Cover 1
Title Page, Copyright 2
Contents 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgements 12
Contributors 16
ONE - Collisions, collusions and coalescences. New takes on traditional leadership in democratic South Africa ￢ﾀﾓ an introduction 22
SECTION ONE - A History Of ￢ﾀﾘTraditional￢ﾀﾙ Leadership 42
TWO - Mistaking form for substance. Reflections on the key dynamics of precolonial polities and their implications for the role of chiefs in contemporary South Africa 45
THREE - Traditional leadership and the African National Congress in South Africa. Reflections on a symbiotic relationship 71
FOUR - Mining magnates and traditional leaders. The role of law in elevating elite interests and deepening exclusion, 2002￢ﾈﾒ2018 96
SECTION TWO - ￢ﾀﾘDevelopment￢ﾀﾙ and Distributive Struggles 146
FIVE - Chiefs, land and distributive struggles on the platinum belt, South Africa 149
SIX - Traditional leadership, violation of land rights and resistance from below in Makhasaneni village, KwaZulu-Natal 174
SECTION THREE - Leadership and Legitimacy 200
SEVEN - The violence of the harmony model. Common narratives between women and lower-level traditional leaders 203
EIGHT - Chieftaincy succession disputes among the AmaNdebele-a-Moletlane in Hammanskraal, 1962 to 1994 245
NINE - Emerging rural struggles against unelected traditional authorities and the role of the courts. Lessons from rural villages of the Eastern Cape 283
TEN - Situational chiefs. Notes on traditional leadership amidst calls for KhoiSan recognition after 1994 318
SECTION FOUR - Opinions from Two Traditional Leaders 350
ELEVEN - In defence of traditional leadership 352
TWELVE - A long walk for traditional leadership in South Africa 365
TOWARDS CONCLUSIONS - Traditional leadership. South Africa￢ﾀﾙs paradox? 377
Index 392
Back cover 402
Publisher:African Books Collective,Published:2019,ISBN:9780639995632,Related ISBN:9780639923833,Language:English,OCLC:1099689758
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 resources and promoting tribalism. Some argue that democracy and traditional leadership are irredeemably opposed and cannot co-exist. Meanwhile, shifts in the political economy of the former bantustans - the introduction of platinum mining in particular - have attracted new interests and conflicts to these areas, with chiefs often designated as custodians of community interests. This edited volume explores how chieftancy is practised, experienced and contested in contemporary South Africa. It includes case studies of how those living under the authority of chiefs, in a modern democracy, negotiate or resist this authority in their respective areas. Chapters in this book are organised around three major sites of contest: leadership, land and law.
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