Traditional Leaders
Teen initiation fights: police probe attempted murder charges
Residents say these fights have become more violent with the use of dangerous weapons like garden shears, machetes and sticks
News | 9 October 2025
NPA fails family of murdered teenager falsely accused of stealing cattle
Abulele Kwindana was killed in 2020. No-one has been charged with his murder.
News | 8 April 2025
Butterworth families evicted by chiefs in 2011 are still waiting for promised houses
People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built
News | 9 July 2024
Not enough public participation: Constitutional Court scraps Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act
“The importance of public participation in South Africa cannot be understated,” say judges
Law | 30 May 2023
Khoisan occupation in Grabouw is no longer our problem, says forestry department
The settlement called Knoflokskraal is to be managed by departments of Public Works and COGTA
By Liezl Human
Brief | 18 April 2023
Traditional leaders threaten to go to court over suspension of circumcisions
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for more consultations
News | 30 September 2020
Mounting pressure on families holding out against coal mine expansion
“We know that if we are not here, our house will be burnt down”
By Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh
Feature | 3 June 2020
Limpopo villagers fear shopping mall will take their water
The Magangeni community want the traditional council to sink boreholes for the village
News | 20 March 2020
Eleventh-hour delay in court case involving King Goodwill Zwelithini
Zulu royal land trust is accused of “extorting” millions from rural residents
By Tony Carnie
News | 20 November 2019