Building capacity at the municipal level to develop the local economic development potential of marine resources

Coastal and marine management is a potential area of focus for municipalities in their local economic development initiatives. However, the local government ...

City of Cape Town wants to run the metro railway service

A simple google search of South Africa’s railway leads one to pictures and videos of dilapidated railway networks, in sharp contrast of what one would imagine ...

High Court rejects unwarranted deviation from strict procurement rules in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

In Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality v Erastyle (Pty) Ltd, the Court had to decide whether Erastyle (Pty) Ltd (Erastyle, the first defendant of ...

Municipalities may not charge fees to protestors for security and traffic control services

The right to protest is essential to South Africa’s constitutional order. Protests played an important role in South Africa’s transition from apartheid to the ...

The prosecution of corruption in local government

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must prosecute corruption at all levels of government. While much of the focus has been on the capture of national ...

SCA invalidates by-laws restricting the transfer of immovable property

In Govan Mbeki Local Municipality and Another v Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) had to determine the ...

The impact of disaster or crisis on business continuity in the local government sector

A reflection of the impact of disasters in the local government sector provides a good platform for a discussion on the need to implement business continuity ...

Between a rock and a dark place: Municipalities battle to keep the lights on in the face of escalating debt

In the space of one week in September, the country’s load shedding status sent any sniff of foreign investors scurrying for cover, and the City of Tshwane ...