Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 FactSheet #10 - MACB-4 major cities .pdf
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
DOI-UCT Seminar Invite 21 May 2018
Building a capable developmental state is a core priority in South Africa's National Development Plan, and a capable local sphere of government is a cornerstone of that goal. This year, 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the White Paper on Local Government which gave effect to the new dispensation for democratic local government in our constitution.
Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 FactSheet #8 - MACB-4 Provincial analysis.pdf
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 FactSheet #9 - MACB-4 COGTA classes
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 FactSheet #7 - MACB-4 Class of municipality
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
The Capable Cities Index Working (Paper Series 2) - Measuring the Performance of Cities
The Capable Cities Index measures the capability of South Africa’s 271 major cities against specific indicators of capacity, compliance and performance that are under the operational control of a municipality and directly relevant to assessing how well local government is doing.
Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 FactSheet #6 - MACB-4 Rate of Compliance.pdf
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
FactSheet #5 - Mun Audit Consistency Barometer 2018 - Municipal Compliance
Published by ACSL since 2014, the Municipal Audit Consistency Barometer is a tool to measure consistency in municipal compliance with national audit standards over a five year period (across a range of different indicators i.e provinces; municipal class, category of municipality).
Civic Protest Barometer 2018 FactSheet #4 - grievances of protesters
The Civic Protest Barometer (CPB) tracks civic protests across South Africa, which are a specific form of protest, directed at municipalities. While nationally the number of civic protests in 2017 reached the lowest level in three years (CPB 2018 Fact Sheet #1 (nr of protests), the pattern shown in the type of grievances underlying the civic protests is consistent with that established in earlier CPBs.
Civic Protest Barometer 2018 FactSheet #3 - Violence in Protests
The Civic Protest Barometer (CPB) tracks civic protests across South Africa, which are a specific form of protest, directed at municipalities. While nationally the number of civic protests in 2017 reached the lowest level in three years (CPB 2018 Fact Sheet #1 (no. of protes
Civic Protest Barometer 2018 FactSheet #2 - Geographic Spread
The Civic Protest Barometer tracks civic protests across South Africa, which are a specific form of protest, directed at municipalities. While nationally the number of civic protests in 2017 reached the lowest level in three years (CPB 2018 Fact Sheet #1 (no. of protests), there has been a fair degree of fluctuation in the number of protests in each province.
Civic Protest Barometer 2018 Fact Sheet
The Civic Protest Barometer tracks civic protests across South Africa, which are a specific form of protest, directed at municipalities.
Media Statement- ACSL Launches CCI- Capacity Index 2017
Media Release:How do we know a municipality is a capable government? How do we measure the capacity of cities to contribute to building a capable state?
The Capable Cities Index Working (Paper Series) - Two Measuring the Capacity of Cities
The Capable Cities Index (CCI) provides a methodology for measuring and ranking the capability of South Africa’s municipalities on the basis of their consistency in maintaining high levels of capacity, performance and compliance, with a focus on the 27 largest cities. Local government generally, and the major cities in particular, are crucial actors in the country’s development and in building a capable state in line with the National Development Plan (NDP).
Implementing SPLUMA: A Review of Four 'Post-SPLUMA' Provincial Planning Bills
The legal framework for spatial planning and land use management in South Africa is undergoing considerable change with a new national Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act of 2013 (SPLUMA) and the adoption of municipal planning by-laws throughout the country. The Constitution permits provinces to also pass laws on the matter. Of the nine provinces, the Western Cape is the only province that has passed 'post-SPLUMA' provincial legislation. This report conducts an interim assessment of how some of the other provinces are approaching this issue. It analyses four provincial planning bills of Mpumalanga, North West, Free State and Limpopo.
Process to Examine the Feasibility of a 'Single Human Rights Body
Submission on possible wealth taxes for South Africa submitted to the Davis Tax Committee
ESR Review, Volume 18 No. 3, 2017
ESR Review, Volume 18 No.2, 2017
This second issue of the 2017 ESR Review includes two features, one explores if the Sustainable Development Goals are human rights-based and the other looks at the link between fundamental, elementary, primary and basic education. There is also an insightful interview with Professor Sandra Liebenberg.
ESR Review, Volume 18 No. 1, 2017
Alternate Report Coalition – Children’s Rights South Africa: key messages
ARC-CRSA final submission to the UNCRC August 2016
ESR Review, Volume 17 No. 3, 2016
ESR Review, Volume 17 No. 2, 2016
SA Government (referred to as GOSA) written replies to the list of questions from the committee (June 2016)
ESR Review, Volume 17 No. 1, 2016
Electing Councillors: a Guide to Municipal Elections
This manual outlines the electoral system for local government in South Africa. It deals with the right to vote, the different categories of municipalities, ward and PR councillors, how to field candidates, by-elections, conduct during elections as well as the calculation of results. It is a detailed manual, designed to assist civil society organisations, the media and electoral officers.
National Health Insurance for South Africa: Towards Universal Health Coverage
ESR Review, Volume 16 No. 3, 2015
Civic Protests and Local Government in South Africa Working Paper Series No. 2
The Civic Protest Barometer (CPB) measures trends in protest action in South Africa's municipalities. The 2016 CPB is an update of the CPB published in 2014 (Working Paper Series No. 1), which covered the period 2007 to 2014. The current CPB (Working Paper Series No. 2) analyses data from January 2007 to July 2016 (inclusive).
