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10 Apr 2015
by Donna Hornby
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Government cocks a snook at the courts over labour tenants

South Africans disagree sharply about who should own the land. They disagree too about who should be the country’s future farmers and food providers. But few South Africans would disagree that our future as a peaceful, if not prosperous, country […]

Categories: Opinion | Tags: farm workers, Labour tenants, Land Affairs, Land Claims, land reform | Permalink

10 Apr 2015
by Donna Hornby
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A struggle in vain: a labour tenant’s story

His name means Struggle, and despite turning 101 in January, Zabalaza Mshengu is still struggling to get government to process his legal claim to the land where he hopes to live out the time he has left. From his derelict […]

Categories: News | Tags: farm workers, Labour tenants, Land Affairs, Land Claims, land reform | Permalink

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  • The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) aims to combine all the legislation on traditional leadership and recognize Khoi-San leaders and communities.

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  • The Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill seeks to amend Section 28 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003 (Framework Act), to extend the timeframes within which traditional councils are to transform.

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  • The National Council of Province’s Select Committee on Land and Minerals plan for the year 2017 was to finalise the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill (B15D of 2013).

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  • The Expropriation Bill provides for the expropriation of property for a public purpose or in the public interest.

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  • The Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill  seeks to amend the Communal Property Associations Act to strip CPAs of their landownership.

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  • The Traditional Courts Bill (B1-2012) has lapsed and will not be passed. This is due to consistent opposition to the Bill from people in rural areas since 2008.

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  • The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, the latest version of TAB, was tabled in Parliament in September 2015. The Bill replaces TLGFA and recognizes Khoi-San leadership. There are concerns about the Bill and Parliament is starting the full public participation process at the end of November 2015. Read more…

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  • The Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) was passed by Parliament in 2013 and came into effect on 1 July 2015. The law empowers the DRDLR to enact Regulations in terms of SPLUMA. The Act has generated heated controversy and debate because it gives substantial powers to traditional councils. Read more…

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  • People around the country made submissions on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill in late 2013/early 2014. Regardless of concerns about the Bill, it was passed in the National Assembly and the NCOP. President Zuma signed it into law on June 30, 2014. The lodgement process was re-opened on July 1, 2014.

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  • The government presented the Communal Land Rights Act (CLaRA) as legislation that would offer redress to people living in the former Bantustans, as envisioned in Section 25 (6) of the Constitution. But the reality was different and now rural people remain in limbo waiting for CLaRA’s replacement.

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Map of Bantustan authorities (1986)

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Map of post-apartheid traditional councils (2010)

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No chief can retain his post unless he submits to Verwoerd, and many chiefs who sought the interest of their people before … self-advance­ment have, like President Luthuli, been deposed.
Nelson Mandela, 1959
The problem is … one of women not being represented on tribal structures … [or] being allowed to attend and speak.
Sizani Ngubane, 2006
The Restitution of Land Rights Act is not meant to inter­fere in the affairs of traditional communities.
SC Mhinga, traditional leader, 2007
The chief does not under­stand that his power comes from the people. He sees being a chief as a prof­ession.
George Mokgosi, farmer, 2004

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