Chieftaincy, the State, and Democracy

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As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained acontroversial and influential institution that has adapted to recent changes. J.Michael Williams examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its powersince the end of apartheid. By taking local-level politics seriously and lookingclosely at how chiefs negotiate the new political order, Williams takes a positionbetween those who see the chieftaincy as an indigenous democratic form deservingrecognition and protection, and those who view it as incompatible with democracy.Williams describes a network of formal and informal accommodations that haveinfluenced the ways state and local authorities interact. By focusing on localperceptions of the chieftaincy and its interactions with the state, Williams revealsan ongoing struggle for democratization at the local and national levels in SouthAfrica.