Social service delivery in Ghana: Assessing the credibility and equity of composite budgets in the delivery of social interventions at the sub national level

The concept of decentralisation has been discussed widely in literature as a key approach for bringing development closer to the citizenry. The effective ...

Resistance to SPLUMA: Traditional leaders' lack of trust in SPLUMA instruments and processes

The article forms part of a series of articles which examines the five major reasons traditional leaders opposed the implementation of the Spatial Planning and ...

The City of Ekurhuleni escapes High Court’s “non-consensual” consent order

Headline: The phrase “don’t talk to me, talk to me my lawyer” backfired when the City of Ekurhuleni (the City) found itself bound to a consent order granted by ...

The role of municipal leadership in accelerating transformation and service delivery

Municipal leadership is a driver of transformation and an agent of improved service delivery in South African municipalities. A study commissioned by the Local ...

The role of municipalities in protecting communities against possible harmful mining

Mining in South Africa often takes place in rural areas, where the main source of the livelihood and subsistence of rural residents is derived from their land ...

The White Paper on Local Government identified performance management as one of local government's tools for the implementation of its development mandate in ...

This article is an abbreviated version of a comprehensive guide called, Preparing for Integrated Development Planning.

The administrative head of the municipality is not escaping the current wave of transformation, restructuring and renaming of local government structures.

Koos Smith''s article on aspirant metropolitan areas is important as we define more clearly the emerging municipal system in South Africa.