Two days to go until the Journal of Peasant Studies Africa Writeshop ahead of our 30th anniversary Land, Life and Society conference. #PLAAS30 🎉 Meet the early career and PhD scholars who will learn from some of eminent academics in our sector. plaas.org.za/sarchi-chair...

How do we consider land as heritage? As South Africa celebrates Heritage Day today, listen to @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social explain everything to understand about the country's first expropriation with nil compensation case, which uses the 1975 expropriation Act. omny.fm/shows/capeta...

📢 Does the medium-scale commercial farming model contribute to structural transformation, wealth creation, and improved livelihoods? Dr Clement Chipenda will reveal insights from his work in Zimbabwe. Register below for 13:00 today.

How do you write a well-grounded journal article? These researchers will refine their manuscripts at the Journal of Peasant Studies writeshop on critical agrarian studies. Learn more about our participants: plaas.org.za/sarchi-chair... #PLAAS30

Join Dr Clement Chipenda on Tuesday for an academic seminar, where he will share insights from his fascinating research on Zimbabwe's medium-scale farming sector. 📆 Tuesday, 23/09/2025 🕐 13:00-14:00 📍PLAAS Seminar Room or via Zoom: shorturl.at/YYZTm What does his research show? 🧵👇🏾 #AcademicSky

Our next four participants for the JPS writing workshop have many shared and unique research interests, ranging from agrarian political economy to gender equity. Meet Bernard Ekumah, Courage Rodwell Bakasa, Diane Tapimali, and Jabulile Manyike. #PLAAS30

💪🏾 We're gearing up for our 30th anniversary Land, Life and Society Conference, happening at @uwconline.bsky.social from 7-9 Oct. We're kicking off with a Journal of Peasant Studies Africa Writeshop on Critical Agrarian Studies & Scholar Activism. These 4 will join 17 others in Cape Town. 🚀 #PLAAS30

Why is communications vital for funding in 2025 and beyond? How do people understand "land justice"? Are we creating decolonised environmental policies? Prof @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social, Nkayniso Gumede and Oluwaseyi Agboola brought their expertise to Research Week at @uwconline.bsky.social.

#UJLG2025 this weekend was a powerful reminder of people's right to land for more than housing. This major Constitutional Court decision in South Africa last week was just as important of a recognition of this right. @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf76...

It's day two of the third Urban Land Justice Gathering at Workshop17 at the V&A Waterfront. At 14:30, PLAAS researcher Nkanyiso Gumede and research associate Siphesihle Mbhele talk strategies for inclusive land redistribution plans for marginalised people. #ULJG2025

"We need to dismantle the 'property' concept." Justice means: - Reclaiming the commons; - Expropriating private property to avail land; - Understanding the regulation, limit, and constraints on private because of how financialised it has become. ~ @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social #ULJG2025

Professor @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social joins the programme today at the third Urban Land Justice programme, and tomorrow, you'll hear from research associate Siphesihle Mbhele on a panel facilitated by researcher Nkanyiso Gumede. Keep an eye on our socials.

Tomorrow! We're at the third Urban Land Justice Gathering, co-hosted by Ndifuna Ukwazi, the Housing Development Agency, the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, and the A City Occupied Collective. 📅 22-23 August 2025 📍 Workshop17, CT RSVPs are closed, but watch the socials for updates.

Exciting news! Dr @sandrobsimon.bsky.social joins PLAAS next week for an academic seminar. He'll be delving into his work on gleaning. You can join us online or in person. Read more about the seminar and register via Zoom on this link. shorturl.at/ib81d #PLAASAcademicSeminar

Exciting news! Dr @sandrobsimon.bsky.social joins PLAAS next week for an academic seminar. He'll be delving into his work on gleaning. You can join us online or in person. Read more about the seminar and register via Zoom on this link. shorturl.at/ib81d #PLAASAcademicSeminar

Two weeks ago, we attended a meeting in St Lucia for discussions about a planned merge of Maputo National Park with @unesco.org World Heritage Site iSimangaliso Wetland Park. One person from St Lucia was present, and people who lived in surrounding villages complained. 🧵

🐘 👩🏾‍🌾 Why do many #conservation approaches find it hard to do justice to people and integrate ‘living with’ #biodiversity rather than separating people and nature? We deal with this and much more in our #LivingLandscapesInAction short course. Apply by 21 July. plaas.org.za/call-for-app...

