No. 2456 Government Gazette 22 December 2000 Act No. 25, 2000 21 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000 Removal and succession of chief or head of traditional community 8. (1) If there is sufficient reason to warrant the removal of a chief or head of a traditional community from office, such chief or head may be removed from office by the members of his or her traditional community in accordance with the customary law of that community. (2) If, by reason of removal from office as contemplated in subsection (1) or death, a chief or head of a traditional community ceases to perform the functions of his or her office, the members of that traditional community, who are authorized thereto by customary law, may designate in accordance with this Act a member of that traditional community to replace such chief or head. (3) If a chief or head of a traditional community has been removed from office as contemplated in subsection (1), the Minister shall notify the President of such removal in writing, specifying the name, office, traditional title, if any, date of removal of the chief or head concerned, and the name of the traditional community in respect of which such chief or head has been removed from office. (4) The President shall on receipt of a notice referred to in subsection (3) recognize the removal from office of the chief or head of the traditional community concerned by proclamation in the Gazette, setting out in such notice the particulars referred to in that subsection with regard to such chief or head of the traditional community. Establishment of Chief's Council and Traditional Council, and powers, duties and functions thereof 9. (1) There is hereby established - (a) for every traditional community which has a chief, a Chief’s Council; (b) for every traditional community which has a head of a traditional community, a Traditional Council. (2) A Chief’s Council or Traditional Council shall comprise page 21