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(a)
providing for the management of land and settlement of land disputes and for
the regulation of any right or interest in land whether urban or rural and
whether privately owned or vesting in the King;
(b)
regulating the rights and interests in minerals and mineral oils;
(c)
regarding the use of water naturally found in Swaziland; and
(d)
for the protection of the environment including management of natural
resources on a sustainable basis.
CHAPTER XIII
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local government
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(1)
Parliament shall within five years of the commencement of this Constitution provide
for the establishment of a single country-wide system of local government which is based on
the tinkhundla system of government, hierarchically organised according to the volume or
complexity of service rendered and integrated so as to avoid the urban/ rural dichotomy.
(2)
The primary objective of the tinkhundla – based system of government is to bring
government closer to the people so that the people at sub-national or local community level
progressively take control of their own affairs and govern themselves.
(3) Local government shall be organised and administered, as far as practicable, through
democratically established regional and sub-regional councils or committees.
Local government areas
219.
(1)
Parliament shall provide for the division of Swaziland into as many local government
areas as the Elections and Boundaries Commission may from time to time recommend.
(2)
In defining local government areas the Commission shall
(a)
take into account existing chiefdom areas;
(b)
redraw tinkhundla boundaries as may be necessary;
(c)
integrate urban and rural areas where necessary;
(d)
take into consideration −
(i)
the population, the physical size, the geographical features, the
economic resources, the existing or planned infrastructure of
each area;
(ii)
the possibilities of facilitating the most rational management and
use of the resources and infrastructure of the area,
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