Thank you to Prof Jose Frantz, DVC for Research and Innovation at @uwconline.bsky.social, for her #PLAAS30 anniversary wish. This message is for those who have helped us create impactful work for the last three decades - the visionaries, tireless activists, and our generous supporters. 🎉

Today, PLAAS celebrates its 30th anniversary! 🎂 Director Prof @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social says PLAAS is as important now as it was when it first started in 1995. Listen to her birthday message, and celebrate with us by sending us your wish for next 30 years of PLAAS. 🎤 forms.gle/dpGigm3HBLkn...

🍷 Are you looking to complete a PhD in land governance and value chain management in the wine industry? Our colleagues at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at @uwconline.bsky.social are looking for your applications. Read more and apply via the link below. foodsecurity.ac.za/news/phd-fun...

🙌🏾 Our Masterclass with Prof Thembela Kepe has kicked off! If you've registered and haven't logged in yet, join us. We're looking forward to learning from your experiences. 🌱

⌚Tomorrow! Register for our Living Landscapes in Action Masterclass on decolonising conservation. Professor Thembela Kepe's research interests in Southern Africa include people-environment interactions, land rights, the politics of development projects, and the politics of land use planning.

Celebrate with us! 🎉 Our new Director, Professor @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social, is no stranger to those in the land, poverty and agrarian sectors. Read about her contributions to research, teaching & policy engagement in SA, the rest of Africa, & her influence globally. plaas.org.za/halala-profe...

📍This Thursday Land dispossession, racial exclusions to natural resources, & climate change means decolonised conservation is more urgent than ever. Join our online Masterclass with Prof Thembela Kepe for examples from the South. 📖 More info: shorturl.at/H3KXT 💻 Register: shorturl.at/jmsAS

"They may have bombed my boat, but my name will remain – and it will sail across the sea." On World Oceans Day, Greta Thunberg and other activists on the Madleen Freedom Fortilla are reminding us as ocean researchers around the world to connect blue justice and climate justice -

What are the efforts towards decolonising biodiversity conservation, and why do its issues persist? Learn from the Living Landscapes in Action Masterclass with Professor Thembela Kepe. 🗓️ Thursday, 12 June 2025 🕙 10:00 - 13:00 SAST 📝 Register: shorturl.at/jmsAS 📖 Suggested reading: shorturl.at/1qrRf

What are the efforts towards decolonising biodiversity conservation, and why do its issues persist? Learn from the Living Landscapes in Action Masterclass with Professor Thembela Kepe. 🗓️ Thursday, 12 June 2025 🕙 10:00 - 13:00 SAST 📝 Register: shorturl.at/jmsAS 📖 Suggested reading: shorturl.at/1qrRf

PLAAS senior researcher Dr Phillan Zamchiya will today present at Wits University's Faces of the City series. With discussant Ngaka Mosiane, he will explore middle class investments and changing land tenure relations in "rural" Limpopo. Watch at 16:00: wits-za.zoom.us/j/9581101837...

📺 There's a serious problem of misrepresentation of what the Expropriation Act is for punted in wider disinformation spread by white supremacists, which tries to legitimise US President Donald Trump's refugee status for white Afrikaners. Watch the interview here. abcnews.go.com/US/video/tru...

