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Who is liable to pay the municipal accounts of defaulting tenants?

Despite their potential to advise, support and strengthen local government in its response to HIV and AIDS epidemic, many local and district AIDS council are ...

In post-independence Zambia, governments have sought to design and implement decentralised democratic local governance to facilitate wider participation by the ...

In the last decade we have seen a shift in the way local government is conceived-socially, politically and in the legal context. The changes status of local ...

Parliament has nearly completed its work on the local Government Laws Amendment Bill which was tabled towards the end of 2007. Many of its provisions are ...

Ward committees were introduced after the December 2000 municipal elections to supplement the role of elected councillors. As such, they were intended to ...

On 11 June 2008, the Cape High Court handed down a judgment that set an important precedent about councillors’ individual liability for taking or supporting ...

Energy experts agree that the installation of domestic solar water heaters (SWHs) could significantly reduce the demand for electricity. The figures suggest ...

Generally, a municipality may only levy taxes (other than property rates) in terms of empowering legislation. The Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act ...

The powers and functions shared between provincial and local government have traditionally been a source of great confusion and concern for municipalities. ...