Posts Tagged ‘Port Alfred’
Review of Municipal Commonage programme of the Department of Land Affairs
The term municipal commonage is traditionally applied to land owned by a municipality or local authority. The land was usually acquired through state grants or from the church. The land was granted to serve the needs and interests of the poorer residents of the specific town. Commonage lost its traditional character when previously disadvantaged residents…
Read MoreThe Contribution of Municipal Commonage to Local People’s Livelihoods in Small South African Towns
Davenport, N (2008), The Contribution of Municipal Commonage to Local People’s Livelihoods in Small South African Towns, MSc thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Abstract To redress past discrepancies in land tenure, the ANC government acknowledged that land needs to be made accessible to the previously disadvantaged, announcing that commonage would be a pillar of their…
Read MoreThe Governance and Management of Commonages in three Small Towns in the Eastern Cape
Martens, C (2009), The Governance and Management of Commonages in three Small Towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Masters thesis, Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Abstract Commonage is land that is usually found adjacent to a town, which is owned by the local municipality and acquired through state grants or, historically, through the church. Since…
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