ABATHEMBU King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s largely unsuccessful appeal might have played out quite differently had the government’s Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) not been defeated by a majority of provinces in 2013. His arguments against imprisonment for a range of crimes from arson to assault and culpable homicide could have had more traction under the legal regime …
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Aug 12 2015
Rights will be eroded by new chiefly laws
Women’s Month and Women’s Day have rolled around again, and hapless citizens will once more have to endure the sight of politicians and government officials congratulating themselves on having created a feminist paradise. The reality is vastly different. It is true that, since 1994, the legislation and policy necessary to address gender equality and discrimination …
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Jun 15 2015
The Traditional Courts Bill Is Soon To Be Back – New Bill or Old Bill With Embellishments?*
The murmurings about the Traditional Courts Bill are true. The Department of Justice and Correctional Services intends to table it in Parliament in the next few months. Readers may recall that this is the Bill intended to regulate dispute resolution under customary law in accordance with the Constitution and provide access to justice to the …
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Dec 01 2014
The river runs dry: Gender equality in South Africa
In 1789 France’s Ancien Regime, its monarchy and traditions, were swept away by the tide of the French Revolution – only for these laws and customs to reappear some years later. Struck by this, Alexis de Tocqueville remarked that it was as if a river had plunged underground and resurfaced a distance away, the river …
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Feb 21 2014
Traditional Courts Bill is dead!
MEDIA STATEMENT by the Alliance for Rural Democracy Attention: Political and parliamentary journalists News producers and editors For immediate release The Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) is dead. This follows years of opposition from civil society and is a massive victory for the thousands of people in rural parts of the country who spoke out against …
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