By City Press Limpopo premier Stanley Mathabatha is in a crisis regarding resolving traditional leadership as he loses every challenge in court.
Tag: Traditional leadership
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Sep 26 2022
South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn’t protect indigenous practices
By Anthony Diala After 14 years of highly controversial amendments, South Africa’s parliament has finally approved the Traditional Courts Bill. The Bill now awaits the signature of the President to become law.
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Aug 23 2022
Communal Land Rights Bill ignores community views, conference told
By Zukiswa Pikoli The community’s rights contained in the current format of the Communal Land Rights Bill would always be subservient to the power of traditional leaders, a conference on land rights has heard.
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Jan 31 2022
New intervention unit to stop attacks on KZN traditional leaders
By Suthentira Govender The spate of recent attacks on traditional leaders in KwaZulu-Natal has resulted in the provincial government giving the green light to the establishment of a community safety intervention unit.
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Nov 08 2019
Traditional leadership bullying needs to stop
Rural communities bear the brunt of the abusive and discriminatory comportment of traditional chiefs who enjoy state support.
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