By Nkosikhulule Nyembezi In the many years since I studied the public participation comments in legislative processes involving customary law in Parliament, I can see another daunting set of circumstances for an ANC president aspiring to re-election to tackle issues affecting rural communities.
Category: Opinion
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Sep 19 2022
INTERVIEW / VIDEO: Activists urge Ramaphosa not to sign Traditional Courts Bill into law
By Newzroom Afrika Rural land activists, who form part of the Stop the Bantustan Bills campaign, are urging president Cyril Ramapahosa not to sign the current version of the Traditional Courts Bill into law. Parliament passed the bill on 8 September. Director: Land and Accountability Research Centre at UCT, Nolundi Luwaya elaborates.
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Aug 10 2021
The Ingonyama judgment: Why the state must heed court orders to halt dispossession and deliver land rights
By Aninka Claassens Vulnerable rural people in South Africa are being systematically dispossessed of their precariously held property rights. The past decade has seen a colossal battle between the courts and government over land reform and the property rights of the 18 million South Africans living in their former homeland areas.
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Jun 23 2021
The value of land for people displaced by mining cannot be measured in monetary terms alone
By Shannon Herd-Hoare and Ramabina Mahapa If mining comes to Makhasaneni in rural KwaZulu-Natal, will the community be compensated fairly — and how? The market value of land or immovables such as homesteads is the usual determinant. But excluding the cultural aspects of dependence on land helps explain why so few communities have been left …
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Jun 23 2021
What landmark Kwazulu-Natal court ruling means for land reform in South Africa
By Ben Cousins In a landmark judgment a South African high court has declared that people living on customary land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, notionally held in trust by the Ingonyama (king) of the Zulu people, are the “true and beneficial owners” of that land.
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