. The Black Authorities Act gave the State President the authority to establish "with due regard to the native law and custom" tribal authorities for African tribes as the basic unit for administration. Those tribal authorities have now been transformed into traditional councils for the purposes of Section 28 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, Act No. 43 of 2003. The Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 entrenches the apartheid era tribal boundaries and authorities in rural areas.