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Traditional Leadership meet to tackle discrepancie

Following the Limpopo House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders' Strategic Planning Session recently. Members of the House hit the ground running on 22 September 2025 at Jack Botes Hall to address their discontentment regarding the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA) and its impact on traditional communities.

Outlining the purpose of the meeting to the 170 Senior Traditional Leaders present , the Chairperson for the Limpopo House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders , Hosi Pheni Ngove stressed on the full participation of royal leaders in the meeting as the implementation of the SPLUMA bestows power to municipalities to manage the use of land which is under the jurisdiction of traditional leadership. "We are meeting today as traditional leaders to address this challenge of SPLUMA as a collective because more brains on this matter will give rise to well informed decisions," says the LHTL Chairperson.