Ntlo ya Dikgosi

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House of Chiefs advisory body upper house

Ntlo ya Dikgosi is Botswana’s advisory House of Chiefs, composed mainly of traditional leaders who provide counsel on constitutional, customary, and tribal matters.

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Label Occurrences
Ntlo ya Dikgosi canonical 8
House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf House of Chiefs ⓘ
advisory body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
advises Parliament of Botswana ⓘ
advisesOn constitutional matters ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
subordinate legislation affecting customary law ⓘ
tribal matters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House of Chiefs (Botswana) ⓘ
surface form: House of Chiefs of Botswana
canReview bills affecting customary law ⓘ
bills affecting tribal organization ⓘ
compositionIncludes chiefs of main tribes of Botswana ⓘ
country Botswana ⓘ
establishedIn 1965 ⓘ
focusesOn chieftainship ⓘ
customary courts ⓘ
tribal organization ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Botswana ⓘ
hasAbbreviation NYD ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees on customary law ⓘ
hasFunction to advise on constitutional amendments affecting chieftainship ⓘ
to provide traditional perspective on legislation ⓘ
to safeguard interests of tribes ⓘ
hasMandate to consider bills referred by the National Assembly ⓘ
to make recommendations on customary law reforms ⓘ
hasMemberType appointed members ⓘ
chiefs ⓘ
elected members ⓘ
sub-chiefs ⓘ
traditional leaders ⓘ
hasNoPower to veto legislation ⓘ
hasSessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
jurisdiction Botswana ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Botswana
language English ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
locatedIn Gaborone ⓘ
meetsAt National Assembly Building of Botswana ⓘ
surface form: National Assembly buildings, Gaborone
partOf political system of Botswana ⓘ
predecessor House of Chiefs (Botswana) ⓘ
reformedIn 2005 ⓘ
relatedTo Judiciary of Botswana ⓘ
National Assembly of Botswana ⓘ
represents tribal communities of Botswana ⓘ
role advisory ⓘ
typeOfLegislativeBody non-partisan body ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botswana → upperHouse → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
National Assembly of Botswana → relatedInstitution → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi)
government of Botswana → legislativeBody → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
government of Botswana → hasConsultativeBody → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
House of Chiefs (Botswana) → reconstitutedAs → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
House of Chiefs (Botswana) → successor → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
House of Chiefs (Botswana) → renamedTo → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
NYD → fullName → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ
NYD → abbreviationFor → Ntlo ya Dikgosi ⓘ