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26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 @10h00 Bertha House Kopanong Bertha House Kopanong Getting Real about Land: Andries du Toit Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and Mpho Raboeane speak to Katlego Ramantsima about the real politics of land
This conversation will delve beneath the the the surface of South Africa’s land
debate to explore the the the complex realities beyond the the the polarizing issues Firstly it will will focus attention on on on the the the the deep symbolism of the the the the land
land
issue: we we will will explore the the the the links between the the the the land
land
question and and and and the the ‘national question’ about about whose country this really is is and and and and about about the the links between land
and and and and political belonging Secondly beyond the the the symbolism it it will explore the the the lively realities of actual struggles about land
access on on the the the ground in urban and and rural contexts: debates about about about about eviction about about about about occupation about about about about mining and and and development and and and about about about about how access to land
on on on on the ground can make citizenship real Andries du Toit is the the the the Director of of the the the the Institute for Poverty Land and and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the the the the University of of the the the the Western Cape He holds a a a a a a a PhD in in Comparative Studies from the University of Essex His research focuses on developing a a a a a a a critical understanding of of of the the politics of of of knowledge production in in in the the government of of of poverty and and marginal livelihoods Tembeka Ngcukaitobi is a a a a a a a a a a South African attorney and currently serves as an an an advocate of the the high court In 2019 the the Johannesburg bar nominated him to senior counsel He is considered one of the country’s most brilliant advocates after playing a a a a a a a a a crucial role in the former president Jacob Zuma’s scandal Mpho Raboeane is is is an an an an attorney at at at Ndifuna Ukwazi specialising in in constitutional law and human rights litigation She is is is passionate about building people’s power through education and political conscientisation Katlego Katlego Ramantsima has been a a a a a a a a a a a a a researcher at at at PLAAS since 2018 Before this Katlego Katlego worked as as an an an Assistant Researcher for for the the the Mining and and Rural Transformation in in in Southern Africa (MARTISA) Project at at the the the Society Work and and Politics Institute (SWOP) Wits University She investigated issues about rural poverty and legally insecure systems of ‘customary’ tenure under the local administrative control of of traditional authorities Her research interests lie in in in in the fields of of resource-based development industrial relations trade and and and and industrial policy communal land
land
rights land
land
reform political economy urban regeneration and and and and rural social change Our thanks to PLAAS for their support
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