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General
- 1993 Constitution
- 1996 Constitution
- 2018 Salaries Traditional Leaders
- Rautenbach & Bekker - Intro to Legal Pluralism
1 Legislation
- 1920 Native Affairs Act
- 1927 Black Administration Act 38 of 1927 (amended)
- 1927 Native Administration Act (Black Administration Act) 38 of 1927 – original
- 1936 Representation of Natives Act (Representation of Blacks Act) 12 of 1936
- 1951 Bantu Authorities Act (Black Authorities Act) 68 of 1951 – original
- 1951 Black Authorities Act 68 of 1951 (amended up to 1993)
- 1957 Proc R 110 of 1957
- 1959 Promotion of Bantu Self-Governing Act (renamed Representation between the Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act)
- 1962 Townships
- 1970 Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act Act 26 of 1970
- 1971 Bantu Homelands Constitution Act
- 1976 Local Authorities Act (Transkei) 17 of 1976
- 1976 Republic of Transkei Constitution Act 15 of 1976
- 1978 Application of Municipal Laws Act (Bophuthatswana) 24 of 1978
- 1984 Ciskei Administrative Authorities Act 37 of 1984
- 1986 District and Territorial Councils Act (Venda) 15 of 1986
- 1990 KwaZulu Amokhosi and Iziphakanyiswa Act 9 of 1990
- 1991 Venda Traditional Leaders Administration Proclamation 29 of 1991
- 1993 Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993
- 1993 KwaZulu Act on the Payment of Salaries, Allowances and other Privileges to the Ingonyama Act 6 of 1993
- 1993 Local Government Transitional Act 209 of 1993
- 1994 Council of Traditional Leaders Act 31 of 1994
- 1994 House of Traditional Leaders Act 6 of 1994
- 1994 Kwazulu-Natal Act on the House of Traditional Leaders Act 7 of 1994
- 1994 North West Houses of Traditional Leaders Act 12 of 1994
- 1995 House of Traditional Leaders Act 1 of 1995 (Eastern Cape)
- 1996 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
- 1997 Council of Traditional Leaders Act 10 of 1997
- 1997 House of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act (Eastern Cape) 7 of 1997
- 1998 Council of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act 85 of 1998
- 1998 Local Government Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998
- 1998 Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act 20 of 1998
- 2000 House of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act 5 of 2000
- 2000 Local Government Municipal Structures Amendment Act 33 of 2000
- 2000 Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000
- 2000 National House of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act 20 of 2000
- 2001 House of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act 9 of 2001
- 2002 Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
- 2003 Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003
- 2003 Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act 41 of 2003
- 2004 Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004
- 2005 Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders Amendment Act 3 of 2005
- 2005 Eastern Cape Traditional Leadership and Governance Act 4 of 2005
- 2005 Free State Leadership and Governance Act 8 of 2005
- 2005 Limpopo House of Traditional Leader Act 5 of 2005
- 2005 Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act 6 of 2005
- 2005 Mpumalanga Provincial House and Local Houses of Traditional Leaders Act 6 of 2005
- 2005 Mpumalanga Traditional Leadership and Governance Act 3 of 2005
- 2005 North West Traditional Leadership and Governance Act 2 of 2005
- 2005 Repeal of the BAA
- 2005 The North West Houses of Traditional Leadership Amendment Act 3 of 2005
- 2007 Northern Cape Traditional Leadership, Governance and Houses of Traditional Leaders Act 2 of 2007
- 2008 National House of Traditional Leaders Bill, 2008
- 2009 National House of Traditional Leaders Act 22 of 2009
- 2009 North West Houses of Traditional Leaders Act 3 of 2009
