South Africans continue to live in parallel universes defined by the geography of apartheid and laws currently making their way through Parliament will consolidate rather than correct this reality, Prof Steven Friedman of the University of Johannesburg argues in a newspaper column. “Is South African democracy only for city people? If not, why does no-one …
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Oct 17 2017
STOP PRESS: NCOP members reject 24-hour notice for TLGFA comments
Members of the National Council of Provinces will meet on Wednesday to demand a new deadline for submissions on the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill. Parliament issued a call for submissions on the Bill (TLGFAB) in the Sunday Times of 15 October, but said they had to be in on Monday, giving communities just …
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Oct 17 2017
NCOP gives 24-hour deadline for comment on TLGFA amendment
The National Council of Provinces gave citizens just 24 hours from Sunday to submit comments on an amendment Bill of vital interest to rural communities subject to traditional leadership and the councils they dominate. That deadline has already lapsed. But anyone interested to protect their rights against further encroachment by often illegitimate Traditional Councils should …
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Oct 30 2015
Students engage in post-apartheid decolonisation
ONLY people profiting from public service corruption will deny that the government has, like Franz Fanon’s black bourgeoisie, become a company of impatient profiteers who have neglected engagements on bread and land issues. Fortunately for those negatively affected, the #FeesMustFall movement has removed any speculation about the capacity of society to resist and form multi-sectorial …
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Oct 27 2015
Deputy Minister fails to reassure on objections to TKLB
The Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela, sought when he introduced the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill to MPs today, 27 October, 2015, to address some of the main objections raised by rural and traditional communities.
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