Minister in the Presidency, responsible for Women, Bathabile Dlamini will deliver a keynote address at a seminar on Landless women of South Africa: expropriation of land without compensation.

The seminar which takes place on Tuesday, 14 August 2018 is organized by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as an attempt to add the voices of women in the current debate of landlessness and expropriation of land without compensation.

The discussion which will be led by Minster Dlamini will focus on the current challenges faced by women to access land and own the land.  One of the key objectives is to engage on the lack of property rights and how this has contributed to the exclusion of women from economic participation.

The outcome of these discussions will form part of a submission to the National Assembly Portfolio Committee on Constitutional Review dealing with the land issue. This is following the recent decision by the parliament of South Africa to endorse a motion to expropriate land without compensation

The discussion panel will include:
 
• Adv. Karabo Kgoeadira, Legal Expert and Rural women representative
• Motlalepula Rosho, MPL North West Provincial Legislature (Chairperson of Local Government Portfolio Committee)
• Meokgo Matuba, Political Representative
•  HRH Nondumiso Ngonyama Rural Women and Traditional leadership
•  Nthutu Mbiko-Motshegoa, Female Farmer
• HRH Nikiwe Bam, Mpondoise Nation
 
Respondent: Karabo Magagane, ANCWL Young Women’s Desk Coordinator
 

Event details are as follows:

Date: 14 August 2018

Time 10h00 - 15h00

Venue: Forum 150, Ground floor Conference Centre of the Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria

NB: There will be a video live streaming to the following venues:-
 
Cape Town: HSRC, Merchant House 116-118 Buitengracht Street Cape Town, Cape Town

Durban:  The Atrium, 5th Floor, 430 Peter Mokaba Ridge, Berea, 4001
 
For more information or interviews requests, please contact Adziliwi Nematandani, 0827659191 or anematandani@hsrc.ac.za and Mandla Tshabalala, 0843046239 or mandla.tshabalala@women.gov.za
 
 
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