After 30 years in a democratic country, South African women, like many others around the world, are still asking for tangible change in their lives. One of the biggest sectors where we see the clear ...

PLAAS is an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Our research concentrates on the role of land, ...

“Land governance concerns the rules, processes and structures through which decisions are made about access to land and its use, the manner in which the decisions are implemented and enforced, and the ...

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links is hosting South Africa’s first Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. Masifundise, a civil ...

PODCAST Ep 13: Climate politics, carbon offsets and green minerals ...

The Postgraduate Diploma in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies is a unique programme offered by PLAAS at the University of the Western Cape. It is the only programme in the land and agrarian studies ...

Multiple crisis highlight need to build local resilience in the food system ...

PLAAS is an independent Policy Research Institute within the Faculty for Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. Our research concentrates on the role of land, ...

The land summit was a fiasco. It reflected the government’s commitment to land reform.

Pretty Maluka is a Parliamentary Researcher at Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature whose work is focused on policy analysis and conducting research on government programmes related to Agriculture, ...

Tracer and impact study for the short course of the Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa (NELGA) PLAAS invites applications from suitably qualified persons to conduct a tracer and impact ...