Traditional Leaders and the Culture of Governance in South Africa

Koelble, Thomas A.; Puma, Edward Li

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0491.2010.01509.x

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“…The encounter illustrates how “African traditional leaders look to the geographic, economic, and discursive West for capital, credibility, and consumption of goods and services” (Cook and Hardin , 228). It also affirms that traditional leaders invoke “a notion of ‘tradition’ that is not only distinctively modern and plural but is actively being created and negotiated within the wider national and sub‐Saharan political audience and with their ‘own’ presumed subjects” (Koelble and LiPuma , 6).…”

Section: Traditional Leadership Then and Nowmentioning

confidence: 76%

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Royal pharmaceuticals: Bioprospecting, rights, and traditional authority in South Africa

Morris

2016

American Ethnologist

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A B S T R A C TThe translation of international biogenetic resource rights to a former apartheid homeland is fostering business partnerships between South African traditional leaders and multinational pharmaceutical companies. In the case of one contentious resource, these partnerships are entrenching, and in some instances expanding, apartheid-associated boundaries and configurations of power. The state and corporate task of producing communities amenable to biodiversity commercialization and conservation is entangled with segregationist laws and spatial planning. Rather than exclusion and the closure of ethnic boundaries, resource rights in this context foreground forced enrollment and the expansion of indigenous group-membership as modes of capitalist accumulation in an extractive economy. [pharmaceutical bioprospecting, Pelargonium sidoides, Convention on Biological Diversity, indigeneity, homelands, South Africa] Ukufezekiswa/ukuphunyezwa kwamalungelo egunya lwezimbiwa zendalo ezilapha, kwindawo ezisakuba yinxenye yamaphandle ocalu-calulo, ikhuthaza ubuhlakani nolwahlulelwano phakathi kweeNkosi kunye neeNkampani eznkulu zamazwe angaphandle kweli. (Amalungelo abhekisa kulawo abantu inezimbiwa ezinjenge zityalo/mithi, ngokuzisebenzisa kwabo kwanobunini bazo.) Omnye umzekelo wesityalo obangela ingxabano, ngowokuba obubuhlakani/lwahlulelwano (iinkosi neenkampani zamazwe) bubangela ifuthe elityhala ngamandla lokude kwandiswe memida yemihlaba eyayisekiwe ngeloxesha lamaphandle ocalu-calulo, kananjalo nesimo esitsha samagunya nolawulo lomthetho. Amalinge/imizamo kaRhulumente neeNkampani zamayeza/zamachiza okufumana abantu abangena ngci kwindlela yeengcinga zabo abasele benazo kakade, (abakwaziyo ukurhweba kwanokulondoloza indalo), utyhalwa lifuthe lomgaqo-nkqubo ocalu-calula abantu, kwanomgaqo-nkqubo obona utyalo-mali lusenzeka ikakhulu, ngaphandle kwezondawo zazisakuba phantsi kwamaphandle ocalu-calulo ngokwemida. U Rhulumente ukhangeleka ngathi ufuna kwenza utyalo-mali ikakhulu, ezixekweni/dolophini kweli le Mpuma Kapa, ngaphezu kwakwimimandla yeelali zelalisakuba liphandle localu-calulo. Kunokuba iinkokheli zemveli noRhulumente zenze imali zodwa, ngokubashiya ngaphandle abahlali bale mihlaba, iinkokheli zemveli kwakunye noRhulumnte zizama ukwandisa inani lazo, labobantu baphantsi kwazo, okanye banyanzelise abantu bezondawo babephantsi kolawulo lweenkosi ngokwabantu bemveli yalondawo, ngeenjongo zokwenza ingeniso-mali kwishishini lemveliso elikhupha/elomba izimbiwa zendalo eMzantsi Afrika. [Ushishino ngemithi/amachiza/izityalo zendalo kwaneengcambu zisetyenziselwa ukwenza amayeza (pharmaceutical bioprospecting), uvendle, eli ligama elisemthethweni le Nkomfa (Convention on Biological Diversity), imo yokuba ngowemveli yalo ndawo oknye inzalelwane yalapho kulo ndawo, amaphandle ocalu-calulo (Bantustans), uMzantsi Afrika]

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Section: Traditional Leadership Then and Nowmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…Their appropriation of “the global mood” surrounding indigenous rights and their ability to “redefine [this mood] to suit their needs” has proved especially productive (Oomen , 115). Indeed, the capacity for malleability is a hallmark of traditional leadership worldwide (Koelble and LiPuma ).…”

