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Holding onto the Family Silver: Powers of MEC's in Respect of Certain Financial Matters.
Prior to the previous amalgamation process, some municipal councils engaged in measures designed to bind the succeeding councils into an array of long term ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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Municipal Elections: Where PR and Ward Representation Meet.
The new electoral system for local government represents a novel and intricate combination of party representation and ward representation. The system is ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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Section 12 Notices: Preparing Municipal Constitutions.
The establishment of 285 new municipalities is to come into effect on the day the forthcoming elections are held. The six metropolitan municipalities, 47 ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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The Windhoek Declaration: Africa's Vision on Decentralisation.
At the Africities 2000 summit, held in Windhoek on 15-20 May 2000, ministers of local government and of finance on the African continent, mayors, leaders and ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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Amendments to the Structures Act: Last Minute Changes
On 21 September 2000 the National Assembly approved important amendments to the Municipal Structures Act. The National Council of Provinces Approved the bill ...
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District Municipalities: Their role and function
District municipalities, having shared authority with local municipalities will be a significant innovation brought by the final phase of local government ...
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Electing Representatives to the District Council
A district municipality covers the same area as the local municipalities within its district. In other words, a number of local municipalities together make up ...
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Provincial Supervision of the New Municipalities: The Challenges ahead
The Constitution requires from provinces to monitor, support and, if necessary intervene in a municipality. The new local government dispensation, establishing ...
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SALGA's Election strategy
The SALGA Elections Strategy comprises two main focus areas. Part one of the strategy relates to the Record of Understanding that SALGA entered into with the ...
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Update from the Municipal Demarcation Board
The Board will continue to consider boundary changes but for purposes of the elections the Board is only considering submissions which should clearly be made ...
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