LAND & ACCOUNTABILITY RESEARCH CENTRE (LARC)
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR SERIES
The political economy of corruption: elite-formation, factions and violence
Date: Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Time: 12h00 – 13h30 (lunch will available from 12h00)
Venue: Smit Marine Seminar Room, Level 5, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus, UCT
On Wednesday 3 April LARC Director Nolundi Luwaya appeared on the SABCs new programme Democracy Gauge.
PODCAST: Iman Rappetti of Power FM speaking to rural community members, Nomvuzo Nopote from Cala in the Eastern Cape, Grace Maledu and David Ramohanoe from North West, as well as Thiyane Duda, a researcher from the Land and Accountability Research Centre about the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, the Traditional Courts Bill and the experiences of rural communities living under traditional leaders.
Released on 12 March 2019
On 12 March 2019 the Traditional Courts Bill (B1B-2017) (TCB) will be considered for a vote by the National Assembly. This comes less than a week after the Bill was adopted by the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on 6 March.
The Traditional Courts Bill was finalised by the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on 6 March 2019, and will be voted on by the National Assembly on 12 March 2019.
In debates taking place about the direction of land reform in South Africa today, it is important to remember why we are doing this, and what reform is intended to achieve.
During Parliament’s fifth term, many Bills were introduced that bear a potentially significant impact on people living in rural areas or as part of traditional communities.
Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their ‘subjects’. This includes control over land distribution and mining rights. It is the mining rights, in particular, that have sparked a new scramble for Africa, a scramble marked by corruption and self-enrichment.
Two bills recently rammed through Parliament will benefit traditional and political leaders, not the poorest and most vulnerable in the country.
Why is the ANC rushing through legislation that entrenches the unstable reign of chiefs?
