| The Land Access Movement of South Africa (LAMOSA) |
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The Land Access Movement of South Africa (LAMOSA) is a community based organization (CBO) advocating for land and agrarian rights. It was founded by people who were forcefully removed from their lands in the prime of Apartheid. It has been part of South Africa's land reform programme since its inception. LAMOSA advocates for a legislative and policy framework that seeks to undo the unequal society created by racist measures emanating from our past. Like many non profit organisations in South Africa LAMOSA struggles with securing funding to continue with their work. Financial and Human Resources are their main challenges at any given time. At the moment they seem to be operating mainly on personal contributions. Even with the financial hardship the Organisation tries not to charge membership fees from their members. In many cases communities can join and become members in good standing by contributing other services in kind. Constance Mogale who is the Coordinator of LAMOSA feels that struggle within the restitution programme is a far more trying one, with small victories. And even after costly drawn-out legal battles the quantity and quality of land that is made available is far less than what is needed to address land hunger in the country. They feel that government should do its best l to change the agricultural status quo in the face of the current food crisis. They believe that the appropriate expropriation legislation is one of the key tools to enable South Africa to make significant strides towards realising the first Millennium Development Goal which is to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.
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