Sep 08 2013
A plethora of bills and policies has been released in recent times that hold negative implications for the security of tenure of people living in rural areas. These policies and bills cover issues ranging from traditional leadership to communal tenure to land restitution and redistribution.
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Aug 16 2013
The protracted and bitter battle between the leaders of the Bakgatla baKgafela, based in South Africa and Botswana, has everything to do with the riches of the “tribe”* and little to do with genuine concern for the plight of their subjects, who continue to wallow in poverty. Not so long ago Kgosi Kgolo Kgafela Kgafela …
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Jul 22 2013
For most of the 100 years of the ANC’s history, two distinct strands of Zulu nationalism competed for dominance in the party, especially in KwaZulu-Natal: one conservative, and closed off; the other, progressive and inclusive of other communities. Since the death of Zulu King Cetshwayo in 1883, the leitmotif of politics in what became known …
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Jul 15 2013
Since 2008, a series of cases in which young girls have been abducted and forcibly married to much older men in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal has captured national attention. Journalists and community members have grouped these abductions together under the heading of ukuthwala cases. Men who have committed these abductions defend them as customary, and …
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