Traditional Leaders in a Democracy : Resources, Respect and Resistance /

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Post-1994, South Africa's traditional leaders have fought for recognition, and positioned themselves as major players in the South African political landscape. Yet their role in a democracy is contested, with leaders often accused of abusing power, disregarding human rights, expropriating reso...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection
Other Authors: Vale, Beth (Editor), Skosana, Dineo (Editor), Buthelezi, Mbongiseni, 1980- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democratization > South Africa.
Local government > South Africa.
Chiefdoms > South Africa.
Central-local government relations > South Africa.
Central-local government relations > Africa.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Collisions, collusions and coalescences: new takes on traditional leadership in democratic South Africa--an introduction / Mbongiseni Buthelezi & Beth Vale
  • Mistaking form for substance: reflections on the key dynamics of pre-colonial polities and their implications for the role of chiefs in contemporary South Africa / Peter Delius
  • Traditional leadership and the African National Congress in South Africa: reflections on a symbiotic relationship / Dineo Skosana
  • Mining magnates and traditional leaders: the role of law in elevating elite interests and deepening exclusion, 2002-2018 / Aninka Claassens
  • Chiefs, land and distributive struggles on the platinum belt, South Africa / Sonwabile Mnwana
  • Traditional leadership, violation of land rights and resistance from below in Makhasaneni village, KwaZulu-Natal / Sithandiwe Yeni
  • The violence of the harmony model: common narratives between women and lower-level traditional leaders / Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
  • Chieftaincy succession disputes among the AmaNdebele-a-Moletlane in Hammanskraal, 1962 to 1994 / Tlhabane Mokhine Motaung
  • Emerging rural struggles against unelected traditional authorities and the role of the courts: lessons from rural villages of the Eastern Cape / Fani Ncapayi
  • Situational chiefs: notes on traditional leadership amidst calls for KhoiSan recognition after 1994 / William Ellis
  • In defence of traditional leadership / Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa (Ah! Dilizintaba)
  • A long walk for traditional leadership in South Africa / Nkosi Mwelo Nonkonyana (Zanemvula!)
  • Traditional leadership: South Africa's paradox? / Dineo Skosana.

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