- 2009 Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Act 23 of 2009
- 2010 Black Authorities Repeal Act
- 2010 Gauteng Traditional Leadership and Governance Act 4 of 2010
- 2013 Eastern Cape General Law Amendment Act 3 of 2013
- 2015 Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, 2015
- 2016 Repeal of Local Government and Traditional Affairs Act 6 of 2016 (EC)
- 2017 Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill, 2017
2 Books & Chapters
- 1977 Homelands in SA
- 2016 United Nations Human Rights and Traditional Justice Systems in Africa (United Nations New York and Geneva 2016)
- 2018 Rautenbach Traditional Governance - forthcoming OUP
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3 Journal articles
- 1979 Bekker JC Rewriting the textbooks a re-evaluation of some traditional South African constitutional law assumptions Comp. & Int'l L.J. S. Afr 272-287
- 1991 Motshabi KB and Volks SG Towards Democratic Chieftaincy Principles and Procedures 1991 Acta Juridica 104-115
- 1992 L Berat Customary Law in a New South Africa A Proposal 1992 Fordham Int'l LJ l 92-128
- 1996 Mokgoro Y Traditional Authority and Democracy in the Interim South African Constitution 1996 Rev Const Stud 60-75
- 1996 Vorster Tradisionele Leierskap in Suid-Afrika 1996 SA Journal of Ethnology
- 1997 Rakate KP The status of traditional courts under the final constitution 1997 CILSA 175-189
- 1998 Du Plessis W Scheepers TE Tradisionele Leiers Erkenning en die Pad Vorentoe 1998 PER 206-222
- 1998 Pieterse M Traditional Leaders Win Battle in Undecided War - African National Congress v. Minister of Local Government and Housing, KwaZulu-Natal 1998 (3) SA 1 (CC)
- 1999 Oomen B Group Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa the Case of the Traditional Leaders 1999 J Legal Pluralism & Unofficial L 73-103
- 1999 Traditional Authorities TARG Group
- 2000 Du Plessis W and Scheepers TE House of Traditional Leaders Role problems and future 2000 PELJ 93-120
- 2000 DuPlessis&Scheepers PER
- 2004 De Villiers Mini Disseration
- 2006 Nicholson C a Critical Analysis of the Role of Traditional Leadership in Modern South African Law 2006 Fundamina 184-192
- 2008 Bekker JC and Boonzaaier CC Succession of Women to Traditional Leadership Is the Judgement in Shilubana v Nwamitwa Based on Sound Legal Principles 2008 Comp
- 2008 Bekker JC The Establishment of Kingdoms and the Identification of Kings and Queens in terms of the Traditional Leadership 2008 PELJ 27-39
- 2009 Khunou SF Traditional leadership and independent Bantustans of South Africa some milestones of transformative constitutionalism beyond Apartheid 2009 PE
- 2009 Mmusinyane B The Role of Traditional Authorities in Developing Customary Laws in Accordance with the Constitution Shilubana and Others v Nwamitwa 2008 (9)
- 2009 Van Niekerk G Manipulation of Traditional Leadership and Traditional Legal Institutions Zululand During the 1880s 2009 Fundamina 193-222
- 2010 Mostert & Cousins
- 2010 Thornhill and Selepe The role of the Royal Bafokeng Administration in the promotion of municipal service delivery 2010 Journal of Public Administration 162 174
- 2011 Claassens A the Resurgence of Tribal Taxes in the Context of Recent Traditional Leadership Laws in South Africa 2011 SAJHR 522-545
- 2011 George and Binza The role of traditional leadership in promoting governance and development 2011
- 2011 Phago and Netswera the Role of Traditional Leadership in a Developmental State The case of Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality of South Africa 2011
- 2011 Weeks Beyond the Traditional Courts Bill Regulating customary courts in line with living customary law and the Constitution 2011 SA Crime Quarterly
- 2013 Koyana S the Indigenous Constitutional System in a Changing South Africa 2013 Speculum Juris 66-101
- 2014 Mnwana S Chief’s justice Mining, accountability and the law in the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela Traditional Authority Area 2014
