Land reform and livelihoods

Trajectories of change in northern Limpopo Province, South Africa South Africa: Livelihoods after Land Reform is the South African component of a broader three-country study (including Zimbabwe and Namibia) on Livelihoods after Land Reform (LaLR). LaLR aims to measure the impact of land reform. Still, above all it is to understand that impact how and why impacts materialise or fail to materialise in relation to different circumstances, distinct implementation approaches, and diverse types of intended beneficiaries.

Michael Aliber is an agricultural and development economist who has been working in South Africa since 1994. Currently he is Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape.

Themba Maluleke joined the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in 2009, where he works in the Tenure Reform unit in the Western Cape. Prior to this, Themba worked as researcher at PLAAS, based in Limpopo.

Tshililo Manenzhe is a Content Advisor for the Parliamentary Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, of the Parliament of South Africa. Tshililo is simultaneously a PhD student at the Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Gaynor Paradza joined the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) as a Senior Researcher in 2010. Prior to this she worked in Zimbabwes Ministry of Local Government and lectured at the University of Zimbabwe.

Ben Cousins holds a DST/NRF Research Chair at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape and is based at PLAAS, which he founded in 1995 and directed until 2009.