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Understanding the Politics of land in South Africa

11/24/2025

Understanding uMhlaba with Nolundi Luwaya: The current Land dynamics

This episode was recorded in 2024.

1h 13m
10/21/2025

Resistance to Current Land Dispossession: Mining & The Case of Xolobeni

This episode was recorded in July 2024

1h 13m
09/22/2025

Resistance to Current Land Dispossession: Mining & The Case of Makhasaneni

This episode was recorded in July 2025

1h 6m
08/21/2025

Decolonising Land, Labour, Violence with Dr. uMbuso weNkosi

In this episode, Dr uMbuso weNkosi and uMhlaba move beyond narrow materialistic and legalistic arguments about the land question, highlighting that for many Black South Africans, the meanings of land and dispossession are deeply intertwined with spirituality, identity, and being.

1h 13m
07/21/2025

Decolonising Land with Dr Jacob Cloete: The erasure of the Khoe-Khoe and San people

In this episode, Dr Jacob Cloete — filmmaker, researcher, entrepreneur, and author of The Attempted Erasure of the Khoekhoe and San (2023) — explores the ongoing erasure of the Khoekhoe and San peoples in South Africa. Tracing this erasure back to 1652, Dr Cloete reflects on how it continues to shape contemporary understandings of “coloured” identity and belonging, even decades after the formal end of apartheid. This episode was recorded in July 2024.

1h 9m
06/20/2025

Decolonising Land: A spiritual perspective on land and the Intergenerational Trauma of Dispossession

Dr Christie van Zyl (Gogo Bazamile), an Indigenous healthcare advisor and traditional health practitioner; explores the spiritual dimensions of land, its significance in African psychology and ontology, and its role in intergenerational healing.

1h 7m
05/20/2025

Understanding uMhlaba with Nomboniso Gasa: The Politics of Land

In this episode, with Nomboniso Gasa, uMhlaba delves into the history of land dispossession in South Africa, examining the various methods used to remove people from their land. The discussion also explores how politics has been, and continues to be, used as a tool in addressing the land question.

1h 2m
TRAILER

uMhlaba Talks (Trailer)

The Land and Accountability Research Centre presents uMhlaba Talks. A seven-part series that explores land-related debates, weaving together spirituality, politics, and law to uncover overlooked dimensions of South Africa’s land debates. Each episode engages with renowned academics, activists, and traditional health practitioners to shed light on the complex impacts of land dispossession—from the strugglesof farm labourers and mining-affected communities to the historical trauma endured by Khoi and San communities. Welcome to uMhlaba Talks, a podcast facilitated by the Land & Accountability Research Centre.

4 min

TRAILER

uMhlaba Talks (Trailer)

The Land and Accountability Research Centre presents uMhlaba Talks. A seven-part series that explores land-related debates, weaving together spirituality, politics, and law to uncover overlooked dimensions of South Africa’s land debates. Each episode engages with renowned academics, activists, and traditional health practitioners to shed light on the complex impacts of land dispossession—from the strugglesof farm labourers and mining-affected communities to the historical trauma endured by Khoi and San communities. Welcome to uMhlaba Talks, a podcast facilitated by the Land & Accountability Research Centre.

05/05/2025

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4 min

Understanding the Politics of land in South Africa

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