1 Legislation

• 1927 Black Administration Act 38 of 1927
• 1961 Government Gazette R45
• 1961 R45 of 1961
• 1967 Government Gazette R2082
• 1967 Rules R2082 of 1967
• 1979 Bophuthatswana Traditional Courts Act 29 of 1979
• 1983 Chief's Courts Act (Tk) 6 of 1983
• 1984 Ciskei Administrative Authorities Act 37 of 1984
• 1985 KwaZulu Act on the Code of Zulu Law 16 of 1985
• 1988 Law of Evidence Amendment Act of 1988
• 1990 KwaZulu Amakhosi and Iziphakanyiswa Act 9 of 1990
• 1991 Venda Traditional Leaders Administration Proclamation 29 of 1991
• 2012 Traditional Courts Bill, 2012
• 2015 Kwazulu-Natal Umzimkhulu Alignment Bill, 2015
• 2017 Traditional Courts Bill, 2017

2 Books and Chapters

• 2005 Tshelhla B  Traditional Justice in Practice A limpopo Casxe Study (Institute for Security Studiens Pretoria 2005)
• 2011 Harper E Customary Justice from Program Design to Impact Evaluation (IDLO Rome 2011)
• 2014 Rautenbach Traditional Courts
• 2015 Rautenbach Traditional Courts
• 2016 United Nations Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa (United Nations New York and Geneva 2016)

3 Journals

• 1978 Bekker JC The Judicial System of Transkei 1978 Comp. & Int'l L.J. S
• 1991 Kerr AJ Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Inquiries Reference to Authorities on Customary Law SALJ 44-46
• 1992 L Berat Customary Law in a New South Africa A Proposal 1992 Fordham Int'l LJ
• 1994 Van Niekerk People's Courts and People's Justice in South Africa – new developments in community dispute resolution 1994 De Jure992 L Berat Customary Law in a New South Africa a Proposal 1992 Fordham Int'l LJ
• 1995 Pillay N and Prinsloo C the Changing Face of Traditional Courts 1995 De Jure
• 1997 Phenyo K Rakate, The Status of Traditional Courts under the Final Constitution 1997 Comp and Int'l LJ of SA 179-182
• 1997 Rakate KP the status of traditional courts under the final constitution 1997 CILSA 175-189
• 2000 Stevens J Access to justice in Sub-Saharan Africa The role of traditional and informal justice systems 2000
• 2001 Nel Community Courts official recognition and criminal jurisdiction – a comparative analysis 2001 CILSA
• 2005 Lehnert W the Role of the Courts in the Conflict Between African Customary Law and Human Rights 2005 SAJHR 241-277
• 2005 Rautenbach C Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Customary Courts of South Africa Traditional Authority Courts as Therapeutic Agents 2005 SAJHR
• 2009 Himonga C and Manjoo R the Challenges of Formalisation, Regulation, and Reform of the Traditional Courts in South Africa 2009 Malawi Law Journal
• 2011 Gasa The Traditional Courts Bill A silent coup 2011 SA Crime Quarterly
• 2011 Holomisa Balancing Law and Tradition 2011 SA Crime Quarterly
• 2011 Weeks Beyond the Traditional Courts Bill Regulating customary courts in line with living customary law and the Constitution 2011 SA Crime Quarterly
• 2011 Weeks The Traditional Courts Bill Controversy around process, substance and implications 2011 SA Crime Quarterly
• 2012 Weeks Regulating vernacular dispute resolution forums controversy concerning the process, substance and implications of South Africa's Traditional Courts Bill 2012 OUCLJ
• 2013 Williams J and Klusener J The Traditional Courts Bill A Women's Perspective 2013 SAJHR 276-293
• 2014 Soyapi CB Regulating Traditional Justice in South Africa A Comparative Analysis of Selected Aspects Of The Traditional Courts Bill 2014 PELJ
• 2015 Rautenbach C Legal Reform of Traditional Courts in South Africa Exploring the Links Between Ubuntu, Restorative Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence 2015
• 2017 Wiliams J and Klusener J the Traditional Courts Bill a Woman’s Perspective 2017 SAJHR

4 Dissertations

• 2013 Aiyedun YA (LDD Dissertation University of Cape Town 2013)
• 2015 Mutloane MN (LLM Dissertation University of Cape Town 2015)

5 Cases

• 1923 Makapan v Khope 1923 AD 551 561
• 1945 R v Vass 1945 GWLD 34
• 1981 Masenya v Seleka Tribal Authority 1981 1 SA 522 (T)
• 1996 Ex Parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly in Re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 4 SA 744 (CC)
• 1998 Bangindawo v Head of the Nyanda Regional Authority 1998 3 SA 262 (Tk)
• 1998 Sati v Kitsile 1998 3 SA 602 (EC)
• 2001 Mhlekwa v Head of the Western Tembuland Regional Authority Feni v Head of the Western Tembuland Regional Authority 2001 1 SA 574 (Tk)
• 2003 Alexkor Ltd and Another v Richtersveld Community and Others 2003 (12) BCLR 1301 (CC)
• 2005 Bhe v Khayelitsha Magistrate 2005 1 BCLR 1 (CC)
• 2009 Shilubana v Nwamitwa 2009 2 SA 66 (CC)

6 Miscellaneous

• 1912 Native Appeal Court Records 1912-1917
• 1967 Bantu Appeal Courts Records
• 1999 The Harmonisation of the Common Law
• 2005 Nhlapo The Judicial Function of Traditional Leaders a Contribution to Restorative Justice 2005
• 2012 SAHRC Submission to the National Council of Provinces, 15 February 2012 Traditional Courts Bill [B1 – 2012]