The collapse of the 'tribal authority' system and the rise of civic organisations

Manona, Cecil Wele

Title: The collapse of the 'tribal authority' system and the rise of civic organisations
Title: ISER seminar series, 1995
Creator: Manona, Cecil Wele
Creator: Paper presented at an ISER Seminar, March 1995
Subject: Civic associations -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Ciskei Local government -- South Africa Tribal government -- South Africa
Date Issued: 1995
Date: 1995
Type: Manuscript
Type: Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2454
Identifier: vital:20293
Description: The paper examines the performance of a local ('tribal') authority which existed in the Keiskammahoek district up to 1993 and accounts for the rise of civic organisations which challenged tribal authorities virtually everywhere in the former Ciskei. It suggests that the problems of this local authority which included inefficiency, corruption and lack of democracy were manifestations of the limitations of the Black Authorities Act of 1951 which attempted to revive traditional authority in the rural areas in south Africa even though this was incompatible with political developments in many other African states, particularly in a period during which the process of decolonisation was at its peak.
Description: Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Format: 35 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Language: English
Relation: ISER seminar series, 1995
Rights: Rhodes University
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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