By Thiyane Duda Rural citizens argue that by signing the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act, the President made the abusive actions of traditional leaders legal. They have no issue with the fact that, at last, the law recognises Khoi and San leaders and communities.
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Jun 28 2022
Book review: Apartheid’s pernicious legacy lives on in the former homelands
By Ed Stoddard Apartheid may be over, but the Bantustans live on — and the ANC is milking this for all it’s worth. Ed Stoddard reviews ‘Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South Africa: Contested Histories and Current Struggles’, a stimulating collection of 12 essays.
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Nov 11 2019
‘Bantustan Bills’ trample on the rights of rural people
The two bills default to the colonial and apartheid denial of the property rights of people who have inherited their homes and land over generations.
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Aug 23 2017
Bapo Ba Mogale Money Looted
The public protector’s recent report on the disappearance of the Bapo Ba Mogale’s millions confirmed what many had alleged for years: that the Bapo had been stripped of their wealth while government and traditional watchdogs looked the other way. But because it was published at the same time as several other issues deemed more sensational, …
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Jul 03 2017
Public Proctector’s report on the alleged maladministration of the Bapo Ba Mogale’s “D-account”
During March 2012, a complaint was lodged with the Public Protector by members of the Bapo Ba Mogale community into the alleged improper prejudice suffered by the community as a result of the maladministration by the former Bapo Ba Mogale Administration and the North West Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs in the management …
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