After a year of planning - not to mention plenty of public protest - South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (pictured) signed the nation's same-sex marriage bill into law. Twelve years after the country's first democratric election, Mlambo-Ngcuka's signature makes South Africa the first African nation to legalize same-sex nuptial loving.

While the homos rejoice, more than a few South Africans react...well, not so rejoicefully. In addition to the predictable religious outcries, the country's traditional leaders have teamed up in their opposition to giving communal land to gay duos.

Business Day reports:

[T]raditional leaders are balking at giving communal land to gay couples, even though they will be legally married in terms of the bill. A high-level meeting to discuss the bill and its ramifications has been called for next month.

If traditional leaders do not give communal land to couples based on their sexual orientation, this matter may end up in the Constitutional Court as it can be interpreted as a human rights violation.
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Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) president Patekile Holomisa explained that communal land was allocated to deserving members of the community who had dependents and needed land, which was scarce, as a source of livelihood.
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Asked what would happen if two women, who had children from previous relationships, got married and needed land for their livelihoods, Holomisa said: “We are going to have a dilemma because we don’t accept same-sex marriages.”

A meeting of traditional leaders has been scheduled for December 9th. Expect a lot of historionics, summoning of ancestral powers and probably not a lot of progress.