By Aninka Claassens Rural South Africans are being systematically stripped of the few residual assets they managed to hold on to despite apartheid. Members of Parliament are about to create a parallel and separate legal system that denies 18 million people the right to access South Africa’s mainstream court system.
Tag: Traditional Courts Bill
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Dec 03 2020
Little comfort for rural communities as NCOP passes Traditional Courts Bill without opt-out clause
Joint statement by Alliance for Rural Democracy & Land and Accountability Research Centre On 2 December 2020, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) passed the Traditional Courts Bill [B1D-2017] (TCB) in a plenary session, after a rushed process that ignored significant concerns raised by numerous stakeholders. Seven provinces voted in favour of the Bill, with …
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Sep 17 2020
eMpembeni mirrors the scourge of mining-related assassinations in KZN
By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime Since 2016, there have been at least 38 assassinations and 14 attempted assassinations in mining localities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Mining-related assassinations are even more difficult to track than political killings. Motives can often be multilayered and the rural environment in which most attacks take place can render accurate …
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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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