Johannesburg | Reuters –– A proposal to change South Africa’s constitution to explicitly allow expropriation of land with no compensation failed to win the two-thirds of parliamentary votes that it needed on Tuesday. Lawmakers debated whether to change Section 25 of the constitution to enable authorities to seize land to address racial land inequalities left […] Read more
South African plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass
Constitutional amendment defeated by ruling ANC's opponents on both sides
South African white farmers, Black protesters face off over farm murder
Two suspected killers of farmer attend court hearing
Senekal | Reuters –– White South African farmers and Black protesters hurled abuse and threats at each other on Friday during a court hearing in a murder case that has exposed still simmering racial tensions 26 years after the end of apartheid. The killing of Brendan Horner, a white man whose body was found tied […] Read more
Drought-Tolerant Maize Huge Benefit For Africa – for Sep. 13, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes Distributing new varieties of drought-tolerant maize (corn) to African farmers could save more than $1.5 billion, boost yields by up to a quarter and lift some of the world’s poorest out of poverty, a study found. The study by the Mexicobased International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), with input from other food-research institutes, focused […] Read more
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