Gendered raptures and continuities in the Venda traditional leadership from C.1990 to 2020

dc.contributor.authorMulaudzi, Lufuno J.P.
dc.contributor.authorKriel, Lize
dc.contributor.emaillize.kriel@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-10T12:02:50Z
dc.date.available2022-10-10T12:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-31
dc.description.abstractThis article approaches traditional leadership disputes amongst and within Venda royal houses over the past three decades (from the end of grand apartheid to the presidency of Mr Cyril Ramaphosa) while investigating the reasons for the importance of such traditional leadership positions in modern South Africa. In the light of the most recent disputes around the right of women to ascend to the highest Venda authority, historical precedents around practices of female leadership amongst the Vhavenda are considered. Amongst the continuities observed, are the inevitable limitations to traditional authority: a need to be legitimated from “within” and sanctioned from “above”, by whoever controls the greater nation-state. The discontinuities can be observed in the nature of the arguments on both sides. The historical account pays attention to popular protests, government-appointed commissions, court cases and appeals to the principles of equality in the South African constitution.en_US
dc.description.departmentHistorical and Heritage Studiesen_US
dc.description.departmentVisual Artsen_US
dc.description.librariandm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jch/indexen_US
dc.identifier.citationMulaudzi, L.J.P. & Kriel, L. 2021, 'Gendered raptures and continuities in the Venda traditional leadership from C.1990 to 2020', Southern Journal for Contemporary History, vol. 46, no.2. pp. 89-112, doi : 10.18820/24150509/SJCH46.v2.6.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.18820/24150509/SJCH46.v2.6
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87616
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_US
dc.rights© 2021 Lufuno Mulaudzi, Lize Kriel. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectVenda vhuhosivhuhulu (kingship)en_US
dc.subjectMphephuen_US
dc.subjectRamabulanaen_US
dc.subjectTraditional leadershipen_US
dc.subjectPeter Toni Mphephuen_US
dc.subjectMasindi Mphephuen_US
dc.subjectMakhadzien_US
dc.titleGendered raptures and continuities in the Venda traditional leadership from C.1990 to 2020en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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