On 19 April 2005, a new intergovernmental forum was launched for the provincial government and municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Forum reflects the ...

The President's Co-ordinating Council is a consultative forum for the President to raise matters of national interest with Premiers and organised local ...

Who can own up to having read a standard service delivery agreement from start to finish and having understood it all? Very few people, i imagine. In the main, ...

Regulations governing public/private partnerships in the local government sphere came into effect on 1 April 2005. Section 120 of the Municipal Finance ...

The Municipal Structures Act of 1998 mandates the Municipal Demarcation Board to declare part of an area that must have both district and local municipalities ...

After some delays, the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004 was finally brought into operation on 1 July 2005. This comprehensive Act institutes a uniform ...

Contract renegotiations and amendments are a relatively common feature of long-term service delivery agreements and public-private partnerships. The ...

The Public-Private Partnership procurement process overlaps in many respect with the recently published Supply Chain Management Regulations. The overlap occurs ...

Africa has a rich history of indigenous and traditional forms of local government. However, lack of coherence between local government and traditional forms ...