INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION

Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa

What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new claim on the land of KwaZulu-Natal portend for land reform in South Africa?

29 September 2014, Wits Club

Land reform is a highly politicized and racially charged issue that continues to dominate South African politics and public debate. But rural land reform has the added dimension of tribalism, a medieval patriarchal and undemocratic system of governance super-imposed on an already complicated land problem. Recently public debate has been further inflamed by King Goodwill Zwelithini’s decision to lodge South Africa’s largest land claim ever, which is said to cover all of the land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal that does not already belong to the king.

SACSIS and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation invite you to a panel discussion on rural land reform with a special focus on traditional authorities and their impact on access to land and economic opportunities for South Africa’s rural poor, notably rural women.

Are South Africans heading for a future where traditional authorities have a monopoly on the ownership of rural land?

How does the traditional model of governance affect women’s land rights?

How can rural women become landowners?

What should the basis of a fair and sustainable rural land reform policy be?

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 PANELLISTS

Sizani Ngubane
Head of the Rural’s Women’s Movement

Mazibuko Jara
Rural Activist and Member of the Democratic Left Front

Prof. Ben Cousins 
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
 University of the Western Cape

Nomboniso Gasa
Researcher, Analyst and Public Speaker on Gender, Politics and Culture

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 Date: Monday, 29 September 2014

Time: 13h00 to 17h00
(starting with lunch and registration from 13h00 - 14h00)

Venue: The Wits Club, Wits University, Johannesburg. Enter on 
Yale Road off Empire Road.

Admission: Free

 RSVP: To book a seat at this event please send an email with 
your name, affiliation and contact details to info@sacsis.org.za
with "RSVP Land Reform/Traditional Leaders Panel" in the 
subject line of your email message or reply to this email 
invitation.

Please book early to avoid disappointment. For more information, please visit our events page.

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This event is co-hosted by The South African Civil Society Information Service and the
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office.