Prof @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social will be on ABC News Live in the next 2 minutes talking about South African Afrikaners who recently moved to the US as "refugees". She'll expand on the timing of this move, especially as the Expropriation Act was signed in SA. Watch live: abcnews.go.com/Live

Watch the trailer for Mathonga Elizwe here, and we'll see you later! 🌱 file:///Users/admin/Downloads/mathonga_elizwe_early_teaser_v2%20(240p).mp4

Join us for our free screening next week! 🎬 🌱

🍿 FREE: Join us on 14 May 2025 at @uwconline.bsky.social for a screening of the acclaimed 'Mathonga Elizwe - Spirits of the Nation'. Directed by international award-winning creator Tsogo Kupa, the documentary reveals the experiences of land claimants and labour tenants in their fight for justice.

Today we launch a new course on how climate change and its current policies affect land governance in Africa, led by Dr Phillan Zamchiya. We're joined by Dr James Murombezi from UN Economic Commission for Africa and NELGA/SLGA partner Nanny Wiechert.

✍🏿 We're looking for 25 PhD and early-career researchers to join our 8-day Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism. You could also be invited to our international conference on Land, Life and Society in October. Applications close on 18 April. plaas.org.za/call-for-app...

🌍 There are many opportunities to learn with PLAAS. Sign up for our most recent one - a two-day online training programme to learn about climate change and its effects on land governance in Africa. It's a free course. plaas.org.za/apply-two-da...

🐂 Are you interested in nature-based solutions for resilience and adaptability in Southern Africa? Today is the last day to apply for one of three funded Masters roles at PLAAS for @repairproject.bsky.social. Read more here: shorturl.at/AkM0f

[READ] Can the Expropriation Act advance land justice? @plaasuwc.bsky.social and Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education at UWC hosted a dialogue with Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso and community voices on redressing land inequities. Read more: www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-ann... #IAmUWC

Our NELGA Masterclass with Prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote - Director, Law Division at @unep.org - has concluded a rich lecture. We are now in our Q&A session with participants. Here's a summary of some of her major talking points: #NelgaLandLawInAfrica

📢📢 Coming up at 10:00 SAST today: Don't miss this Masterclass on comparative land law in Africa. It's going to be a jam-packed three hours, with context and facts about the continent's legal traditions, colonial legacies, and innovations in land law. Register below if you haven't already.

At PLAAS this week: - The call for papers closes today for our October international conference on Land, Life and Society. - Masterclass on comparative land law in Africa. - Public dialogue with SA's Rural Development and Land Reform Minister - Calls for applications. Read more: shorturl.at/4EtH0

Can the Expropriation Act be used to achieve land justice in SA? Join us & Tshisimani Activist Education at @uwconline.bsky.social for a public dialogue with Rural Development & Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso. The programme includes a plenary with attendees. #expropriationforlandjusticeUWC

🧑🏿‍💻 Among many exciting things we have planned for March, our NELGA Masterclass is a highlight. Join Professor Patricia Kameri-Mbote online for a masterclass on comparative land law in Africa. 🗓️ Wednesday, 12 March 2025 🕙 10:00 to 13:00 SAST 🖊️ Register: shorturl.at/NayHx plaas.org.za/nelga-master...

🔊 LAST CHANCE: Applications for our NELGA short course on the Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa close today.

🎓 Call for applications: We're looking for the next cohort of students for the Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa short course. Semester one begins in March, so get your applications in early. More info 👇🏾 plaas.org.za/call-for-app...

📢 EXTENDED DEADLINE: Send your papers for the International Conference on Land, Life and Society by 10 March 2025. #PLAAS30

It's our 30th anniversary! 🥳 As we take time to celebrate three decades of research, teaching and policy engagement, we invite you to be part of our international conference on the road to #ICARRD+20, Land, Life and Society. 1/2

Happening now: #Stilfontein #2025MiningIndaba #Marikana

🗓️ TOMORROW: Join us for this important discussion as we contextualise Stilfontein and Marikana, and what both these tragedies mean for the upcoming Mining Indaba. #Stilfontein #2025MiningIndaba

🗓️ TOMORROW: Join us for this important discussion as we contextualise Stilfontein and Marikana, and what both these tragedies mean for the upcoming Mining Indaba. #Stilfontein #2025MiningIndaba