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From SALGA: Report on the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill
The Portfolio Committee on Provincial and Local Government passed this Bill on 22 October 2002 and the National Assembly passed two days later. The Bill at the ...
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From the Courts: Legality of Land Rates imposed as Flat Rates by Municipalities before December Elections.
Gerber and others v MEC of the Gauteng Province and Eastern Gauteng Services Council (case no, 303/2001)
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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Getting Municipalities Out of the Red
More than a thousands delegates comprising municipal political office bearers and officials, local government MEC's provincial local government heads of ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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Municipal Debt Comes First.
The recent judgment in the Transvaal Provincial Division case of Summer Symphony Properties 13 CC and BOE Bank v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and ...
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Volume 5, Issue 2, May 2003
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The State of Municipal Budgets-Intergovernmental Fiscal Review for 2003.
The Minister of Finance released the 2003 intergovernmental Fiscal Review on 8 April. It provides a wealth of information on municipal budgets for the 2002/03 ...
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Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003
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From the Courts: Suitable Alternative Land Before Evictions.
Section 6(3) (c) of the Prevention of illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 provides that when a court decides whether an ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003
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Counting the Cents: Municipal Budgets and Mayors Responsibilities Under the MFMA.
A new era has dawned in municipal finances with the enactment of the Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003. The main objective of the MFMA is to ensure ...
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Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2004
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Collecting Service Debts: Constitutional Court Speaks.
A recent judgment by the Constitutional Court confirms that the electricity and water charges owed to a municipality must be paid before a property can be ...
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Volume 6, Issue 5, November 2004
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From the Courts: Powers of Municipalities to Impose Property Rates.
A recent judgment by the Constitutional Court clarifies the powers, duties and status of municipalities and pronounces positively on the powers of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2005.
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The Property Rates Act: A Tool For Poverty Alleviation.
Property rates are an important source of revenue for municipalities and this is reflected in the preamble to the Property Rates Act of 2004.There is a need to ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005