OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT
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- No. 2009
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28 December 1995
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- NO. 29 OF 1995:
REMUNERATION OF TRADITIONAL LEADERS ACT, 1995.
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- It is hereby notified that
the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby
published for general information:-
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ACT
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- To provide for the
remuneration of traditional leaders, and to provide for matters
connected therewith
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PREAMBLE
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- WHEREAS the importance for
the well-being and equity of the South African Nation of the role of
traditional leaders in the governance,
guidance and
representation of those wishing
to maintain their bonds with their traditional land and communities
and to subject themselves to
the authority of traditional hierarchies
is acknowledged:
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- AND WHEREAS the subjects
and followers of particular tribal hierarchies do not necessarily
all reside in a single province and
the constituencies of
traditional hierarchies transcend provincial boundaries:
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AND WHEREAS the need for
members of traditional hierarchies to be supported. maintained and
remunerated in respect of their tribal
roles from national
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governmental level and from
national funds as opposed to the provincially administered statutory
functions they may fulfill and
in respect of which they may be
remunerated by provincial or local governments is recognised:
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(Afrikaans
text signed by the President.) (Assented to 15 December 1995.)
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- BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by
the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
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- Definitions
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- 1. In this Act, unless the
context indicates otherwise-
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- "traditional leader"
means any person who in terms of indigenous law or any other law
holds a position in a traditional
ruling hierarchy.
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- Remuneration and
allowances of traditional leaders
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- 2. (1) Notwithstanding any
other law, a traditional leader may be paid out of the National
Revenue Fund such remuneration and
allowances as the President may
determine after consultation with the Council of Traditional Leaders
established by section 184(1)
of the Constitution and the Commission
on Remuneration of Representatives contemplated in section 207 of
the Constitution. (2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), the
President may -
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- (a) on the grounds of the
status and powers of traditional leaders differentiate between
different categories of traditional leaders;
and
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- (b) determine that the
remuneration and allowances payable to traditional leaders in
different categories may differ.
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- Short title
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3. This Act shall be called
the Remuneration of Traditional Leaders Act, 1995.
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