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SurplusPeopleProject

@SurplusPP

A For Purpose Organisation (FPO) supporting community struggles for Land & Agrarian Reform, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology.

 Cape Town, South Africa
spp.org.za
Joined October 2011
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Evictions and land rights issues threaten rural livelihoods. The #FarmDwellerIndaba is a space for solutions, action, and solidarity.
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[INDABA] for the next two days SERI, @SurplusPP and @csaawu are hosting an Indaba on the conditions of farm dwellers in the Western Cape. The Indaba brings together various stakeholders concerned with farm dweller issues to identify opportunities for collaboration.
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SERI@SERI_RightsSA13 Feb 2025
[INDABA] for the next two days SERI, @SurplusPP and @csaawu are hosting an Indaba on the conditions of farm dwellers in the Western Cape. The Indaba brings together various stakeholders concerned with farm dweller issues to identify opportunities for collaboration.
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The Farm Dweller Indaba kicks off today in Cape Town. A space for farm dwellers, activists, and organisations to tackle land dispossession, evictions, and rural justice. Hosted by SERI, SPP, and CSAAWU. #FarmDwellerIndaba #LandJustice
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"Tshintsha Amakhaya (TA) at the High Court in Limpopo, supporting Nkuzi Development Association and rural communities who continue to face oppression due to tribal apartheid taxes! Abolish these tribal levies, it is undermining democracy.
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@1000currents @BROT_furdiewelt @RAITHFoundation @Afrikagrupperna @ccfd_tsolidaire
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@PLAASuwc9 Jun 2019
MUST READ: Clear policies needed for effective #LandReform in SA. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, human rights advocate & member of Pres @CyrilRamaphosa's Advisory Panel of Land Reform Experts, sets out clear guidelines for Minister Thoko Didiza. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 mg.co.za/article/2019-06-09-…
Clear policies needed for effective land reform | Mail & Guardian

Clear policies needed for effective land reform | Mail & Guardian

Section 25 of the Constitution is the key but a new Expropriation Act is also urgently needed

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I’ve been a farmworker all my life. Here’s why you should buy organic food sacbee.com/opinion/californi…
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@RealBlackCoffee2 Mar 2019
What a loss!!!! How long will it take for us to realize we have a crime problem as country,how many people must die before we do something.Who must we trust to protect us and our Families,who must we vote for? #ripsbu – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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@PLAASuwc4 Feb 2019
Starting today! Follow 2 days of debates on #LandReform policy at our #LandConference @UWConline with partners @forthare_Uni & @Rhodes_Uni joined by @RuralDemocracy @AFRAKZN @elmienduplessis @MazibukoJara @WandileSihlobo @MarcWegerif @TeresaYates10 @RickdeSatge @nevamakgetla
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AFRA@AFRAKZN2 Nov 2018
Siyabonga Mkhize from Impendle shares some of his experiences of not having access to basic services on farms. #ServicesCase @LRC_SouthAfrica @NkuziD @sclctrust @TAmakhaya
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AFRA@AFRAKZN2 Nov 2018
Khanyo Ndlela shares her experiences as a young person living on farm without basic services. #ServicesCase @LRC_SouthAfrica @NkuziD @TAmakhaya @sclctrust
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TA Info Service@TAinfoservice5 Nov 2018
Parliament: Expropriation without compensation report hurtles towards finish line dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Parliament: Expropriation without compensation report hurtles towards finish line

Parliament: Expropriation without compensation report hurtles towards finish line

Parliament’s constitutional review committee is hurtling towards finalising its report on a constitutional amendment for expropriation without compensation. It’s a fractious process as last week’s...

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Social housing key target of SA land reform: President Ramaphosa devdiscourse.com/Article/oth…
Social housing key target of SA land reform: President Ramaphosa | Other

Social housing key target of SA land reform: President Ramaphosa | Other

The President explained that part of the land reform programme is to give people the opportunity to own their own homes.

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Some of the posters displayed around the Community Hall in Simondium where #farmworkers are gathering to discuss evictions and conditions of workers in the Drakenstein Municipality.
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AFRA@AFRAKZN28 May 2018
[Read today’s @WitnessKZN] A slow trickle of land. Many claims remain unprocessed decades after first applications.
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#PeasantsRights "Why should we be interested in having a peasant rights instrument?" viacampesina.org/en/index.ph…
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