ISS Seminar, Cape Town: Balancing law and tradition: the regulation of Traditional Justice in South Africa
Date: 2011-04-06
Venue: , ISS Conference Room
2nd Floor, The Armoury,
Buchanan Square,
160 Sir Lowry Road,
Woodstock,
Cape Town
RSVP:
Milicent Mlaba
Tel: (012) 346 9500
Fax: (012) 460 0997/ 086 508 1660
Milicent Mlaba
Presented by the Crime and Justice Programme, Pretoria and the Law, Race and Gender Unit Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
With crime and the effective
functioning of the criminal justice system remaining amongst the primary challenges
facing South Africa, controversy continues to plague state attempts to regulate
traditional courts and define the role of traditional leaders in dispensing
justice. Traditional courts can, and do, play an important role in securing
access to justice, particularly in the rural areas. However, the state has the
responsibility to ensure that these courts respect the constitutional rights of
citizens, and do not reinforce gender power imbalances or undermine citizens
rights. Traditional Courts Bill seeks to provide a legislative framework for
traditional courts but many argue that it is fundamentally flawed.
Join
our seminar on 6 April where an expert panel will discuss the place and role of
traditional justice in South Africa and how it should be regulated.
The
seminar will launch the latest edition of SA Crime Quarterly, No. 35 that
includes articles by Nomboniso Gasa, Phathekile Holomisa, Sindiso Mnisi Weeks,
Aninka Claasens and an interview by Mazibuko Jara with the Deputy Minister of
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
SPEAKERS:
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Nomfundo Gobodo, Regional Director of the Legal Resources
Centre, Johannesburg
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Kgoshi Setlamorago Thobejane, General Secretary of Contralesa
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Mazibuko K Jara: Senior Researcher: Law, Race and Gender
Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
This seminar is made possible by funding from the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
