Face off: traditional leaders and the battle for democracy
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Van der Linde
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-oct-t-dec-2015/face-off-traditional-leaders
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8916
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1705
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1705
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Van der Linde
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-oct-t-dec-2015/face-off-traditional-leaders
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8916
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/1705
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/1705
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Abstract
The impact of the Xhalanga District Court judgement by a full bench of the Eastern Cape High Court on 18 August 2015 in favour of the local community and against the Eastern Cape government, is reverberating throughout the rural landscape. Ina van der Linde reports on a two-day dialogue in East London on research on traditional leadership in the Eastern Cape, using the court case as an example.-
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