Prince Misuzulu, second from the left, attends the provincial memorial service for his mother, the late Mantfombi Dlamini, at the Khangelakamankegane Royal Palace in Nongoma, in May 2021.
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When judges, legislators, and policymakers neglect the foundational dynamics of indigenous customs, they worsen conflict between indigenous laws and state laws.
The Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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South African customary law should be understood from the perspective of dissonance between the past and the present.
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, right, with Dali Mpofu and Winnie Mandela in 1989.
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Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.