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Evictions and land rights issues threaten rural livelihoods. The #FarmDwellerIndaba is a space for solutions, action, and solidarity.

[INDABA] for the next two days SERI, @SurplusPP and @csaawu are hosting an Indaba on the conditions of farm dwellers in the Western Cape. The Indaba brings together various stakeholders concerned with farm dweller issues to identify opportunities for collaboration.

The Farm Dweller Indaba kicks off today in Cape Town. A space for farm dwellers, activists, and organisations to tackle land dispossession, evictions, and rural justice. Hosted by SERI, SPP, and CSAAWU. #FarmDwellerIndaba #LandJustice

@TAmakhaya @NkuziD @LandNnes @1000currents @BROT_furdiewelt @RAITHFoundation @Afrikagrupperna @ccfd_tsolidaire

"Tshintsha Amakhaya (TA) at the High Court in Limpopo, supporting Nkuzi Development Association and rural communities who continue to face oppression due to tribal apartheid taxes! Abolish these tribal levies, it is undermining democracy.

MUST READ: Clear policies needed for effective #LandReform in SA. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, human rights advocate & member of Pres @CyrilRamaphosa's Advisory Panel of Land Reform Experts, sets out clear guidelines for Minister Thoko Didiza. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 mg.co.za/article/2019-0…

I’ve been a farmworker all my life. Here’s why you should buy organic food sacbee.com/opinion/califo…

What a loss!!!! How long will it take for us to realize we have a crime problem as country,how many people must die before we do something.Who must we trust to protect us and our Families,who must we vote for? #ripsbu

Starting today! Follow 2 days of debates on #LandReform policy at our #LandConference @UWConline with partners @forthare_Uni & @Rhodes_Uni joined by @RuralDemocracy @AFRAKZN @elmienduplessis @MazibukoJara @WandileSihlobo @MarcWegerif @TeresaYates10 @RickdeSatge @nevamakgetla

Siyabonga Mkhize from Impendle shares some of his experiences of not having access to basic services on farms. #ServicesCase @LRC_SouthAfrica @NkuziD @sclctrust @TAmakhaya

Khanyo Ndlela shares her experiences as a young person living on farm without basic services. #ServicesCase @LRC_SouthAfrica @NkuziD @TAmakhaya @sclctrust

Parliament: Expropriation without compensation report hurtles towards finish line dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-1…

Social housing key target of SA land reform: President Ramaphosa devdiscourse.com/Article/other/…

Some of the posters displayed around the Community Hall in Simondium where #farmworkers are gathering to discuss evictions and conditions of workers in the Drakenstein Municipality.

[Read today’s @WitnessKZN] A slow trickle of land. Many claims remain unprocessed decades after first applications.

#PeasantsRights "Why should we be interested in having a peasant rights instrument?" viacampesina.org/en/index.php/m…