Minister of Justice, Jeff Radebe, on the Traditional Courts Bill at a news conference (12/03/2014). Transcript: “On the Traditional Courts bill, the bill as we all know it has lapsed but it it’s going to be revived. A strange thing happened at the NCOP. I don’t know how it arose where they debated a bill …
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Feb 28 2014
Restitution Amendment Bill still in the NCOP
Recent news reports purport that the Restitution of Amendment Bill [B-2013] has been passed in parliament. These reports are misleading as this is not entirely the case. The Restitution Amendment Bill was approved by the National Assembly on 25 February. But a few months ago the bill was retagged a section 76 bill following advice …
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Feb 27 2014
Land restitution: re-opening claims, with less money
According to the 2014 budget – an overview of which Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented on 26 February – the government has set aside R8.7 billion for the settlement of restitution claims over the next three (3) years. This falls far short of the R180 billion that the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform …
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Feb 21 2014
Traditional Courts Bill is dead!
MEDIA STATEMENT by the Alliance for Rural Democracy Attention: Political and parliamentary journalists News producers and editors For immediate release The Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) is dead. This follows years of opposition from civil society and is a massive victory for the thousands of people in rural parts of the country who spoke out against …
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Feb 19 2014
TCB on life support
There is almost certainly not enough time for the Traditional Courts Bill to be passed before the end of the current Parliament’s term. The disarray in the National Council of Provinces’ Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development observed last week continued this week. First, the meeting set for yesterday, 18 February to discuss provincial …
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