According to some sections of the Local Government Bill No. 13 of 2011, which was presented to Ntlo ya Dikgosi (House of Chiefs) yesterday, "the Minister shall, by order published in the (Government) Gazette, declare any place within any administrative district a township and shall define the boundaries of that township".
The other section of the Bill that has attracted the ire of the chiefs states that, "the minister shall, in declaring a township under subsection (1), consult the relevant council and community".