enacted by the Parliament of South Africa

“ Section 177 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) , is hereby amended by the substitution for the words preceding the proviso of the following words:
“A council of a local government [shall] may elect an executive committee according to a system of proportional representation as may be prescribed by law from among its members [an executive committee] to exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be determined by such council”. ”

“ Local government shall not be restructured otherwise than in terms of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993) , in respect of any area in which members of a district council, a metropolitan substructure, a transitional council, a transitional representative council or a transitional rural council as contemplated in the Local Government Transition Act, 1993, have not been elected in terms of that Act. ”