S. African president reaffirms need to a...

CAPE TOWN, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The slow land reform in South Africa has caused impatience among the public and it needs to be accelerated if the country is to correct historical injustice, President

S. Africa's next parliament to continue ...

CAPE TOWN, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of South Africa agreed on Tuesday that amending the Constitution to make land expropriation without compensation as a legitimate option for land

China province bans new coastal land rec...

HANGZHOU, March 19 (Xinhua) -- East China's Zhejiang Province has issued a ban on new land reclamation projects to protect the marine environment, local authorities said. Apart from key national stra

High resolution land cover map developed...

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have developed a 10-meter resolution global land cover map. To achieve the sustainable development goals with the impact of population growth, urbanization,

Namibian police calls for calm ahead of ...

WINDHOEK, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Namibian police on Saturday released a statement calling for calm to protesters who plan to march for land on Monday in the capital, Windhoek. The protest will be led b

Namibian police calls for calm ahead of ...

WINDHOEK, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Namibian police on Saturday called for calm among protesters who plan to take to the streets of Windhoek on Monday in a movement aimed at improving availability of land

Tanzania's Zanzibar to get into land rec...

ARUSHA, Tanzania, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, on Saturday said that his government plans to venture into land reclamation

Patience of S. Africans wearing thin wit...

CAPE TOWN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- South Africa must act differently and with speed in land reform as "the patience of our people is wearing thin," Deputy President David Mabuza said on Saturday. Land r

UN calls for better land management prac...

NAIROBI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Thursday called for better land management practices in order to safeguard marine and coastal ecosystems. Peter Thomson, UN secretary-general speci

S. African gov't vows to continue land r...

CAPE TOWN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The South African government will continue to pursue land expropriation without compensation until land is returned to those who were forced to be deprived of it, Depu