Section: Traditional Leadership Then and Nowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Royal pharmaceuticals: Bioprospecting, rights, and traditional authority in South Africa

Morris

2016

American Ethnologist

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“…Moreover, customary institutions are more effective in maintaining property rights in the country (Murtazashvili and Murtazashvili 2015). Koelble and LiPuma (2011) show more generally that government and chiefs engage in a mutually advantageous relationship. In South Africa, chiefs have used the weakness of the state in rural hinterlands to "position themselves as intermediaries, even decision makers, between state and society" (p. 6).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Dualism of Contemporary Traditional Governance and the State

Holzinger

Kern

Kromrey

2016

Political Research Quarterly

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In many parts of the world, people live in "dual polities": they are governed by the state and organize collective decision making within their ethnic community according to traditional rules. We examine the substantial body of works on the traditional-state dualism, focusing on the internal organization of traditional polities, their interaction with the state, and the political consequences of the dualism. We find the descriptions of the internal organization of traditional polities scattered and lacking comparative perspective. The literature on the interaction provides a good starting point for theorizing the strategic role of traditional leaders as intermediaries, but large potentials for inference remain underexploited. Studies on the consequences of "dual polities" for democracy, conflict, and development are promising in their explanatory endeavor, but they do not yet allow for robust conclusions. We therefore propose an institutionalist research agenda addressing the need for theory and for systematic data collection and explanatory approaches.

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“…Koelble and LiPuma (2011) discuss the "reinvigoration of chiefly authority" (6) in South Africa following decentralization and the constriction of government spending in the face of the global recession. Since traditional leadership is not a democratic institution, partnering with these actors represents a tenuous and unpredictable path for a democratic government.…”

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Policy Responses to Human Trafficking in Southern Africa: Domesticating International Norms

Britton

Dean

2014

Hum Rights Rev

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Human trafficking is increasingly recognized as an outcome of economic insecurity, gender inequality, and conflict, all significant factors in the region of southern Africa. This paper examines policy responses to human trafficking in southern Africa and finds that there has been a diffusion of international norms to the regional and domestic levels. This paper finds that policy change is most notable in the strategies and approaches that differ at each level: international and regional agreements emphasize prevention measures and survivor assistance, but national policies emphasize prosecution measures. Leaders across the region have adapted these policy norms to fit regionally specific conditions, including HIV/AIDS, conflict, traditional leaders, and prostitution. Yet, national policies often fail to incorporate preventative solutions to address gender inequality, human rights, and economic development. Until appropriate funding and preventative measures are introduced, the underlying issues that foster human trafficking will continue. KeywordsNorms diffusion -Human trafficking -Southern African Development Community -ProstitutionChild trafficking 2 This paper examines policy approaches used to address human trafficking in southern Africa. 1 We argue that the theories of international norm diffusion and localization Human trafficking and gender-based violence are extremely prevalent in post-conflict societies as unexpected and lasting consequences of war. Facilitated by poverty, disruption in social structures, and discriminatory gender systems, human trafficking poses a threat to human security in Africa by challenging the rule of law, societal peace, and the welfare state (Jonsson 2009). Many southern African countries experienced protracted civil conflict in their quest to gain independence from colonial and apartheid powers during the latter half of the 20 th century. Now, more than two decades after liberation in most countries, the legacies of war and racial and gender inequality remain. There have been successful, national-level public initiatives to increase women's representation in national office, implement democratic institutions, and support transformative development programs. Despite these initiatives, the region still faces significant gender inequality, economic disparity, and interpersonal violence at the grassroots and household level. This context creates an enabling environment for human trafficking. The region is increasingly being utilized as a source of trafficked persons, a transit hub for trafficking networks, and a destination for trafficked persons and sex trafficking. for understanding how trafficking policies are being developed in southern Africa, and these support for this study. We especially thank Larry Hoyle of IPSR for his assistance in the use of Atlas.ti. We also wish to thank Alexandria Innes for her assistance with the French translation. We are grateful to the helpful comments from members of the Continuity, Change, and Credibility of Institutions (CCCI) Wor...

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Traditional Leaders and the Culture of Governance in South Africa

Cited by 22 publications

References 17 publications

Royal pharmaceuticals: Bioprospecting, rights, and traditional authority in South Africa

Royal pharmaceuticals: Bioprospecting, rights, and traditional authority in South Africa

The Dualism of Contemporary Traditional Governance and the State

Policy Responses to Human Trafficking in Southern Africa: Domesticating International Norms

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