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,African
Customary Law
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Post-Apartheid and
Living Law Perspectives
PRIVATE LAW
THANDABANTU NHLAPO (EDITOR)
CHUMA HIMONGA (EDITOR)
IP MAITHUFI | SINDISO MNISI WEEKS
LESALA MOFOKENG | DIAL NDIMA
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,African
Customary Law
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Post-Apartheid and
Living Law Perspectives
PRIVATE LAW
THANDABANTU NHLAPO (EDITOR)
CHUMA HIMONGA (EDITOR)
IP MAITHUFI | SINDISO MNISI WEEKS
LESALA MOFOKENG | DIAL NDIMA
2
, Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and
education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford
University Press in the UK and in certain other countries.
Published in South Africa by
Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Limited
Vasco Boulevard, Goodwood, N1 City, Cape Town, South Africa, 7460
P O Box 12119, N1 City, Cape Town, South Africa, 7463
© Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd 2014
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
First published 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior
permission in writing of Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, or as
expressly permitted by law, by licence, or under terms agreed with the appropriate
reprographic rights organisation, DALRO, The Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights
Organisation at . Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the
scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University
Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, at the above address.
You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same
condition on any acquirer.
African Customary Law in South Africa: Post-Apartheid and Living Law
Perspectives
Print edition ISBN: 9780199057184
ePUB edition ISBN: 9780199054435
First impression 2014
Typeset in Utopia Std Regular 9.5pt on 12pt
3
, Printed on [insert paper quality e.g. acid-free paper]
Acknowledgements
Publisher: Penny Lane
Development editor: Jessica Huntley
Project manager: Marguerite Lithgow
Copy editor: Jeannie van den Heever
Proofreader: Allison Lamb
Indexer: Clifford Perusset
Cover reproduction by: Cathy Watts
Typesetter: Baseline Publishing Services
Printed and bound by: XYZ Printing Company
The authors and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to reproduce copyright
material in this book. Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders, but if
any copyright infringements have been made, the publisher would be grateful for
information that would enable any omissions or errors to be corrected in subsequent
impressions.
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only.
Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party
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