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What South Africa's Constitutional Court ruling on the Tafelberg property means for equitable access to land and spatial justice By PLAAS researcher Nkanyiso Gumede Professor Ruth Hall Deshnee Subramany Pictures: Zacharia Mashele/Ndifuna Ukwazi The Constitutional Court judgment on a Tafelberg property in ...

Prof Ralarala displays UWC's excellence at UNECA's Conference on Land Policy in Africa 2025 - and wins What is the University of the Western Cape’s role in achieving the African Union’s goal of “Land Governance, Justice and Reparations for Africans and Descendan...

PLAAS Land, Life and Society Conference 2025: what’s at stake in an unequal world, and what could turn the tide Professor Ruth Hall As climate change reaches a tipping point, inequality in people’s access to land and other natural resources are also reaching alarming levels, fu...

FREE SCREENING: PLAAS's research documentary ‘Indalo Yethu’ at UWC’s EMS Women’s Month event Indalo Yethu: Our livelihoods. Our nature. Our heritage. RSVP Date: Wednesday, 27 August 2025 Time: 14:00-17:00 Venue: Library Auditorium, University of the Western Cape, Bellvi...

Halala! Professor Ruth Hall appointed as new PLAAS Director The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) welcomes Professor Ruth Hall as the new Director of the research institu...

Women’s land struggles in post-apartheid SA: a fight with no end After 30 years in a democratic country, South African women, like many others around the world, are still asking for tangible change in their lives. One of the biggest sectors w...

PLAAS welcomes African visiting professor back from the diaspora Some of the participants at the PLAAS/CODESRIA Writing Workshop and Retreat, November 2023: From left: Prof. Ruth Hall, Sienne Molepo, Tapiwa Chatikobo, Shane Phiri, Ashley Fisc...

Agrarian scholars tackle climate politics in new (free) book As world leaders converge for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the dominant narrative is focused on technical solutions to climate change. Amidst these...

Rural Women and Climate Justice: A call to action in EMS Faculty In a world gripped by the urgency of climate change, the voices of rural women often remain unheard. On 23 August 2023, we convened a public webinar hosted by our Economic and M...

A New Land Tenure Regime in the Making in Rural Southern Africa, with PLAAS All over Southern Africa, from central Zambia to central Limpopo Province, new tenure regimes driven from above (by the state) and from below (by the people) are emerging partly...

Women of the sea find their voice Not everything at the seaside is about snoek, crayfish, perlemoen, poaching and bokkom butter. The women living in South Africa’s coastal towns can attest to that. A...

UWC Anchors Innovative Global Conference on Climate Change The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape took another step in the fast-paced world of accelerating online platforms whe...

UWC and the Department of Science and Innovation host inaugural SDG Indaba The African continent is like a person sitting on a billion-rand chair but is penniless because it doesn’t know how to use it, according to Dr Ayodele Odusola, Resident Re...

Apply now: Senior Student Assistant vacancy The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) engages in research, training, policy analysis and postgraduate teaching in relation to poverty, land and agrarian r...

Save the date: Land Conference The LRC, LARC, PLAAS and SWOP will be co-hosting a land conference entitled 'The Failed Promise of Tenure Security, Customary Land Rights and Dispossession'. ...

PLAAS Webinar: Worsening Climate Chaos and the Challenge of Climate Justice The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) invites you to a webinar titled 'Worsening Climate Chaos and the Challenge of Climate Justice’. Event...