Chair: Farai Mtero

1. Brittany Bunce- Agricultural investments in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape: The impacts of joint ventures on livelihoods and land rights. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
2. Tapiwa H. Chatikobo- Livestock, grazing and land reform in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe: Some theoretical perspectives. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
3. Alex Dubb- Patterns of accumulation in South Africa’s grain-livestock complex: raising questions of agrarian structure. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
4. Helena Perez Nino- Class formation across borders, the experience of Mozambican migrant workers in Southern African borderlands. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
5. Mnqobi Ngubane- Investigating socio-spatial trajectories of class formation: accumulation from below and above on ‘New Qwaqwa Farms’ from the mid-1980s to 2016. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)