| The system of chieftainship leadership is hereditary and the leaders in question are regarded as born leaders and are revered as such. |
| The son of Chief Henry Mandela of the Xhosa-speaking Tembu people, Nelson Mandela renounced his claim to the chieftainship to become a lawyer. |
| The administration of land is placed within the chieftainship jurisdiction not from an ownership perspective but from a custodian perspective. |
| With the exception of the Chungur clan, which was the traditional holder of the hereditary chieftainship, all clans were socially of equal order. |
| In the centre of the collectivism orientation, the traditional system of governance through chieftainship is prevalent. |
| No wonder the Indian that slew him was a brave and in the line of chieftainship! |
