By Zukiswa Pikoli That the Ingonyama Trust has been found exploitative and the minister remiss in her duties is symptomatic of a bigger malaise at play here.
Category: Opinion
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Jun 14 2021
How the lived experience of traditional courts will change if the Traditional Courts Bill becomes law
By David Mtshali People like our client and others who may be summoned to appear in a traditional court will be negatively impacted by the bill as they will be forced to appear in a traditional court, even if it is against their will and against their customary law.
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Jun 01 2021
Maxwele family appeals ruling on succession of headmanships
By Lulamile Feni The groundbreaking judgment by acting judge Mvuzo Notyesi that headmanships, hereditary or not, are dependent on their senior traditional leaders and the incumbents cannot automatically be succeeded by their heirs or decide on their successor, is being appealed.
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Apr 20 2021
Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act – a legal-historical context, and points of contention
By Sobantu Mzwakali There are grave concerns about the legislature and the executive rewriting an apartheid-era inherited piece of legislation into a constitutionally permissible format while ignoring the more fundamental issue of overhauling SA’s tenure recordal and registration system.
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Mar 29 2021
Daily Maverick/Maverick Citizen focus on the Traditional Courts Bill
By Various The Traditional Courts Bill will land in the Constitutional Court if it is passed in its current form, say land rights activists Nolundi Luwaya and Mavuso Msimang. They were in conversation with Maverick Citizen journalist Zukiswa Pikoli during a webinar to discuss the constitutionality of the bill.
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