The recent controversy surrounding the municipal manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality raised important questions regarding which sphere of ...

Cross-boundary municipalities are set to disappear on the date of the forthcoming elections local government election. On that date, provincial borders and the ...

The powers and functions of local government are listed in schedules 4B and 5B of the Constitution. The schedules list functional areas without detailed ...

This case highlights the need for provincial governments to carefully re-evaluate all ordinances predating the constitutional dispensation because in all ...

The Intergovernmental Relations Act 13 of 2005 was signed into law by the President on 10 August and took effect on 15 August 2005. The implementation of the ...

Property rates are an important source of revenue for municipalities and this is reflected in the preamble to the Property Rates Act of 2004.There is a need to ...

Each municipality classified as high capacity in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 is required to compile a service delivery and budget ...

The Constitution mandates local government to ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner and to encourage the involvement of ...