The Barolong Boo Seleka Traditional Community today during a joint media conference with AfriForum announced that this traditional community started the process of restoring ownership of their land, which currently vests in the state as custodian on behalf of the community, in terms of Section 20 of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Act (Act No….

AfriForum and Kgosi Gaboilelwe Moroka of the Barolong Boo Seleka Traditional Community of Thaba ’Nchu today announced the implementation of an online land management system for the management of the land of the traditional community. The land management system was developed by Joulco Square in collaboration with AfriForum. The land management system entails, amongst others, the following:…

AfriForum and Saai joined hands with Kgosi Gaboilelwe Moroka of the Barolong Boo Seleka Traditional Community of Thaba ’Nchu to empower schools to teach learners about the agricultural value chain and self-sufficiency. Seven fruit trees, including apple, pomegranate, apricot, peach and fig were allocated to seven schools and the opportunity was used to show children how fruit…

AfriForum and the Barolong Boo Seleka Traditional Community today revived the historic relations between the Barolong Boo Seleka and Afrikaner cultural communities with the signing of a mutual recognition and cooperation treaty in the capital of the Barolong Boo Seleka, Thaba ’Nchu, east of Bloemfontein in the Free State Province. This formalisation of the relations…

The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein in a ruling today recognised kgosatsana (princess) Gabo Moroka as motshwaredi (regent) of the Barolong Boo Seleka traditional community of Thaba ’Nchu, east of Bloemfontein and ordered the premier to take the required steps to finalise the recognition. The respondents, including the premier, was also ordered to pay…

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) overturned the High Court ruling that had upheld Free State Premier’s authority naming a successor to Barolong Bo Seleka’s throne. Following an appeal filed by Moipone Moroka, the SCA made a ruling that questioned the then Free State Premier Ace Magashule’s decision to snub the traditional law to resolve…

The royal family of the Barolong Boo Seleka traditional community of Thaba ’Nchu was granted leave to appeal in the Bloemfontein High Court today with AfriForum’s support against a judgment handed down in September 2019. The court, in the aforementioned judgment, refused to set aside a report by the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and…

The harvesting of the first maize crop of the joint agricultural project that was undertaken by AfriForum, Pioneer, Saai, Agri All Africa (AaA), the Boiphitlhelelo Co-operative and Purposely Ignited started today. This follows after the role-players took hands with the Noga’s Post community in 2020 to support the community with this development project after the…

The royal family of the Barolong Boo Seleka traditional community of Thaba ’Nchu was granted a historic order in their favour by the Supreme Court of Appeal today. The royal family was supported by AfriForum in their application for leave to appeal and this appeal case. This follows a dispute group came into existence after…