Land Reform

Ntshavheni Urge AfriForum And Solidarity To Take Trump’s Offer If Unhappy in SA

S.A's Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has hit back at AfriForum and Solidarity, urging them to accept US president Donald Trump’s offer to resettle in America if they are unhappy in South Africa. Ntshavheni accused the organisations of spreading false claims about the Expropriation Act and undermining the country:

28 February, 2025 38

Namibia

Land Expropriation Without Compensation Proposed in Parliament

A heated debate is expected in the National Assembly as LPM's Utaara Mootu tabled a motion calling for the expropriation of land from foreign absentee landlords without compensation. Mootu argues that the current resettlement policy benefits the wealthy elite, leaving many landless Namibians without access to agricultural land. The motion challenges Article 16 of the Namibian Constitution, which protects property rights, and has sparked strong reactions from various political factions. […]

14 February, 2025 66

South Africa

In South Africa, EFF Tells Ramaphosa To Focus on Phala Phala, Not Empty Promises

South Africa's EFF has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to focus on his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo instead of making empty promises. Debating the state of the nation address, the party’s Omphile Maotwe argued urgent steps such as expropriating land without compensation and nationalising the South African Reserve Bank are needed:

13 February, 2025 45

South Africa

South Africa reacts to the latest executive order issued by Donald Trump

The government of South Africa has reacted to the latest executive order issued by American president Donald Trump. The spokesperson for the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Chrispin Phiri, says it is of great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognise South Africa's profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid:

10 February, 2025 99

South Africa

GOOD Party Rejects Expropriation Act Review Under GNU in S.A

In S.A, the GOOD Party says there is no rational basis to subject the Expropriation Act to the government of national unity statement of intent when it was adopted under a different mandate. This comes as the DA says it has invoked clause 19 of the statement of intent to formally dispute the ANC's handling of the Act. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says clause 19 does not contain […]

29 January, 2025 58

Opinion Pieces

Namibia Economic Performance under H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Josef Kefas Sheehama As an independent economic and business researcher and board member of the African Council on Foreign Relations, I would like to celebrate Namibian history by extending my heartfelt congratulations to H.E. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's first female president-in-waiting and therefore first female president of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). One must be familiar with Iceland's first female president, Vigdís Finnbogadottir, who was elected in 1980. […]

11 December, 2024 20 2

Namibia

Advocating for Land Rights: The /Khomanins Community Takes a Stand

Windhoek, Namibia — November 4, 2024: In a powerful demonstration of solidarity and resilience, the /Khomanins Landless Association and the Namibia Ancestral Land Foundation have submitted a final petition to the Namibian government, calling for urgent action to address systemic land dispossession and the ongoing plight of landless communities in Namibia. This petition comes in the wake of a mass demonstration aimed at highlighting the injustices faced by indigenous peoples, […]

5 November, 2024 40

Africa

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers

The government of Zimbabwe will start paying 3.5 billion USD in compensation to farmers who lost land under former President Robert Mugabe's administration. Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce's Christopher Mugaga told Newzroom Afrika that there have been different views on handling this issue. Around 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and large areas of land when Zimbabwe's former president, Robert Mugabe, initiated a controversial and often violent land redistribution program […]

17 October, 2024 75

Uncategorized

Amupanda leads AR in bid for Presidential election

The Affirmative Repositioning has officially put forward its leader, Job Amupanda, as its presidential candidate for the November general election. This submission was made to the Electoral Commission of Namibia this morning. To be registered as a presidential candidate, one must be part of a registered political party (unless running as an independent), be a registered voter, and pay a fee of N$20,000. Amupanda, born 28 August 1987 in Omaalala, […]

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