Democracy compromised : chiefs and the politics of the land in South Africa

'Democracy Compromised' addresses two related questions: firstly, how, despite their role in the apartheid state, traditional authorities have not only survived but gained unprecedented powers in rural governance in South Africa's democracy; and secondly, how they derive their authori...

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Main Author: Ntsebeza, Lungisile
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2005
BRILL
Edition:1
Series:Afrika-Studiecentrum series
Subjects:
Chiefdoms
Chiefdoms > South Africa > Xalanga
Democracy
Democracy > South Africa > Xalanga
Political customs and rites
Political customs and rites > South Africa > Xalanga
Tribal government
Tribal government > South Africaz > Xalanga
Xalanga (South Africa) > Politics and government
Xalanga (South Africa) > Social conditions
ISBN:900414482X, 9789004144828
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Table of Contents:
  • Traditional authorities and their response -- How do we explain the shift in favour of traditional authorities? -- Conclusion -- 9 CONCLUSION -- Neither citizens nor subjects -- References -- Index
  • The government on the offensive: Arrests and deportations -- Conclusion -- 6 'TSHISA, TSHISA' (BURN, BURN): THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TRIBAL AUTHORITIES INTENSIFIES -- Introduction -- Tshisa, tshisa: The climax of resistance in Xhalanga -- Deportation -- Divide and rule - Matanzima style -- Proclamation 400, the coup de grace -- The role of political organisations in rural resistance -- Xhalanga in the late 1950s and the role of political organisations -- The role of political organisations, women and youth in Xhalanga in the early 1960s -- Conclusion -- 7 THE ERA OF BANTU AUTHORITIES IN THE XHALANGA DISTRICT: A DECENTRALISED DESPOTISM? -- Introduction -- The consolidation of Tribal Authorities in Xhalanga -- The re-emergence of organised resistance in Xhalanga -- The struggle for land becomes more organised: The example of Emnxe -- Political fermentation in the Xhalanga district -- The shift to rural areas and the crisis of Tribal Authorities -- The demarcation of land at Emnxe -- From the demarcation of land to the first democratic election in 1994 -- Conclusion -- 8 DEMOCRACY COMPROMISED: POST-1994 RETRIBALISATION -- Introduction -- The ANC and the recognition of traditional authorities -- The ANC policies on traditional authorities before the establishment of CONTRALESA -- The formation of CONTRALESA and its significance -- The position after the ANC was unbanned in 1990 -- The recognition of "the institution of traditional leadership" -- The role of the IFP in the recognition of traditional authorities -- The continental and global context -- Rural dynamics in post-1994 South Africa -- Democratising rural governance in South Africa's democracy: 1994-1999/2000 -- The role and reaction of traditional authorities -- The response of government up to 2002 -- Resolving the vexed question of the role of traditional authorities
  • Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of maps -- Abbreviations -- FOREWORD -- Background to the study -- Terminology and spelling -- The choice of case study -- Methodology -- The structure of the book -- Acknowledgements -- 1 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES, DEMOCRACY AND THE LAND QUESTION: SOME CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Introduction -- The resilience of traditional authorities and their role in a democracy: The debate -- Assessment of the integration model -- Conclusion -- 2 THE XHALANGA DISTRICT AND ITS PEOPLE: 1865-1883 -- Introduction -- The establishment of Xhalanga -- The population of Xhalanga up to 1883: Some major dynamics -- Chieftainship in Xhalanga: The colonial push to undermine Gecelo and Stokwe -- The official end of the Gecelo and Stokwe chieftainship -- Conclusion -- 3 THE LAND QUESTION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA: 1883-1924 -- Introduction -- The land question in emigrant Thembuland up to 1883 -- The recommendations of the Thembuland commission on the land question -- The Glen Grey Act and rural local government: A context -- The Glen Grey Act and its impact in Xhalanga -- The painful birth of the District Council in Xhalanga -- Conclusion -- 4 RURAL LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN XHALANGA IN THE ERA OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES -- Introduction -- The District Council in Xhalanga -- Chiefs in Xhalanga -- The betterment/rehabilitation scheme in Xhalanga -- Chief K.D. Matanzima in Xhalanga -- Conclusion -- 5 TRIBAL AUTHORITIES AND THE REVIVAL OF CHIEFTAINSHIP IN XHALANGA -- Introduction -- The establishment of Tribal Authorities and retribalisation in Xhalanga -- Contextual background -- Preliminary steps to set up Tribal Authorities in Xhalanga -- Setting up the Xhalanga Tribal Authorities -- Chieftainship in Xhalanga re-imposed