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Ruth Hall

Don’t treat street hawkers as a nuisance – they feed the city’s poor communities, cheaply and efficiently

Business Maverick

Don’t treat street hawkers as a nuisance – they feed the city’s poor communities, cheaply and efficiently

By Mark Paterson

Informal food system ‘remains overlooked and unsupported’ by government

South Africa

Informal food system ‘remains overlooked and unsupported’ by government

By Ufrieda Ho

We need a new political economy of land reform, not farms without farmers and farmers without farms

South Africa

We need a new political economy of land reform, not farms without farmers and farmers without farms

By Adeoye O Akinola

Expropriation bill needs to ensure protected and equitable access to land for all, say activists

Politics

Expropriation bill needs to ensure protected and equitable access to land for all, say activists

By Zukiswa Pikoli

The lockdown may be unconstitutional – unless school feeding and social grants are fixed

South Africa

The lockdown may be unconstitutional – unless school feeding and social grants are fixed

By Ruth Hall & Jaap de Visser

Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?

South Africa

Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?

By Christopher Clark for GroundUp

Is the problem with the law or the implementation of the law?

South Africa

Is the problem with the law or the implementation of the law?

By Nkateko Mabasa