Apr 06 2017
Flawed hearings made a mockery of constitutional requirements. Parliament has failed dismally to consult the communities most affected by the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill. The recent parliamentary hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill made a mockery of the constitutional requirement of meaningful and substantive consultation in the development and passing of laws.
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Apr 06 2017
It’s time the South African government made it clear that traditional leaders do not legally own the communal land that lies within the boundaries of our former homelands. The Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Des van Rooyen, and the Director-General of Traditional Affairs, Professor Charles Nwaila, peddled this myth most recently on …
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Feb 06 2017
THE second round of public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) wrapped up in Kokstad last Friday, 3 February, with many delegates wondering whether the parliamentary panel had been listening at all. TKLB Bill 23 of 2015 After consistent criticism across the country of the way the Bill proposes to recognise and to …
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Nov 23 2016
The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee on traditional affairs said on the eve of public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB) that he was open to a radical review of the government’s draft. Richard Mdakane said in an interview at Parliament his committee would be willing even to challenge the reaffirmation of …
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Jan 24 2016
Accidents of birth or history, including the history of forced removals, can mean that people living on one side of a line on an old apartheid map are members of traditional communities with imposed tribal identities and limited constitutional rights. Those living metres away on the other side of that line enjoy the full …
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