Saturday 19 July 2014

Links, Monday 14th July

"Everyone knows the story of the early 20th-century ANC leadership, with so many of them coming from this mission-school rural background, and all these connections between them. That’s why I use the term “kinsmen” – the families were all intermarried. These elite networks are still really important. Half of today’s Constitutional Court judges were Bantustan-educated." M&G

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"Researchers at the Centre for Law, Race and Gender at the University of Cape Town have referred to this as the “reBantustanisation” or Balkanisation of rural society: the boundaries of the old homelands are being reinscribed. Increased powers are being given to traditional leaders, for instance by customary law provisions, which risk creating parallel legal systems for rural communities living under their jurisdiction and strengthening patriarchy while exacerbating gender inequalities." M&G

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Because punishing foreigners for lacking proper paperwork is clearly a more important goal than allowing them access to basic medical treatment. Guardian


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