Parliament, Sunday, 21 May 2017 – The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs invites stakeholders and interested persons to send their written submissions on the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill.

The Bill seeks to amend the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003, so as to make provision for extended timeframes within which kingship and queenship councils and traditional councils must be established. It also seeks to provide for extended timeframes within which community authorities have to be established, among other things. 

The Bill was introduced in Parliament on 27 March 2017 and was discussed in the Portfolio Committee meeting of 09 May 2017.

Submissions can be emailed to scassiem@parliament.gov.za or sent to 3rd Floor, 90 Plein Street, Cape Town, 8000, by no later than 04 June 2017.

For more information or to obtain copies of the Bill, please contact Ms Shereen Cassiem on 083 709 8533 or visit www.parliament.gov.za

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