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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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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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PLAAS
@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

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

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Black Coffee
@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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PLAAS
@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’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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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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TA Info Service@TAinfoservice16 Jan 2017
The Land Question part 1: What is land reform? thedailyvox.co.za/the-land-q…
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TA Info Service@TAinfoservice3 Dec 2016
We Need to Speed Up Process of Land Redistribution - Rev Kenneth Meshoe allafrica.com/stories/201612…
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Agroecology Fund@FundAgroecology25 Oct 2016
#Africa is for #agroecology! "We need African solutions for Africa where we have many successful agroecology case studies." Million Belay.
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Zayaan Khan@zaykay17 Oct 2016
#MovementBuilding discussions w Agrarian Reform for Food Soveriegnty Campaign, @SurplusPP, @UNAC, @HousingAssembly and others
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Global Justice Now
@GlobalJusticeUK15 Oct 2016
The witness we brought over from Bangladesh, Farida Akhter, now giving evidence at the #MonsantoTribunal
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Hands on the Land@HOTL4FS10 Oct 2016
A plea to radically rethink mechanisms that keep farmers trapped on the treadmill of producing for international markets, against mono crops nitter.gq/guardianeco/status/785…
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@guardianeco9 Oct 2016
Can agroecology feed the world and save the planet? d.gu.com/MQR6YF
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Judgment tomorrow in LAMOSA v Nat Council of Provinces in challenge to Restitution Amendment Act #landclaims @AFRAKZN @webberwentzel
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Tshintsha Amakhaya (TA)@TAmakhaya28 Jun 2016
FSG will be hosting the Annual Food and Nutrition Fair. If you are interested in attending contact details below
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La Via Campesina (EN)@via_campesina27 Jun 2016
Cocunut prices crash due to cheap imports, allege Indian farmers. Holds massive protest. viacampesina.org/en/index.ph…
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La Via Campesina (EN)@via_campesina27 Jun 2016
South Korean & Indonesian peasants undertake Farmer to Farmer exchange program. viacampesina.org/en/index.ph…
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La Via Campesina (EN)@via_campesina27 Jun 2016
People in Panama, Sri Lanka, protest again demanding their lands back. viacampesina.org/en/index.ph…
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