Perhaps we should have seen this coming. Based on the antagonistic tone of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services during public hearings held in March this year, the newest version of the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) was likely to be a disappointment.
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Mar 26 2018
Parliament: Opt-Out, Traditional Courts Bill supporters’ most hated clause
In Parliament’s justice committee a push is under way to nix the Traditional Courts Bill’s opt-out clause that was drafted following extensive consultation to ensure South Africa’s 18-million rural residents do not forfeit constitutional rights. Why is this important? It talks to power relations in rural areas and whether customary law is viewed as a …
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May 09 2016
Traditional leaders call for independent mining council.
The Department Mineral Resources has rejected a call by the National House of Traditional Leaders to have an independent body to take over for the granting of prospecting and mining rights. The traditional leaders made a submission to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources regarding the amendments to the Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Bill on …
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Jul 28 2015
SPLUMA discussion on Rights and Recourse (SABC)
On 19 July 2015, Dr Aninka Claassens from the Centre for Law and Society; Dr Nozizwe Makgalemele of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform; Nomboniso Gasa, senior research associate at the Centre for Law and Society; Siyabulela Manona, a town planner and member of the Alliance for Rural Democracy and Kgosi Mathibela Mokoena …
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Jul 27 2015
Asserting traditional leaders own land opens old wounds
IF THE past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises. — Eduardo Galeano. Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti is scheduled to meet the National House of Traditional Leaders on Friday following a standoff about implementation of …
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