Bill gives more powers to minister than chiefs - MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kgatleng East, Isaac Mabiletsa, says the Bogosi Bill gives the minister of Local Government more powers than the chiefs.

He was contributing to the debate on the Bogosi Bill in Parliament this week.
The Bill is aimed at re-enacting, with amendments, the provisions relating to Bogosi.

"I thought the Bill was meant to empower the chiefs. But in fact it is empowering the minister. The minister has taken all the chiefs' powers and vested them onto herself," he said. 

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