The buoyancy factor: the tenacity of traditional leadership
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): P.Sithole
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES, WOMEN
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/september-2008/traditional-leadership
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 5859
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4847
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4847
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Abstract
Traditional leadership is often judged as an anomaly within a democratic system of governance. It lives in tension with the land-reform programme, and the hereditary nature of its top position (ubukhosi) seems to discriminate against women. Yet, people who live under this system do not seem to protest forcefully against it. Pearl Sithole explains the resilience of traditional leadership in South Africa.-
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