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dc.contributor.authorKhunou, S F
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T12:24:52Z
dc.date.available2018-04-17T12:24:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-18
dc.identifier.citationPotchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektoniese regsblad (PER), 20: [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/26754
dc.description.abstractThe institution of the hereditary headmanship of the Bafokeng traditional community in the North West Province, South Africa has been in existence from time immemorial. It survived the calamities and vicissitudes of both the colonial and the apartheid regimes. The question asked here is whether the hereditary headmanship is relevant in the new constitutional dispensation or, to put the question differently, whether this customary practice is in line with the dictates and ethos of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). This article asserts that the customary practice of hereditary headmanship of Bafokeng is still apposite and fitting in the new South Africa. In particular, it is in accord with the Constitution, as is the customary practice of the Cala community in the Eastern Cape, which requires its headmen to be elected by members of the community from time to time.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHereditary headmanshipen_US
dc.subjecttraditional governanceen_US
dc.subjectcustomary lawen_US
dc.subjectInterim Constitutionen_US
dc.subject1996 Constitutionen_US
dc.subjectlegislationen_US
dc.subjecthomelandsen_US
dc.subjectApartheiden_US
dc.subjectgenealogical seniorityen_US
dc.subjectfamily groupen_US
dc.subjecttraditional warden_US
dc.subjectBill of Rightsen_US
dc.titleThe Customary Anatomy of the Traditional Governance of the Bafokeng Traditional Community: The Implications of the Constitutional Recognition of Hereditary Headmanshipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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