- Nationality
- 🇨🇠Switzerland
- Affiliation
- Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
- Field of study
- Social Sciences
- Residencies at STIAS
- 2022 1st Semester 2019 2nd Semester 2018 1st Semester
Projects
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Compensation Through Expropriation without Compensation? Land Reform and the Future of Redistributive Justice in South Africa
The decision by the South African Parliament in February 2018 to review the constitutional property clause possibly allowing for expropriation without compensation has fervently brought the land question back into public debate. -
Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State
The purpose of this project is to conclude a book-in-progress, entitled Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State.
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Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation: Law, Land Reform and Redistributive Justice in South Africa
Register here by 23 May 2024 You are invited to join us for a discussion and launch of the book Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation: Law, Land Reform and Redistributive Justice in South Africa.
publication
Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation: Law, Land Reform and Redistributive Justice in South Africa
Zenker, Olaf, Cherryl Walker and Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel. (Eds.). 2024. Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation: Law, Land Reform and Redistributive Justice i...
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Compensation through Expropriation without Compensation? Constitutional Amendment, Land Reform and the Future of Redistributive Justice in South Africa
Please register here for online participation Against the backdrop of widespread perceptions that transformative constitutionalism in general and land reform in particular have fallen short of their promises to bring about redistributive justice in substantive and meaningful ways, South African public discourse has been dominated over the past few years by debates about the need to amend the property clause (section 25) of the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.
public lecture / seminar
The multi-faceted and thorny issue of land restitution in South Africa - Public lecture by Olaf Zenker
Conceiving land restitution as an exemplary site, at which the moral modernity of the new South African state is contested, renegotiated and made, the lecture thus comes to a qualified conclusion: restitution has been more successful than its public reputation suggests, but can and must be improved to live up to public expectations, said Olaf Zenker, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Fribourg.
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STIAS Lecture Series 2018: Olaf Zenker – Land Restitution and the Moral Modernity of the New South African State
Please note the new venue for STIAS Public Lectures: Room 1046, ground floor, Van der Sterr Building (use entrance 1 opposite the CGW Schumann Building).