No. 2456
Act No. 25, 2000
Government Gazette 22 December 200
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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
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