renewed land debate in South Africa mean for the border woes of neighbors such as Lesotho?
Flight of the Boers
South Africa's lead anti-land reform organization is cultivating its relationship with the international far right.
Action on land reform lags behind debate in South Africa
Land reform dominates public debate in South Africa. But it comes with a lack of data and a clear policy.
Zimbabwe’s Forgotten 20%
Zimbabwe makes a good story for western writers and readers. The staggering racism of the Rhodesian
A Century of Land Dispossession in South Africa
Interview with Ben Cousins, founder of PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape, and who has researched land reform since 1989.
The news about land reform in Zimbabwe
Land reform and Zimbabwe; say those words in any order and you get a reaction. It
Mauled by an old lion
How Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's Life President since 1980, bested CNN's Christiane Amampour.