Sep 19 2022
By Newzroom Afrika Rural land activists, who form part of the Stop the Bantustan Bills campaign, are urging president Cyril Ramapahosa not to sign the current version of the Traditional Courts Bill into law. Parliament passed the bill on 8 September. Director: Land and Accountability Research Centre at UCT, Nolundi Luwaya elaborates.
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Sep 19 2022
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik Abulele Kwindana from Tsilithwa village in Eastern Cape Qumbu town, was only 19 years old when he was accused of stock theft. The traditional court in his village took a decision to kill him. The cattle were later found, but Kwindana was dead. And more than two years later, no-one has been arrested.
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Sep 12 2022
By Various We demand that President Ramaphosa not sign the current version of the Bill into law. On 8 September 2022, the National Assembly (NA) passed the amended Traditional Courts Bill [B1D-2017] (TCB) in a plenary session.
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Aug 23 2022
19 August 2022 Citizens of rural communities across the country who are fighting for their land rights are outraged at the government’s treatment of them – likening it to apartheid and colonialism. That was just one of the key points that came out from the land conference titled The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary …
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Aug 23 2022
By Zukiswa Pikoli The community’s rights contained in the current format of the Communal Land Rights Bill would always be subservient to the power of traditional leaders, a conference on land rights has heard.
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