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Measuring transparency, public participation and oversight in the budget processes of South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities

The Metro Open Budget Survey (Metro OBS) is modelled on the global Open Budget Survey (OBS) initiated by the International Budget Partnership in 2006. The OBS ...

MLGI research report examines the lessons to be drawn from the failure of Government’s Operation Clean Audit 2014

The Multilevel Government Initiative (MLGI) of the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) released a research report, Operation Clean ...

New Publication: ‘Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic’

This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the world’s leading federal scholars and national ...

New Publication: ‘Comparative Federalism and Covid-19: Combating the Pandemic’

This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the world’s leading federal scholars and national ...

NEW PUBLICATION: The Value of Comparative Federalism

The Legacy of Ronald L. Watts Edited By Nico Steytler, Balveer Arora, Rekha Saxena

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 ...

Local Government Bulletin, November/ December 2008

This is the final issue for the year. It focuses on filling vacancies during political turmoil; implementing the Property Rates Act; the abolition of floor ...

Local Government Law of South Africa Launched!

Prof Nico Steytler and Prof Jaap de Visser's book offers a comprehensive analysis of local government law specifically for legal practitioners, municipal ...

Institutional Tensions between Municipal Chairpersons and Executives: Speaking of Mayor Conflicts?

This researcher paper, co-authored by Prof Jaap de Visser, focuses on a particular aspect of municipal governance arrangements and practice, namely the office ...

The February/ March 2008 issue of Local Government Bulletin is now available

The Local Government Bulletin is celebrating its tenth year in production. As with local government, it has evolved beyond recognition over the last decade and ...