Status
Draft Bill
Year of publication
2016
Explanatory Summary
Published in GG 40487 of 9 December 2016
Parliamentary Documents
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-03 | Briefing Paper | Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: Department Briefing |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: Alliance for Rural Democracy |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: LRC |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: COSATU |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: NHTL |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: LARC |
| 2018-03-20 | Submission | Hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017]: CCL |
| 2019-03-07 | Committee Report | Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the Traditional Courts Bill [B1-2017], dated 6 March 2019 |
Further Information
Sabinet Monitoring Articles
News Articles
| Presiding officer casts decisive vote on contested traditional courts bill | SAfrica24 | 2019-03-12 |
| Traditional Courts Bill 'must deal with patriarchy', workshop hears | SAfrica24 | 2019-03-04 |
| Cosatu slams ANC for scrapping gender rights clauses in new bill | The Citizen | 2018-08-23 |
| Traditional laws should be compulsory | News24 | 2018-03-25 |
| New divison emerges over Traditional Courts Bill | Polity.org.za | 2017-01-31 |
| New traditional courts bill 'everyone can live with' | News24 | 2017-01-23 |
| Traditional courts bill due out in January | BusinessDay | 2017-01-03 |
Opinion Pieces
| The Traditional Courts Bill: A problematic piece of legislation | Politicsweb | 2019-04-09 |
| Looting of land rights continues as Parliament signs two controversial bills | City Press | 2019-03-19 |
| Vulnerable rural people at further risk as parliamentary committee adopts controversial Traditional Courts Bill | Daily Maverick | 2019-03-10 |
| Latest Traditional Courts Bill draft flouts constitutional rights even more disturbingly | Daily Maverick | 2018-09-13 |
| How MPs are pushing back against the Traditional Courts Bill | Business Day | 2018-03-28 |
| Opt-Out, Traditional Courts Bill supporters' most hated clause | Daily Maverick | 2018-03-19 |
| South Africa's Traditional Courts Bill 2.0: improved but still flawed | The Conversation | 2017-04-04 |
| Improved Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) needs enforcement mechanisms | Land and Accountability Research Centre | 2017-01-31 |
| Why I'm Cautiously Optimistic About The New Traditional Courts Bill Being Back | Huffington Post | 2017-01-27 |
| Traditional Courts Bill, ver 2017: Can 'everyone live with it'? | Daily Maverick | 2017-01-23 |
Speeches and Statements (Non parliamentary)
| Justice and Correctional Services Committee Adopts Traditional Courts Bill | Parliament | 2019-03-06 |
| Traditional Courts Bill remains problematic - Glynnis Breytenbach | Politicsweb | 2017-01-24 |
| Deputy Minister John Jeffery: Media briefing on Traditional Courts Bill | GCIS | 2017-01-23 |
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