FRITZ JOOSTE & ZENANDE BOOI Mail & Guardian Recent widely reported disruptions of teaching and learning, all related to inadequate school infrastructure, show the urgent importance of the legal action launched last month against the government to address this long-standing problem. Last month pupils at Menziwa Senior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape burned down
Traditional Courts Bill 2012: New and improved, or a repeat of past mistakes?
On 26 December, 2011, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development reintroduced the Traditional Courts Bill to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). This is the latest version of a bill that was first tabled in 20081 and which was heavily criticised by members of those rural communities.2 However, despite broad opposition the NCOP has










