No. 2456 Act No. 25, 2000 Government Gazette 22 December 200 15 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000 (c) to ensure that the members of his or her traditional community use the natural resources at their disposal on a sustainable basis and in a manner that conserves the environment and maintains the ecosystems for the benefit of all persons in Namibia; (d) to be ordinarily resident in the communal area of the traditional community which he or she leads, failing which such traditional leader may be removed from office, if he or she is a chief or a head of a traditional community, under section 8(1) or, if he or she is a senior traditional councillor or traditional councillor, in accordance with the applicable customary law, but a person who is not so resident at his or her designation and recognition or appointment or election as a traditional leader in terms of this Act shall not be disqualified to be so designated and recognized or appointed or elected; and (e) to respect the culture, customs and language of any person who resides within the communal area of that traditional authority, but who is not a member of the traditional community which such member leads. (3) In the performance of its duties and functions under this Act, a traditional authority may (a) in addition to any contributions contemplated in section 1&(3), raise funds on behalf of its traditional community, which funds shall be paid into the Community Trust Fund of that community; (b) hear and settle disputes between the members of the traditional community in accordance with the customary law of that community; (c) make customary laws; and (d) use on all its correspondence an office stamp of its own design. (4) Where a traditional authority referred to in section 2(1) has been established for a traditional community, and a g roup of members of that page 15