Last week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Traditional Khoi-San Leadership Act. Some have called it controversial, others colonial or corrupting. And indeed, it is all of those things. But it also signals the utter contempt the government has for rural people.
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Dec 11 2019
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act ‘brings back apartheid Bantustans’, say activists
In a recent article in Maverick Citizen, we explained that the Traditional and Khoi-san Leadership Act was likely to rob millions of rural people, women in particular, of their rights. Maverick Citizen sought the views of rural land activists from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Limpopo who have been particularly vociferous in the fight …
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Dec 11 2019
Government’s adoption of traditional leadership laws is a betrayal of rural South Africans
The recent enactment of two pieces of traditional leadership legislation legitimises the suppression of free economic activity in communal areas, deprives people of access to resources and opens the way to violence against them.
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Nov 19 2019
Public Hearing on the Traditional Courts Bill to take place in Limpopo
One public hearing on the Traditional Courts Bill will be taking place this Friday, 22 November 2019, at the Ranch Hotel in Polokwane.
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Nov 15 2019
Traditional Courts Bill Public Hearings and workshops: Mpumalanga
Three public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill will be taking place on 21 November 2019 in Mpumalanga. Venues include Madabukela Tribal Hall (Chief Mthethwa Tribal Authority in Piet Retief); Vaalbank Community Hall and Oakley Community Hall.
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