As the local government turnaround strategy gains momentum (see page 7 and the editorial) and energy is focused on assessing the state of local government, the ...

The introduction of new rates tariffs by a municipality is rarely ever greeted without public debate – or, in some instances, even conflict. In this case, the ...

After a decade of significant advancement in the provision of services to all communities, the Policy Review on Provincial and Local Government (COGTA 2009) ...

In urban areas, the poor continue to struggle to access well-located land. Secondary residential property markets are also constrained from functioning ...

In response to widespread and ongoing service delivery protests across South Africa, Parliament has established a special committee to investigate and gather ...

The report by COGTA on the state of South African local government clearly identifies interference by political parties as a cause of the ‘dysfunctionality’ ...

The delivery of municipal services by external providers is strictly regulated. Not only do the general constitutional requirements for procurement apply, but ...

Elsana Quarry, a mining company, was granted mining rights on a farm situated within the jurisdiction of the Swartland Municipality. The municipality requested ...

While some progress has been made towards facilitating women’s involvement in government structures and programme implementation, there is still a long way to ...