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May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Twenty years of reconciling traditional governance with modern democracy

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • The chapter aims to explore the conflict between traditional leadership and modern democratic governance, particularly regarding customary law.
  • Analysis of court roles in the reconciliation of governance structures
  • Examination of policy-making challenges stemming from traditional and modern governance
  • Discussion of fundamental issues impacting the recognition of customary law
  • Identified increasing tension between state support for traditional leadership and democratic demands
  • Highlighted the courts' role in shaping and correcting the reconciliation process
  • Proposed solutions for balancing traditional governance with modern democratic principles

Abstract

This chapter analyses the increasing tension between state support for traditional leadership and demands for the recognition of living customary law and multi-layered institutions during the twenty years of democratic governance. The analyses includes the role of the courts in directing and correcting the course of the reconciliation process in policy-making. The chapter concludes with some suggestions towards resolving the challenges on fundamental issues.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e8030e02ee3982d32b48https://doi.org/10.14749/32387481
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