Hon Deputy Speaker, despite the amendments proposed by the NCOP on this Bill, our fundamental opposition to it still stands. This Amendment Bill is a classic example of state painting over cracks hoping the cracks will disappear. The portfolio committee and the Department of Co- operative Governance and Traditional Affairs will have us believe that the Bill proposed is just a minor technical amendment relating to the timeframe for proper constitution of traditional councils. But, what the Bill reveals is essential in a fundamental failure of the very conception of the governance of the institutions of the traditional leadership across the country.