Tag: Bantustans

DEMOCRACY LOSES OUT AS NEW BILL TIGHTENS CHIEF’S IRON GRIP

THE Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, which was made public on Friday, offers no relief to the 18 million South Africans who are still locked into regimes of traditional authority in apartheid’s former homelands. The thrust of the Bill makes it clear that government plans to forego the opportunity of a new law to give …

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New policies undermine security of tenure

A plethora of bills and policies has been released in recent times that hold negative implications for the security of tenure of people living in rural areas. These policies and bills cover issues ranging from traditional leadership to communal tenure to land restitution and redistribution.

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