Hon House Chairperson, twenty five years into our democracy and we are still a great distance from the de facto recognition of traditional leadership as the true custodian of culture, traditions, customs and values of traditional African society.
Chapter 12 of our final Constitution recognises the role and importance of traditional leadership, yet today we still grapple with framework legislation and have been on such trajectory since 2008 when the first draft of the Traditional Courts Bill was introduced but lapsed. What is even more astounding, is that the legislation which is placed before us today, is only now replacing the remaining provisions of the Black Administration Act of 1927.
The IFP fully supports the full recognition and the role, and incorporation of traditional leadership within our constitutional democratic state. We support the main object of the Bill, which seeks to create uniformity in