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Government Gazette 22 December 2000
Act No. 25, 2000
No. 2456
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000
(a) such number of members of the traditional authority of the
traditional community in question as the chief or head of that
traditional community, as the case may be, may appoint to serve as
members of the Council in question; and
(b) in addition to the members referred to in paragraph (a), such number
of members of the traditional community in question as the chief or
head of that traditional community, as the case may be, may co-opt
to serve as members of the Council in question.
(3) The chief or the head of a traditional community shall be the
chairperson of the Chief’s Council or Traditional Council which has been
established for his or her traditional community, as the case may be, and such
chairperson may appoint such other office-bearers of the Council in question as
he or she may deem necessary.
(4) The Chief ’s Council or Traditional Council shall be responsible for
the day-to-day administration of the affairs of the traditional authority of the
traditional community in respect of which it has been established.
(5) The chairperson of the Chief’s Council or Traditional Council, as the
case may be, shall cause a written record to be kept of the proceedings of the
meetings of that Chief ’s Council or Traditional Council, as the case may be.
Appointment of senior traditional councillors, traditional councillors and
secretary, and their powers, duties, and functions
10. (1) A chief or head of a traditional community shall appoint from
amongst the members of his or her traditional community or cause to be elected
by such members from amongst their number (a) senior traditional councillors, who shall assist such chief or head in
the performance of his or her functions, and exercise or perform
such other powers, duties or functions as may be delegated or
assigned to any of them by such chief or head; and
(b) traditional councillors, who shall advise such chief or head and the
senior traditional councillors of that community with regard to the
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