Oomen, Barbara2016-04-192016-04-191999-09-18http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20232Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Forging the links between historical research and the policy process, 18-19 September 1999.This paper considers how current law and administration can deal with local and traditional authorities. It describes how the traditional authority of Mamone, in Limpopo, has seen considerable change over the years and. how external forces and internal dynamics affect the traditional authority. The problem of trying to impose one system on very diverse traditional authorities is also raised.enTraditional leaders. South AfricaPolitics and government. LimpopoTraditional authorities. LimpopoLocal government. LimpopoWorking Paper