Understanding uMhlaba with Nolundi Luwaya: The current Land dynamics
This episode was recorded in 2024.
21 Oct 2025
Resistance to Current Land Dispossession: Mining & The Case of Xolobeni
This episode was recorded in July 2024
22 Sept 2025
Resistance to Current Land Dispossession: Mining & The Case of Makhasaneni
This episode was recorded in July 2025
21 Aug 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.
21 Jul 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.
20 Jun 2025
Decolonising Land: A spiritual perspective on land and the Intergenerational Trauma of Dispossession
Dr. Christie van Zyl (Gogo Bazamile) examines land's spiritual dimensions and its role in intergenerational healing, providing insights into African psychology; this is an interview.
21 May 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.
5 May 2025
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.
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