NW Premier studying the report on Traditional Leadership

Mluleki Mrwebi

18 May 2013

The North West Premier Thandi Modise told the Portfolio Committee on Provincial Affairs and Finance in the Provincial Legislature on Friday that the North West Committee on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims has finalised investigations into 102 disputes involving traditional leadership and presented its recommendations for consideration.

Premiers Spokesperson Lesiba Moses Kgwele said Premier Modise has committed to brief the portfolio committee on the findings of the committee after she has applied her mind to the recommendations of the committee.

Kgwele further said Although Premier Modise has in terms of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act 41 of 2003 up to 60 days to study the report and apply her mind to the findings and recommendations of the committee, she has committed to finalise the matters a lot sooner than the maximum period set by the Act that established the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims.

He added that the Commission’s Provincial Committee is scheduled to meet with Kgosi James Ramokoka and the Ba-Phalane Royal Family on Tuesday to gather information on the history of traditional leadership of Ba Baphalane, their customary law of succession and confirm their genealogy.