18 Government Gazette 22 December 2000 Act No. 25, 2000 (iii) No. 2456 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000 such group of persons do not comprise a sufficient number of members to warrant a traditional authority to be established in respect thereof; and (b) that there are no reasonable grounds for recognizing such group of persons as a separate traditional community, the Minister shall advise the President accordingly. (4) The President shall on receipt of the Minister’s advice under subsection (3) refer the matter to the Council of Traditional Leaders for its consideration and recommendation. (5) The Council of Traditional Leaders shall submit to the President any recommendation it may wish to make in respect of any matter referred to it in terms of subsection (4) not later than 12 months after the date of referral of that matter to it. (6) On (a) receipt of a recommendation referred to in subsection (5); or (b) failure of the Council of Traditional Leaders to make such recommendation within the time frame prescribed by that subsection, the President shall in his or her discretion and in writing, either reject the proposed designation on any of the grounds mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b), or grant approval for such designation to the members of the traditional community in question. (7) On receipt of any written approval granted under subsection (2) or (6), the Chief ’s Council or Traditional Council or, in a situation contemplated in subsection (l)(b), the members of the traditional community, as the case may be, shall in writing give the Minister prior notification of the date, time and place of the designation in question, whereupon the Minister or his or her representative shall attend that designation, and shall (a) witness the designation of the chief or head of the traditional community in question; and page 18