Land, Power & Custom: Controversies Generated by South Africa's Communal Land Rights ActAninka Claassens, Ben Cousins Land tenure rights are a burning issue in South Africa, as in Africa more widely. Land, Power, and Custom explores the implications of the controversial 2004 Communal Land Rights Act, criticized for reinforcing the apartheid power structure and ignoring the interests of the common people. This compilation of essays and case studies written by experts navigates through competing viewpoints to discuss the tensions between the new democratic government and traditional tribal leaders, the land rights of affected yet isolated or marginalized groups, and concerns about the constitutionality of the CLRA itself. A DVD accompanying the book contains the affidavits of four communities challenging the Act, pleadings, hearings, and submissions, as well as the entire body of South African legislation involved in this challenge, dating back to the late nineteenth century. |
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Page 22
... chiefs straddled the colonial apparatus and a local system informed by pre- colonial values . Delius describes how , from the 1930s onwards , chiefs came under pressure from the state to enforce unpopular soil conservation measures as ...
... chiefs straddled the colonial apparatus and a local system informed by pre- colonial values . Delius describes how , from the 1930s onwards , chiefs came under pressure from the state to enforce unpopular soil conservation measures as ...
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... chiefs ' to rule them . These chiefs sometimes had been leaders of African communities but often their appointment was primarily the result of Shepstone's preferences rather than any traditional legitimacy . As Webb has pointed out ...
... chiefs ' to rule them . These chiefs sometimes had been leaders of African communities but often their appointment was primarily the result of Shepstone's preferences rather than any traditional legitimacy . As Webb has pointed out ...
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... chiefs have seen very clearly is that on Trust Land , chiefs and all they stand for have been relegated to a position of minor importance . The inference obviously for them is that the Trust and all its works are not a good thing ...
... chiefs have seen very clearly is that on Trust Land , chiefs and all they stand for have been relegated to a position of minor importance . The inference obviously for them is that the Trust and all its works are not a good thing ...
Contents
dilemmas of communal tenure | 3 |
An overview of the Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004 | 35 |
the Communal Land | 72 |
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