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No end in sight to dispute over appointment of AmaMpondo acting royalty

By LULAMILE FENI The AmaMpondo will have to wait a little longer to regain royal stability as neither of the two feuding parties — the Marhelane and AmaFaku royal families — has been ruled an authentic and legitimate structure to identify an acting king/queen.

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Commission confirms legitimate royal family in Mpondo Kingdom

By Pondoland Times The Marhelane houses have emerged victorious following the release of findings by the Commission led by Dr. Mndende.

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EC traditional leaders want royal representation in provincial legislature

By LULAMILE FENI Eastern Cape traditional leaders believe it is high time that all kings should have royal representatives or parliamentary councillors in the provincial legislature, as is the case in Kwazulu-Natal.

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One of feuding parties to skip meeting on AmaMpondo royal family dispute

By LULAMILE FENI Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s effort to reunify the AmaMpondo royal family, after a two-year-dispute over which branch of the nation has the right to appoint an acting king or queen, is to be snubbed by one of the factions.

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South Africa’s Unanswered Land Question

By Katlego Ramantsima and Refiloe Joala South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. To this day, it has shocking levels of poverty and unemployment. This inequality is starkly apparent in the country’s pervasive Apartheid landscape, where overcrowded informal settlements and townships lie next to leafy suburbs and sprawling, almost exclusively …

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