Comparative analysis of negotiating mandates on the Traditional Courts Bill At the negotiating mandate meeting of 12 February 2014, the Select Committee requested the parliamentary legal advisor to come up with a document that compares all the proposed amendments and would facilitate the clause-by-clause negotiation of the Bill. In this document, we argue: The negotiating …
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Feb 12 2014
NCOP in disarray about TCB
Today’s meeting about the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) indicated a Committee in deep disarray. The meeting was meant to discuss the negotiating mandates that the provinces have submitted with regard to the TCB. On the basis of the outcome of those negotiations the Bill would be referred back …
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Dec 09 2013
TCB: People in rural areas demand full rights, as enjoyed by their urban counterparts
Before the current irregular round of public hearings on the Traditional Court Bill (TCB), two other rounds took place at which the overwhelming majority of participants had already rejected the Bill – as they still do. Across sectors and geographic regions, both at provincial and national level public hearings as held in 2008 and 2012 …
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Nov 27 2013
Government insults rural citizens on traditional courts
On Thursday 21 October 2013, the Portfolio Committee on Local Government and Traditional Affairs of the North West Legislature held four simultaneous hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2012] (TCB) across the province. These hastily-convened hearings have caused alarm for many citizens and civil society organisations that have been following the process of passing the …
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Nov 26 2013
Response to ‘Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire’
I have received a number of interesting comments via social media on the piece Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire. The hearings are related to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, which was tabled in parliament in October. I would like to continue this conversation by responding to some of the comments here, …
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