MEDIA RELEASE by the Alliance for Rural Democracy November 21, 2013 Provincial negotiating mandates tabled to the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on October 15, 2013 showed overwhelming rejection of the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) by the provinces. However, instead of following parliamentary procedure and debating …
Category: News
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/ncop-ignores-rural-voices-traditional-courts-bill-case-well-consult-change-minds/
Oct 30 2013
“The state does not consult rural people about laws that affect them”
The centenary year of the 1913 Natives Land Act is drawing to a close and we are looking ahead to marking two decades of democratic governance in 2014. Many questions arise as to the extent to which the democratisation that seemed imminent in 1994 has been achieved, especially in rural areas in the former homelands. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/state-consult-rural-people-laws-affect/
Oct 22 2013
NCOP succumbs to pressure from the Executive not to withdraw the TCB
MEDIA RELEASE It has emerged that the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) sought legal advice about its options in relation to finalising the Traditional Courts Bill.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/ncop-succumbs-pressure-executive-withdraw-tcb/
Oct 16 2013
New Restitution Bill fails to address Khoi and San concerns
MEDIA RELEASE In the State of the Nation Address delivered earlier this year, President Jacob Zuma announced plans to amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act to allow for the re-opening of the lodgment of restitution claims by people who missed the deadline of 31 December 1998. In the same address, he promised that government would …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/new-restitution-bill-fails-address-khoi-san-concerns/
Oct 15 2013
Victory for rural people as most provinces oppose TCB, yet Parliament wants more “consultation”
MEDIA RELEASE It emerged at the National Council of Provinces’ (NCOP) Select Committee for Security and Constitutional Development today (15 Oct) that the majority of provincial delegations oppose the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB). Whereas four provinces rejected the Bill previously, five provinces now reject the Bill and only two support it.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.customcontested.co.za/victory-rural-people-provinces-oppose-tcb-yet-parliament-wants-consultation/
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated, you are free to use, share and copy original content on this site as long as both www.customcontested.co.za and the article's author are attributed. For further information see our copyright notice.