In his 2003 State of the Nation Address, President Thabo Mbeki announced that "government will create a public service echelon of mutli-skilled community ...

With the upcoming local government election drawing closer, gender representation has become an issue once again. The use of a quota policy to address the ...

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) will spend R15 to 20 billion on labour-intensive projects by 2009. The short-term goal is to create a million ...

The Speaker of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality convened a council meeting on 15 July 2003 in which he purported to appoint a commission of enquiry to ...

Many people aggrieved by decisions made by municipalities have latched on to the fact that they have a right to appeal in terms of section 62 of the Municipal ...

The first meeting of the newly elected councils must take place at the seat of the municipality within 14 days of the council being declared elected. If it is ...

The election on 5 December 2000 was the formal beginning of the new local government dispensation, Local government was established as the primary site for ...

For a democracy to be vibrant, councillors must have the freedom to speak their minds in council. This freedom is protected by the Constitution and the ...

Prior to the December 5 elections, the Constitution was amended and other legislation was enacted, to provide for the demarcation and establishment of ...