By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik Abulele Kwindana from Tsilithwa village in Eastern Cape Qumbu town, was only 19 years old when he was accused of stock theft. The traditional court in his village took a decision to kill him. The cattle were later found, but Kwindana was dead. And more than two years later, no-one has been arrested.
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Sep 12 2022
PRESS STATEMENT: Parliament ignores rural voices and passes Traditional Courts Bill without opt-out clause
By Various We demand that President Ramaphosa not sign the current version of the Bill into law. On 8 September 2022, the National Assembly (NA) passed the amended Traditional Courts Bill [B1D-2017] (TCB) in a plenary session.
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Aug 23 2022
PRESS RELEASE: The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary Land Rights and Dispossession Land Conference 2022
19 August 2022 Citizens of rural communities across the country who are fighting for their land rights are outraged at the government’s treatment of them – likening it to apartheid and colonialism. That was just one of the key points that came out from the land conference titled The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary …
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Jul 14 2022
News Alert: Ingonyama Trust Board Judgment going to SCA
By LARC In June 2021, the Pietermaritzburg High Court found that the Ingonyama Trust had acted unlawfully in issuing leases to rural citizens who are already the ‘true and beneficial owners of the land’ in terms of Zulu customary law and the Ingonyama Trust Act.
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Jun 06 2022
Ingonyama Trust land: Residents ‘must pay for what they use’
By Thami Magubane Durban – eThekwini Municipality is looking to engage with the Ingonyama Trust to get residents living on its land to pay “something” for the services they receive.
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