%0 Journal Article %T The role of traditional leadership in disaster management and disaster risk governance: A case of Ugu District Municipality by-laws %A Mutereko %A Sybert %A Zamisa %A Nonhlanhla A. %J Journal of Power and Energy Engineering 电力与能源 %D 2019 %R 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.802 %K disaster management %K traditional leadership %K by-laws. A qualitative content analysis was used to extract words and sentences that relate to the role of traditional leaders from the by-laws. According to Bezuidenhout and Cronje (2014:234) %K qualitative content analysis %K also known as textual analysis %K is used to 'explore and identify overt and covert themes and patterns embedded in a particular text'. The enumeration of sentences and keywords was based on the role or potential role for traditional leaders based on the focus of each chapter in the by-laws. The qualitative content analysis method was used. Content analysis %K according to Bryman (2004 %K cited in Kohlbacher 2006:12) %K is 'an approach to documents that emphasizes the role of the investigator in the construction of the meaning of texts'. Words and sentences contained in the by-laws were analysed in line with the research questions. %U http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1996-14212019000100051&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en