South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn't protect indigenous practices

By Anthony Diala, Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape

After 14 years of highly controversial amendments, South Africa’s parliament has finally approved the Traditional Courts Bill. The Bill now awaits the signature of the President to become law.

The Bill seeks to regulate the structure and functioning of traditional courts in a uniform way. It also sets out to transform the traditional justice system to conform with constitutional values.

The early controversy that trailed the Bill concerned its alignment with the Constitution’s…

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