SADC LAW JOURNAL Volume Four, Number 1, 2014/15 SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 1 18/06/2015 08:52 SADC Law Journal, 2014/15 (1) © SADC Law Journal Trust and Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd, 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. This publication would not have been possible without the generous support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Please note that the views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Juta & Co, SADC Law Journal Trust or Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Konrad Adenauer Foundation, PO Box 1145, Windhoek, Namibia Tel.: (+264 61) 225 568; [email protected]; www.kas.de/namibia Published in association with the Faculty of Law, University of Namibia, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, International Academic Programmes Office (IAPO) and Centre for Comparative Law in Africa (CCLA), University of Cape Town. ISSN: 2026-7193 Editor-in-Chief: Evance Kalula French translator: Theodore Kamwimbi Portuguese translator: Paula Cardoso Cover design: Drag and Drop Typesetting: ANdtp Services, Cape Town Printed by Publishers: SADC Law Journal Trust Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd PO Box 1145 PO Box 24299 Windhoek 7779 Lansdowne Namibia South Africa Tel.: (+264 61) 225 568 Tel. (+27 21) 659 2547 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sadclawjournal.org Website: www.jutalaw.co.za SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 2 18/06/2015 08:52 CONTENTS Guide to contributors ..................................... vii Foreword ............................................... viii Editorial (English) ....................................... ix Éditorial (French) ........................................ xi Editorial (Portuguese). xiv Tributes to Professor William Tilden McClain Tribute: Professor William Tilden McClain 1923-2011 ........... xvi Message on behalf of His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho, in honour of Professor Bill McClain Nqosa Mahao ......................................... xvii Message from Professor Alexander McCall Smith .............. xxi Message from Professor Robert Edgar ........................ xxii Keynote address The interplay of customary law rights and legal pluralism Muna Ndulo .......................................... 1 Articles Interplay of the customary law of testacy and statutory regulation of intestacy with respect to the transfer of customary law rights in land in South Africa Rebecca E. Badejogbin ................................. 10 Large-scale land investments and customary tenure: A comparative legal study of Tanzania and Zambia Margherita Baldarelli .................................. 26 Customary land at crossroads: Contest for the control of customary land in Zambia Horman Chitonge ...................................... 45 The role of traditional authorities in land allocation and management in Lesotho Kananelo E. Mosito KC ................................. 68 Seeking a gender equitable customary system of distributive justice: The case of the Lozi of Western Zambia Mulela Margaret Munalula .............................. 81 The Western Sahara case: Land reform and pre-colonial land rights in Namibia Nico Horn ............................................ 96 Facing reality: Regional integration, the unitary state and prospects for the actualisation of the SADC Charter of Fundamental Social Rights Emmanuel K.B. Ntumy .................................. 110 iii SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 3 18/06/2015 08:52 iv 2014/15 (1) SADC LAW JOURNAL ‘Legal hostility’ towards street vendors in Tanzania: A constitutional quandary? Tulia Ackson .......................................... 144 Communal land tenure after 20 years of democracy in South Africa Tara Weinberg ........................................ 164 Customary land laws within legal pluralism over the generations Gordon R. Woodman ................................... 189 Prospects for medicines regulation harmonisation in the SADC: Reflections on the AU draft model law and other developments Yousuf A Vawda. 209 SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 4 18/06/2015 08:52 Board of Trustees, SADC Law Journal Trust Chairperson Justice Ariranga Pillay (Chair) Former President, SADC Tribunal Prof. Nico Horn Former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Namibia Mr Mabvuto Hara SADC Lawyers’ Association Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof. Evance Kalula Professor and Director, International Academic Programmes Office (IAPO) and Confucious Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa Managing Editor Dr Ashimizo Afadameh-Adeyemi Emerald Legacy Law Partner Lagos, Nigeria Associate Editor Mr Marumo Nkumo Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Editors Mr Francois Bangamwabo Faculty of Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia Prof. Mpfariseni Budeli Professor of Law, University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa Dr Trudi Hartzenberg Director, Trade and Law Centre for Southern Africa Stellenbosch, South Africa Mr Charles Edward Minega Centre of Studies on Regional Integration and SADC Law Eduardo Mondlane University Maputo, Mozambique Justice Charles Mkandawire Registrar, SADC Tribunal Windhoek, Namibia Dr Margaret Munalula Associate Professor of Law and Dean School of Law, University of Zambia Lusaka, Zambia Prof. Clement Ng’ong’ola Professor of Law, University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana Prof. Werner Scholtz Professor of Law, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa v SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 5 18/06/2015 08:52 vi 2014/15 (1) SADC LAW JOURNAL International Advisory Board Prof. Ben Chigara Faculty of Law, Brunel University London, United Kingdom Prof. Armando Dimande Dean, Faculty of Law, Eduardo Mondlane University Maputo, Mozambique Emeritus Prof. Gerhard Erasmus Associate, Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa Stellenbosch, South Africa Prof. Geoff Feltoe Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Dr Edward Kwakwa Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Justice Luis Antonio Mondlane Former Judge, SADC Tribunal Windhoek, Namibia Justice Isaak Jamu Mtambo Former Judge, SADC Tribunal, Windhoek, Namibia Prof. Marius Olivier Director, International Institute for Social Security Law and Policy Australia and South Africa Prof. Chris Maina Peter Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Prof. Eibe Riedel Former Dean, University of Marburg Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Mannheim, Germany Member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Dr Christian Roschmann Director, Rule of Law Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Nairobi, Kenya Justice Onofre dos Santos Judge, Constitutional Court of Angola Luanda, Angola Dr Onkemetse Tshosa Former Judge, SADC Tribunal Windhoek, Namibia SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 6 18/06/2015 08:52 GUIDE TO CONTRIBUTORS The Editorial Board welcomes contributions on all aspects of Southern African Development Community (SADC) law or legal themes of relevance to the SADC legal fraternity. Contributions should be sent electronically to the Editor-in-Chief (evance. [email protected]), the Managing Editor ([email protected]). Submissions are to comply with the following requirements: • All contributions are to be in English. • Submissions need to be original, unpublished work. The Editorial Board may under exceptional circumstances accept an article that has already been published elsewhere, provided that the author provides the Board with a letter from the publisher permitting the publication and reverting the copyright to the SADC Law Journal Trust (SADCLJ Trust). • All authors whose contributions are to be published in the SADC Law Journal (SADCLJ) by the submission thereof ipso facto waive copyright as author in favour of the SADCLJ Trust. • Electronically sent contributions should be submitted in the form of an attachment in any version of MS Word. • The Editorial Board accepts articles, shorter notes on any relevant legal issue, case comments, and book reviews. • Articles should normally be between 6,000 and 12,000 words, while notes and case reviews can be between 1,500 to 3,000 words. Book reviews should not exceed 3,000 words. • The SADCLJ follows the house style of the South African Law Journal. The style guide appears with the journal at www.jutalaw.co.za. • Once a contribution has been accepted for publication, authors need to cooperate with the language editor and comply with his/her deadlines. The Editorial Board will submit all articles to referees who will determine the desirability of their publication. Articles will be submitted to referees without disclosing the name of the author. The content review process usually takes about six weeks. Authors will be informed of the result of the content review. Submissions will then be subjected to a technical/language review, with feedback to authors. Authors of new publications are encouraged to submit them for review, but are not entitled to solicit reviews from reviewers of their choice or to influence the decision of the Editorial Board on whom to approach for such a review. vii SADC_2014_15_Prelims.indd 7 18/06/2015 08:52 FOREWORD The year 2015 marks another proud moment in the life of the SADC Law Journal as another edition comes off the production