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Composing selection panels to appoint senior managers in municipalities
The law provides that senior managers in municipalities must have the requisite skills to perform. It further prescribes the procedure for appointing senior ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023
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Human Settlements in the 2023/24 Budget
Increasing 4.4% to R34.9 billion in 2023/24, the budget of the National Department of Human Settlements serves as the primary means for government to achieve ...
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Municipal managers must leave politics to councillors
After the 2021 local government elections, politicians have been fighting to control city councils where there is no outright majority. Mayors and speakers ...
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Reflections on reforming municipal law and policy in harmony with laws on carriage of hazardous materials by road in South Africa
South Africa is an industrial hub in sub-Saharan Africa and its transport industry is a 333 790 billion-rand industry that significantly contributes to taxes ...
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Using a section 106 inquiry to investigate theft?
Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act of 2000 empowers the MEC for local government to request information or to appoint an investigator(s) if he or she has ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Constitutional Court confirms that municipal by-laws do not need national or provincial approval
The Constitution creates a jurisdictional, functional and institutional space that is reserved only for municipalities. When acting in this space, ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Deepening democracy through municipal councillor oversight
As a result of the wide-spread and intense criticism directed at local government for failing to deliver on its constitutional mandate, a necessity arise for ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Democratising local government helps to build and sustain peace
Local governments contribute to fostering peace by working in, and with the communities that reside within them
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Municipal debt-crisis: Can Eskom reduce bulk electricity supply to defaulting municipalities?
This article discusses whether Eskom can decrease bulk electricity supply to defaulting municipalities in terms of a bulk supply agreement without informing ...
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