- 2014 Peires J History versus customary law - Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims 2014
- 2014 Soyapi CB Regulating traditional justice in South Africa A comparative analysis of selected aspectsTraditional Courts Bill 2014 PELJ 1441-1469
- 2016 Makama P and Mathenjwa M Revisiting the participation of traditional leaders in municipal councils in South Africa 2016 Law, Democracy and Development 200-21
- 2017 Khunou SF The Customary Anatomy of the Traditional Governance
- 2017 Pienaar JM The battle of the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela community access to and control of communal land 2017 PELJ 1-32
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4 Cases
- 1950 R v Maharaj 1950 3 SA 187 (A)
- 2006 Tongoane
- 2009 Shilubana v Nwamitwa 2009 2 SA 66 (CC)
- 2010 Madzhadzhi v President of the Republic of South Africa 2010 (case no 16009) ZASCA 57
- 2010 Mogale v Maakane 2010 (case no 1106) North West High Court
- 2010 The Traditional Authority of the Bapo Ba Mogale Community v Kenoshi 2010 (case no 31876,10) ZAGPPHC
- 2010 Tongoane v Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs 2010 6 SA 214 (CC)
- 2011 Dudumayo v Dalasile 2011 (case no 184210) ZAEMCHC
- 2011 Leboho v Premier of Limpopo Province 2011 (case no 37898,07) ZAGPPHC 22
- 2011 Maakane v Premier of the North West Province 2011 (case no 2715,2010) ZANWHC 29
- 2011 Mngomezulu v The Premier of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal 2011 (case no 6404,11)
- 2012 Baleni v Baleni 2012 ZAECMHC 19
- 2012 Ingonyama Trust v Radebe 2012 2 All SA 212 (KZP)
- 2012 Maeteletja v Maeteletja 2013 (case no 31565,2012)
- 2012 Mbhashe Traditional Leaders in Municipal Council v Mbhashe Local Municipality 2012 (case no 1282, 2012) Eastern Cape High Court
- 2012 Mgombane Royal Council v Kekana 2012 (case no 34) North Gauteng High Court (Polokwane Circuit Court)
- 2013 Maeteletja v Maeteletja 2013 (case no 31565,2012)
- 2013 Mayelane v Ngwenyama 2013 4 SA 415 (CC)
- 2013 Pilane v Pilane 2013 4 BCLR 431 (CC)
- 2013 Ramokoka v Ramokoka 2013 (case no 264,13) ZANWHC 38
- 2014 Mamone v Commission of Traditional Leadership Dispute and Claims 2014 (case no 260,13) ZASCA 30
- 2014 Matiwane v President of the Republic 2014 2 All SA 419 (ECM)
- Baleni v Baleni and others [2014] JOL 31802 (ECM)
- Mogale v Maakane 2010
- Shilubana 2008 CC
5 Dissertations
- 2004 Hugh BA Traditional Leadership in South Africa a Critical Evaluation of the Constitutional Recognition of Customary Law (LLM Dissertation Unive
- 2004 Traditional Leadership LLM
- 2006 Khunou SF A legal history of traditional leadership in South Africa, Botswana and Lesotho (LLD Dissertation North West University 2006)
- 2007 Kamieth A the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act LLM Dissertation University of the Western Cape 2007)
- 2008 Bizana-Tutu D Traditional Leaders in South Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (M Phil Dissertation University of the Western Cape 2008)
- 2016 Maseko MJ The Transformation of Traditional Leadership
- Municipal delivery
6 Miscelleaneous
- 1998 The White Paper on Local Government, 1998
- 2003 The White Paper on Traditional Leadership and Governance, 2003
- 2005 Tsela Limpopo Case Study
- 2008 Memorandum on the Objects of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill, 2008
- 2013 CLS Legal Status of Traditional Councils
- 2013 Invitation to Comment on the Traditional Affairs Bill, 2013
- 2017 Guidelines for Determination of Number of Members of Traditional Councils
- Presentation by The Department of Justice to The Provincial and Local Government Portfolio Committee
- Promotion of Native Self Government Bill with explanation 1959
- State of traditional affairs in South Africa NCOP Nov 2016
- White-Paper-On-Traditional-Leadership-And-Governance-2003-Co