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Local government elections
Recent amendments to the Constitution, read with certain provisions of the Municipal Structures Act, have the effect that the elections for local government, ...
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Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999
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From the Courts: Elections for, and Voting in, the Council: Recent decisions.
In less than two years time, South African citizens will for the first time elect their municipal councils in a fully democratic manner. At present, local ...
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Municipal Structures Act: Executive Leadership at Local Level.
The second pillar of new local government has been erected: on 18 December 1998 the President signed the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 into law. This ...
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From the Provinces: Grooming Local Government for the Final Phase-Gauteng One Step Ahead.
Gauteng's Rationalisation of Local Government Affairs Act (RLGAA) 10 of 1998 came into effect on 19 March 1999 and brought local government in that province ...
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From SALGA: Legal and Constitutional Working Group
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the body representing the local government sphere nationally, as well as its provincial affiliates have ...
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Municipal Structures Act: The Birth of a New Generation of Municipalities.
The second pillar of new local government has been erected: on 18 December 1998 the President signed signed the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 into law. ...
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The Right to Equal Treatment by a Municipality
The immense importance of the principle of equality in this country is reflected in the very first section of the Constitution in which it is stated that the ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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From SALGA : Annual General Congress: Focussing on Intergovernmental Relations.
At its Annual General Congress held in Port Elizabeth during July, SALGA delegates reflected on the role organised local government playing in the area of ...
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From the Provinces: Planning and Development
The provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape have taken the lead in promulgating their planning and development planning legislation which is intended to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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Municipal Structures Act: Division of Powers and functions: Who does What in the District?
Section 83 of the Municipal Structures Act stipulates that a municipality has those functions and powers assigned to it in terms of sections 156 and 229 of the ...
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