security of tenure: the customary/common law interplay
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Security of Tenure: The Customary/Common Law Interplay. Can customary land rights really compete on the same level as those of the common law? _____________________________ Samantha Woods. OUTLINE :. The Mystery of Capital The South African Context Formal Registration Rural Land Tenure - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Security of Tenure: The Customary/Common Law Interplay
Can customary land rights really compete on the same level as those of the common law?_____________________________
Samantha Woods
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OUTLINE:
The Mystery of Capital The South African Context
Formal RegistrationRural Land Tenure
– Legislation– Custom
PienaarCousins
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OUTLINE CONTINUED
Case law International trends Conclusion
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THE MYSTERY OF CAPITAL – HERNANDO DE SOTO
Economic developmentThe ‘West’ v the ‘East’Wealth creationSecuring a loan to generate capital
• Requires: COLLATERAL!!!• Solution: Registered right in immovable
property!!!
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
Registerable rights:
Real right of ownershipLimited real right
= Security of Tenure= Collateral
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT CONTINUED
Rural Land TenureCustom
• Fragmented…• … but equal• Not registered…• … but alternatively enforced
= NO Registration= NO Security of Tenure
= NO Collateral!!!
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT CONTINUED
Legislation• S 25(6) of The Constitution of the RSA• The Communal Property Associations Act 28 of
1996• The Extension of security of Tenure Act 62 of
1997
= NO Registration= NO Security of Tenure
= NO Collateral!!!
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT CONTINUED
Gerrit PienaarThe Registration of Fragmented Use-Rights
as a Developmental Tool in Rural Areas• Custom/Statute + Registration
= Registration= Security of Tenure
= Collateral!!!
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT CONTINUED
Ventura/Mohamed Model:
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT CONTINUED
Ben Cousins “Embeddedness” versus Titling: African Land
Tenure Systems…• Characteristics prevent registration• Land tenure = embedded in social and political
relationships = different entitlements and obligations
= NEVER Registration- Security of Tenure????
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STILL TO FOLLOW:
Case Law International Trends Conclusion
= The End- Thank you
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BIBLIOGRAPHYLiterature Another Countryside? Policy Options for Land and Agrarian Reform in
South Africa. Edited by Ruth Hall. PLAAS-UWC, 2009 Cousins et al. Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South
Africa’s sesond economy? Plaas Policy no.18 2008 Cousins, B. “Embeddedness” versus Titling De Soto, H. The Mystery of Capital. Basic Book, 2000 Pienaar, G. Registration of informal land-use rights in South Africa
TSAR 2000.3 Pienaar, G. The Land Titling Debate in South Africa TSAR 2006.3 Pienaar, G. Aspects of Land Administration in the Context of Good
Governance. PER/PEJL 2009(12)2 Legislation The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 - s25(6) The Communal Property Associations Act 28 of 1996 The Extension of security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997