Traditional Leadership

Traditional leadership

Umvoti Municipality Traditional Leadership :-

• Inkosi SS Dlomo – Amakhabela Traditional Authority
• Inkosi Z. Sithole – Mthembu-Sithole Traditional Authority

Chapter 11 of the Constitution states that the institution, status and roles of traditional leadership, according to customary law, are recognised.

Government acknowledges the critical role of traditional leadership institutions in South Africa’s constitutional democracy and in communities, particularly in relation to the rural-development strategy.

It therefore remains committed to strengthening the institution of traditional leadership.

To this end, numerous pieces of legislation have been passed and various programmes implemented to ensure that traditional leadership makes an important contribution to the development of society.

The department is also working on a range of issues, which include policies on unity and diversity, initiation, traditional healing, traditional leaders’ protocol, family trees, the remuneration and benefi ts of traditional leaders based on uniform norms and standards, and involving the Khoisan people in the system of governance in South Africa.