By Constance Mogale and Katlego Ramantsima The Communal Land Administration and Tenure Reform Summit held in Boksburg on 27 and 28 May 2022 proved that the government is not fully committed to ensuring that land reform delivers on the aspirations of ordinary people.
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May 23 2022
Government’s ‘consultation’ on communal land tenure just a tick-box exercise
By Katlego Ramantsima Developing land tenure legislation is a difficult job to get right — especially given the legacy of intractable problems inherited from apartheid. The Gauteng consultation did not seem genuine: it lasted only three hours.
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Feb 26 2021
Traditional Courts Bill: Rural women’s access to justice is betrayed again
By Constance Mogale The passage of the Traditional Courts Bill and the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act through Parliament is clear evidence of a choice to betray the vision of South Africa as based on democracy and equal citizenship for all.
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Jul 20 2020
Friday Activist: Constance Mogale
Zukiswa Pikoli ‘As a black child, you cannot say you’re not an activist unless you are not conscious of your environment!’
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Sep 18 2019
Report: Deepening Democracy: Dialogue on the ‘Bantustan Bills’
On July 30th2019, over fifty community activists, ANC veterans, researchers, lawyers, NGOs, government officials and journalists gathered in Johannesburg for a dialogue on two bills that particularly affect people living in rural South Africa. Community activists have labelled the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) and the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) as the “Bantustan Bills” because …
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