MPs approve amendment of Tribal Land Act

The Bill, presented by the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Prince Maele, seeks to improve the administration of the tribal land. Parliament had earlier on referred the Bill to Ntlo ya Dikgosi for further recommendations as it affects the administration of tribal land.

The Tribal Land Bill provides for, amongst other things, the grant of customary land rights and introduces the requirement that the Registrar of Deeds must register all customary land rights and forbid the occupation of newly allocated land unless it has been registered.