On 10 January, the NCOP convened a “special sitting” and passed the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) along with two other Bills. Eight provinces voted in the affirmative, while the Western Cape was the only province that voted against the TKLB. It is extremely concerning that the NCOP passed the TKLB as it will …
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Jun 28 2018
The chief problem with land rights
Since 1994, millions of black South Africans have faced being stripped of their land rights without compensation, or have already lost these rights. Yet this threat has received scant coverage in the media.
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Mar 04 2018
Ramaphosa’s speech to the House of Traditional Leaders betrays SONA’s promises on mining
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged traditional leaders to be accountable when he opened the National House of Traditional Leaders on Tuesday, reminding them that their greatest source of legitimacy must come from the people they govern. In the same speech, however, he said that the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB), which deeply undermines that accountability, …
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Dec 13 2017
Civil Society statement on the ANC National Conference
The ANC’s 54th National Conference on Saturday is an historic opportunity to acknowledge and reverse growing poverty and inequality, disintegrating social cohesion and the devastating failure of the government’s land reform programme, which shows increasing signs of capture by politically connected elites.
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Nov 09 2017
South Africans in rural areas are saying ‘no more’. Why it matters
The mainstream in South Africa is paying little attention to the world outside the cities. This is a mistake because the future of the country’s economy may depend on battles raging in its far-flung rural areas.
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