There is almost certainly not enough time for the Traditional Courts Bill to be passed before the end of the current Parliament’s term. The disarray in the National Council of Provinces’ Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development observed last week continued this week. First, the meeting set for yesterday, 18 February to discuss provincial …
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Feb 19 2014
Contradictions in provincial TCB mandates
Comparative analysis of negotiating mandates on the Traditional Courts Bill At the negotiating mandate meeting of 12 February 2014, the Select Committee requested the parliamentary legal advisor to come up with a document that compares all the proposed amendments and would facilitate the clause-by-clause negotiation of the Bill. In this document, we argue: The negotiating …
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Feb 12 2014
NCOP in disarray about TCB
Today’s meeting about the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) indicated a Committee in deep disarray. The meeting was meant to discuss the negotiating mandates that the provinces have submitted with regard to the TCB. On the basis of the outcome of those negotiations the Bill would be referred back …
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Feb 06 2014
TCB contradicts the democracy that rural people fought for
With the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) again being discussed in parliament, it is important to remember what it took for people from rural areas to raise their voices at the provincial public hearings on the bill that were held in 2012. Living in democratic South Africa means exercising the hard-won right to voice your position …
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Dec 09 2013
TCB: People in rural areas demand full rights, as enjoyed by their urban counterparts
Before the current irregular round of public hearings on the Traditional Court Bill (TCB), two other rounds took place at which the overwhelming majority of participants had already rejected the Bill – as they still do. Across sectors and geographic regions, both at provincial and national level public hearings as held in 2008 and 2012 …
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