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[Special Issue on the White Paper on Local Government] Local Government Bulletin - Volume 21, Issue 2, May 2026
The following articles are available in this issue:
- Editorial Note: An opportunity to shape local government and service delivery in South Africa
- Questioning the two-tier local government system
- Binding intergovernmental protocols, agreements and compacts
- Reforming the local government system requires stronger parliamentary oversight
- Interventions into municipalities: Oversight, early warning and enforcement
- A call for transparent and consistent enforcement of the Codes of Conduct
- Differentiating municipal powers: Reflections on the Draft White Paper
- Beyond punishment: Rethinking consequence management in local government
- Municipal finance and long-term sustainability
- Transparency: The missing link in local government?
- Traditional and municipal relationship: From symbolic cooperation to binding compacts?
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