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Section 62 of the Municipal Systems Act provides that any person ‘whose rights are affected by a decision taken by a political structure, political office ...

The Centre for Policy Studies recently completed a study on the role of elected local councillors, particularly ward councillors, in service delivery in South ...

The City of Cape Town built unenclosed toilets in Makhaza, an informal settlement in Ward 95 of Khayelitsha. It did so on the understanding that the community ...

Gender equity is a key objective of government policy, as seen in national government’s target of 50:50 gender representation in senior management by March ...

How do conflicts of interest affect the implementation of the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) and what can municipalities do to lessen their impact?

Political disagreements in a municipal council sometimes lead to stalemates on important matters such as the adoption of a municipal budget. Failure to adopt a ...

Body Corporate Croftdene Mall v eThekwini Municipality (16977/2009) [2010] ZAKZDHC 20 (1 May 2010)

Moves are afoot to professionalise the administrative arm of local government. First, the National Treasury has prescribed a competency framework for municipal ...

In 2009, SALGA recommended to the Local Government Budget Forum that there should be a review of many aspects of fiscal policies in relation to municipal ...

The ANC’s National General Council (NGC) is a forum at which the organisation’s progress and challenges are reviewed between national conferences. It is the ...