PROGRESS THUS FAR One of the most notable developments in 2024 was the splitting of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development into two ministries, namely the Department of ...

Decades after independence, land ownership remains concentrated in the hands of a few, while marginal farmers struggle with shrinking farmland and economic uncertainty ...

GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on individuals illegally occupying State land, particularly in rural areas, ordering them ...

The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development expresses deep frustrations over the slow implementation of the ...

The Portfolio Committee on Land Reform said the underspending has compromised food security, land restitution and rural ...

Senate Bill 1118 would effectively end local government planning that protects rural areas from development. The bill also ...

Rural Secretary Mairi Gougeon said the case was a good example of why further land reform measures were needed. A parliamentary committee said the scarcity of useful land "stops some communities ...

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has revealed that almost 5 000 land claims were rejected by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in all nine provinces.

Paraguay's National Peasant Federation (FNC) is holding its annual march to Asunción Thursday to demand access to land, an end to evictions, and policies to support rural development. Peasants ...

Across the Treasure Coast, people are concerned about development plans in rural areas. In Martin County, concerns about a controversial "rural lifestyle" land use arguably cost longtime ...