At the heart of a dispute for the headman-ship at Bapo Ba Mogale, a community in North West, is a land allocation process that leaves villagers stranded.
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Apr 06 2017
Communal land belongs to the people, not to the chiefs
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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Oct 30 2015
Students engage in post-apartheid decolonisation
ONLY people profiting from public service corruption will deny that the government has, like Franz Fanon’s black bourgeoisie, become a company of impatient profiteers who have neglected engagements on bread and land issues. Fortunately for those negatively affected, the #FeesMustFall movement has removed any speculation about the capacity of society to resist and form multi-sectorial …
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Oct 27 2015
Deputy Minister fails to reassure on objections to TKLB
The Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela, sought when he introduced the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill to MPs today, 27 October, 2015, to address some of the main objections raised by rural and traditional communities.
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