Browsing by Author "Lahiff, Edward"
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Allocation and use of water for domestic and productive purposes: an exploratory study from the Letaba river catchment
Masangu, T.G. (2009)In this thesis, I explore the allocation and use of water for productive and domestic purposes in the village of Siyandhani in the Klein Letaba sub-area, and how the allocation and use is being affected by new water ... -
Idealised land markets and real needs: the experience of landless people seeking land in the Northern and Western Cape through the market-based land reform programme
Tilley, Susan Mary (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This thesis interrogates the claim that resource-poor, rural land seekers can acquire land through the land market which constitutes the central mechanism of land redistribution in South Africa's market-based land reform ... -
Informal land markets in Rural Mozambique: the case of Mogovolas District in Nampula Province
Junior, Tomas Manhicane (University of the Western Cape, 2009)The challenge of alleviating poverty, especially of the rural poor, is a universal one. Mozambique is also faced with this challenge as well the challenge of redressing the inequality exacerbated by civil war. Among the ... -
Land tenure reform in Namaqualand: elite capture and the new commons of Leliefontein
Lebert, Thomas Siegfried (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis provides a detailed examination of the development and implementation of a commonage management system on newly acquired municipal commonage in the Leliefontien communal area of Namaqualand, South Africa. This ... -
Post settlement challenges for land reform beneficiaries: three case studies from Limpopo Province
Manenzhe, Tshililo Justice (University of the Western Cape, 2007)This thesis presented a study of post-settlement experiences of land reform beneficiaries, with a focus on three case studies from Limpopo Province. Since 1994, the South African government has implemented a land reform ... -
Realizing agricultural potential in land reform: The case of Vaalharts irrigation scheme in the Northern Cape Province
Maisela, Ramatsimele Jacqueline (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The effectiveness of the South African Land reform Programme has been at the centre of debates amonng land reform activists and within government. Empirical evidence shows that land reform has not only been moving at a ... -
The role of local government in common pool resource management: the case of municipal commonage in the northern cape
Henseler, Anja (University of Western Cape, 2004)Municipal commonage has the potential to make a major contribution to land redistribution in South Africa. During the Apartheid era, land under the control of local government was leased out to commercial farmers at ... -
The role of social networks in farm production in Zimbabwe's resettlement programme: the case of an AI model scheme in Murewa District
Mugara, Tendai (University of the Western Cape, 2007)Land has been a source of political conflict in Zimbabwe since colonization, both within indigenous black communities and especially between white settlers and the black rural communities. At independence in 1980 Zimbabwe ... -
What is the agenda of the rural land social movements in post apartheid South Africa?: a case study of the Tenure Security Coordinating Committee (TSCC)
Mkhize, Siphesihle Ceswell (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This was an original case study that aimed to locate South African post-apartheid rural land social movements within existing theoretical approaches. The land social movements organize around land rights and access for ...