By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime Since 2016, there have been at least 38 assassinations and 14 attempted assassinations in mining localities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Mining-related assassinations are even more difficult to track than political killings. Motives can often be multilayered and the rural environment in which most attacks take place can render accurate …
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Sep 09 2019
King Zwelithini’s trust keeps people poor
There was a backlash against the Ingonyama Trust Board even before the release of the Presidential Expert Advisory Panel Report on Land Reform and Agriculture last month and the subsequent media coverage.
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Mar 01 2019
Xolobeni community being coerced into giving up land rights
Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe wants to ask unemployed people from surrounding villages whether mining should go ahead.
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Jan 14 2019
NCOP passes the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill in a “special sitting”
On 10 January, the NCOP convened a “special sitting” and passed the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) along with two other Bills. Eight provinces voted in the affirmative, while the Western Cape was the only province that voted against the TKLB. It is extremely concerning that the NCOP passed the TKLB as it will …
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Dec 12 2018
Parliament’s final push on dangerous traditional leadership bills
The recognition of traditional communities in the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill comes with baggage. The “traditional communities” recognised in the TKLB are those previously called “tribes” under colonialism and apartheid. Tribal authorities were established for them in terms of the 1951 Black Authorities Act, and their territories eventually became the Bantustans. Given this context, …
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