Dec 06 2016
Communities of the Western Cape are not all buying the premise of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, which proposes different forms of recognition for Khoi-San traditional communities and those in the former Bantustans. Participants at public hearings last week at Swellendam and Oudtshoorn largely welcomed the proposal of the Bill, which allows for the …
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Nov 23 2016
The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee on traditional affairs said on the eve of public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) that he was open to a radical review of the government’s draft. Richard Mdakane said in an interview at Parliament his committee would be willing even to challenge the reaffirmation of …
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Apr 29 2015
A girl will learn very early in life how the society she inhabits measures her value, and what gender roles she is expected to adhere to. Ukuthwala cases involving brutality lay bare the importance of questioning and undermining gender norms that are detrimental to girls and women, whether these standards are part of the status …
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Nov 28 2014
Are rape and force legitimate parts of custom? When a man raises ukuthwala as a defence to rape, assault and trafficking, what consideration should these assertions be given? The answers to these questions are not simple, and are dependant on what one’s view or definition of culture is. It is for this reason that the …
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Aug 19 2014
In recent weeks, South African news reports have been filled with leaders announcing claims and counter-claims to land on behalf of their “people” and royal clans under the newly amended Restitution Act of 1994. These royal claims are said to be justified by South Africa’s history of colonial dispossession, which was the most extreme on …
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