On March 25th the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) voted for the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill (Restitution Bill) to be passed. When the Bill becomes an Act, it will reopen the period for people to lodge restitution claims until 2019. The bill was passed after five out of nine provinces voted for it …
Tag: Public hearings
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Feb 21 2014
Traditional Courts Bill is dead!
MEDIA STATEMENT by the Alliance for Rural Democracy Attention: Political and parliamentary journalists News producers and editors For immediate release The Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) is dead. This follows years of opposition from civil society and is a massive victory for the thousands of people in rural parts of the country who spoke out against …
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Feb 19 2014
TCB on life support
There is almost certainly not enough time for the Traditional Courts Bill to be passed before the end of the current Parliament’s term. The disarray in the National Council of Provinces’ Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development observed last week continued this week. First, the meeting set for yesterday, 18 February to discuss provincial …
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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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Feb 06 2014
TCB contradicts the democracy that rural people fought for
With the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) again being discussed in parliament, it is important to remember what it took for people from rural areas to raise their voices at the provincial public hearings on the bill that were held in 2012. Living in democratic South Africa means exercising the hard-won right to voice your position …
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