Locating traditional authority in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of Bokgosi ba Ga-Masemola

dc.contributor.advisorGoga, Safiyya
dc.contributor.emailu14295459@tuks.co.zaen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateMore, Madikgomo Faith
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-19T12:23:39Z
dc.date.available2023-07-19T12:23:39Z
dc.date.created2023-09-08
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA (Political Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractHaving been transformed by colonial-apartheid institutions such as the Department of Native Affairs and later the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, ‘traditional leadership’ and ‘traditional authority’ have a complicated relationship to the post-apartheid South African state. Between its historical inclusion as an institution within colonial-apartheid structures and its post-1994 integration into forms of democratic governance, this research explored the political meanings of ‘traditional authority’. Beyond ideas of resilience, integration and relevance, what could the ‘proper’ place, functioning and meaning of traditional authority be read as in the post-apartheid period? How does its historical and continuing relationship to the state shape our understanding of its meanings? How does the post-1994 legislation shape our understanding of its resilience and relevance in relation both to the state and to poor, black citizens? How do we interpret the self-understandings of figures of traditional authority in order to further our interpretation of the meanings of traditional authority in the post-apartheid period? This project explored through legislation and policies shaping the role and function of traditional authority in the post-1994 period, as well as through in-depth qualitative interviews and self-descriptions of traditional leaders and community members, the politics and location of traditional authority in the democratic dispensation.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreeMA (Political Sciences)en_US
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) South African Humanities Deans Association (SAHUDA)en_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.25403/UPresearchdata.23704254en_US
dc.identifier.otherS2023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/91550
dc.identifier.uriDOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.24053034
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectTraditional authorityen_US
dc.subjectTraditional rolesen_US
dc.subjectPost-apartheiden_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectGood governanceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherHumanities theses SDG-11
dc.subject.otherSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.subject.otherHumanities theses SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleLocating traditional authority in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of Bokgosi ba Ga-Masemolaen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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