The ANC particularly welcomes clause l2 of the Bill which deals with the referrals of matters. This clause promotes the exhaustion of all avenues available within the hierarchy of the traditional courts before the appeals can be referred to the magistrates' courts and to all other courts of the country as may be necessary. This way, the aggrieved parties get to enjoy their rights as citizens of the country as prescribed by section 34 of the Constitution of the Republic and the traditional courts are not subordinated to the conventional courts which are themselves predicated from Roman Dutch and English law.