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From the Courts: Privileges and Immunities of Councillors: How far do they go?
ANC Umvoti Council Caucus and Others v Umvoti Municipality 2010 (3) SA 31 (KZP)
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Limits on Withholding Municipal Clearance Certificate.
In City of Cape Town v Real People Housing (77/09) [2009] ZASCA 159 (30 November 2009), the Supreme Court of Appeal clarified the meaning of section 118(1) of ...
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Local Government in Kenya
Like most post-colonial states in Africa, Kenya inherited its local government structure from the colonial government. The City of Nairobi was created by royal ...
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Municipal Duties to Occupiers Facing Evictions From Private Land.
While a number of recent judgments have confirmed the duty of municipalities to ‘meaningfully engage’ with unlawful occupiers before seeking to evict them from ...
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Property Rates Latest Development.
Property rates, as a form of tax imposed on the market value of land and buildings, are the key source of revenue for municipalities. The framework for the ...
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Resolution of SAMWU Strike by SALGA Commendable.
The recent strike by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) centred on two key issues: inequity in wage curves (the income bands according to which workers ...
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The Budget Vote for Local Government.
On 22 April 2010, the Minister for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, presented Parliament with his department’s budget vote for ...
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Towards a Professionalised Management at Local Government
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has published proposed amendments to the Municipal Systems Act which will do much to ...
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Effective Service Delivery
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in conjunction with the Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE), has produced a booklet on municipal commonages. As ...
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From the Courts: The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance?
Diggers Development (Pty) Ltd v City of Matlosana and Isago@N12 (Pty) Ltd (47201/09) [2010] ZAGPPHC 15.
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