Chairperson, when the committee considered the Bill yesterday, we made two further amendments to the Bill, and we will be forwarding those amendments to the National Assembly. The amending Bill is an intermediary measure, a carry-through device that will ensure continuity and stability. It is aimed at facilitating and finalising the demarcation process and the impending local government elections.
Further, modernisation, as the Minister has alluded to, is inevitable. Based on this, the ANC will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that traditionalism is preserved as a symbol of unity and legitimacy.
Flowing from this, together with traditional leaders, we will transform ruling monarchies into modern reigning monarchies. What remains is for this House to start chasing the targets set in this and other local government transformation legislation, in collaboration with other spheres of government.
Finally, it is incumbent upon this House to operationalise the principles of section 41 of our Constitution. The ANC supports the Bill.