At the Local Government Bulletin’s tenth anniversary conference, Mr Elroy Africa, the acting director-general of the Department of Cooperative Governance and ...

The drafting of the framework seems to suggest that the discretion afforded to municipalities in legislation in terms of funding ward committees has not been ...

On 20 October 2009 President Zuma demonstrated his commitment to dealing with some of the key challenges that face local government. In a unique forum which ...

Local economic development (LED) in South Africa has received considerable attention in recent months. This has ranged from LED-related conferences to the ...

The issue of mandates and functions continues to occupy the minds of many local government practitioners, and the question of who is responsible for Cape ...

The Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act (the Act) took effect on 15 August 2005. With it came the promise of cooperative governance and a ‘seamless’ ...

Much, if not most, of our country’s problems – particularly poverty and unemployment – stem from our under-resourced and underperforming local government ...

In recent months the courts have stressed the importance of the roles and functions of these committees. Contracts have been set aside because bid committees ...