Rural communities bear the brunt of the abusive and discriminatory comportment of traditional chiefs who enjoy state support.
Tag: Traditional leadership
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Aug 20 2019
Battle for AmaMpondo kingship in court again
On 20 August, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria will hear the latest instalment of a legal battle for the kingship of AmaMpondo. The present-day dispute has been before South African courts since 2011 – although its genesis lies further back in history.
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Apr 30 2019
Public Engagement on traditional leadership bills: What Parliament did well and where it was lacking
During Parliament’s fifth term, many Bills were introduced that bear a potentially significant impact on people living in rural areas or as part of traditional communities.
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Apr 29 2019
Why the ANC is bent on conferring colonial and apartheid-era rights on rural chiefs
Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their ‘subjects’. This includes control over land distribution and mining rights. It is the mining rights, in particular, that have sparked a new scramble for Africa, a scramble marked by corruption and self-enrichment.
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Jul 25 2018
Mixing expropriation with Ingonyama is mischievous
Amongst assertions made at the recent ANC Land Summit, it seems the one issue that has permeated media analysis is the misinterpretation of former president Kgalema Motlanthe’s statement that most traditional leaders act as tin-pot dictators.
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