To: the Minister for Provincial and Local Government, Government Departments, MEC's responsible for Local Government, SALGA and Affiliates, all municipalities, ...

On 15 October 1999, the Constitutional Court laid down judgments on a range of constitutional challenges to the Structures Act 117 of 1998 that had been ...

"In line with the mandate assigned to municipalities as part of the vision of developmental local government, municipalities are expected to be active role ...

On 19 February 2008 the Constitutional Court (CC) considered an appeal by more than 400 occupiers of two buildings in the inner city of Johannesburg against a ...

Municipalities will play a key role in the government's response to the electricity crisis. In the wake of the recent peak in the ongoing electricity ...

This is article was prepared by Davids Schmidt for the Good Governance Learning Network (GGLN) to stimulate debate and discussion in the GGLN as part of their ...

In the past decade, local government has experienced a mass of legislation regulating its functioning. The question is whether the sheer volume, style, nature ...

What is subsidiarity? Subsidiarity is a general principle that says governance should take place as close as possible to the citizens. It translates into the ...

The Key Financial policy objectives for sustainable local government are derived from constitutional obligations. These obligations require municipal ...