SHILLONG, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Customary laws in the northeastern states of India are failing to protect indigenous lands and must be reformed to safeguard the property of women and ...

It shouldn’t be possible for the state to criminally prosecute a person for exercising their legal rights. This was, however, exactly what happened to Mr Gongqose and other members of the Dwesa-Cwebe ...

TWENTY Years ago discussions of Colonial land legislation and policy were focused on the question of the alienation of land to non-natives, particularly in Africa, and the adequacy of the provision ...

Thirty years after democracy, the Ingonyama Trust continues to govern nearly 3 million hectares in KwaZulu-Natal through a system born of political compromise, leaving millions of South Africans ...

The President, Ogun State Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Mobolaji Ojo has hinted that the amended 2022 Customary Court Law of the state was to expand the scope of operations of Customary Court ...