By James Chakwizira and Funani Tshivhase This report explores the governance structures and land administration systems of Rambuda, Tshivhase and Masia – traditional councils in Vhembe District, Limpopo province. The...
On the 24th of June 2025, PARI’s Land Governance Programme Researcher Daniel Sher presented the Draft Guidelines on how municipalities should unlock land for a just transition, at the Q4...
About this brief Climate change is necessitating a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Despite policies implemented to mitigate the impacts, marginalised groups – including indigenous people, women...
Dr Gaynor Paradza, PARI's Land Governance Programme Lead, is participating in this conference on transition-effective land governance on 5 May 2025, as part of the World Bank Land Conference 2025....
Image: KwaZulu-Natal/Simon Hull/November 2024 On 5 March, Land Governance Programme Lead Gaynor Paradza participated in the SALGA National Working Group on Development Planning and Rural Development. Dr Paradza shared...
Dr Gaynor Paradza and Murial Kwena, from PARI's Land Governance programme, are attending the 19th annual International Academic Association on Planning Law and Property Rights (PLPR) at Cardiff University, Wales...
In the first policy brief in this series, we outlined the problem of off-register rights in South Africa and the challenge of finding appropriate ways of bridging the gap between...
In the first policy brief, we outlined the problem of off-register rights in South Africa and the challenge of finding appropriate ways to bridge the gap between the recordal and...
This policy brief explores the municipal–traditional authority nexus through the lens of land development applications. By focusing on how traditional authorities handle land applications, the brief provides an insight into...
The apartheid legacy of imposing an exclusive private property regime, thereby rendering indigenous forms of tenure invisible, continues to contribute to the high levels of poverty on the continent, and...
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