Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2001
Aspirant Metropolitan Municipalities: A Response
Koos Smith''s article on aspirant metropolitan areas is important as we define more clearly the emerging municipal system in South Africa.
Aspirant Metropolitan Municipalities: Prospects, Problems and Requirements
When the Municipal Demarcation Board demarcated the boundaries of municipalities in 1999/2000, it identified some areas in the country as aspirant metropolitan areas. These are areas that are at that point in time substantially complied with s significant number of the prescribed criteria for metropolitan areas, but not to the extent that they could have been declared metropolitan areas.
Constitutional Amendments: Local Democracy at the Altar of Supervision?
On 12 July 2001 the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development published two Bills with proposed amendments to the Constitution. This article summarises the proposals that impact on local government and puts forward some comments and suggestions.
From SALGA: Roles of Political Office-Bearers
The national workshop on the roles and responsibilities of political office-bearers in Mogale City on 29 and 30 August was the culmination of a series of provincial workshops on the roles and responsibilities of mayors and speakers.
From the Courts: Suing for Charges
Eastern Cape Metropolitan Substructure v Peter Klein Investments (Pty) Ltd 2001 (4) BCLR 344 9 (W)
Legal Briefs: Municipal Staff Member on a Ward Committee?
With the enactment and implementation of the Municipal Demarcation Act, Municipal Structures Act and Municipal Systems Act, the new dispensation for local government has firmly taken root. Are old order ordinances still applicable?
