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A brand new Local Government publication is available

A five-year research project has culminated in the completion of a loose-leaf publication entitled Local Government Law in South Africa by Nico Steytler & Jaap ...

African School on Decentralisation: Postponed to 2021

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the hosting of the African School on Decentralisation has been postponed to next year (2021).

African School on Decentralisation 2020: Call for Applications

The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development at the Dullah Omar Institute of the University of the Western Cape, and the ...

African School on Decentralisation 2022: Call for Applications [Application closing date extended to 14 February 2022]

The African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is offered jointly by the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government at the Dullah Omar ...

Alert: Fact Sheets on Decentralisation in Africa are now also in Portuguese!

Attention Practitioners and Scholars in Africa! We have great news for you!

Application Deadline Extended for African School on Decentralisation 2025

Attention municipal practitioners and scholars across Africa: The African School on Decentralisation has extended its application deadline to 13 June 2025.

Applications are OPEN for the 2024 Second Semester intake: PG Dip in Public Law, focusing on Local Government

Are you a local government practitioner, public servant, member of the legal profession, consultant or a member of a civil society organisation working in ...

Applications for an LLM/MPhil and LLD/PhD in Multilevel Government and Local Government in 2025 are NOW OPEN!

The South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, situated in the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), offers high ...

Applications for an LLM/MPhil in Multilevel Government and Local Government in 2025 are STILL OPEN!

This one-year Masters Course equips students to understand how South African provinces and local government work, how the multilevel system of government ...

Applications Now Open: African School on Decentralisation 2025

The theme for the Fifth African School on Decentralisation (ASD) is ‘Decentralisation and Finances’. The 2025 ASD will focus on how decentralisation governance ...