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African women want greater land ownership rights

August 23rd, 2017 / News24.com

Influential women from across Africa converged for a conference in Pretoria last week, as they called for greater land ownership rights.
The conference, hosted by the Habitat for Humanity’s Solid Ground Campaign in association with the Urban CSO Cluster of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) of UN-Habitat, focused on …

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

February 28th, 2017 / BizCommunity, South Africa

The government unveilled the Operation Phakisa segment that focuses on agriculture, land reform, and rural development. This segment is meant to enhance and transform the agricultural sector while accelerating land reform.
The programme will review existing producer support models and develop finance models aimed at fast-tracking land reform, given the …