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The highly politicised dispute in the City if Cape Town about a proposed change in the system of governance from an executive mayoral system to an executive ...

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

The Constitution confers on the national government supervisory powers over the provincial (and local) governments. It also affords the provincial government ...

Matters affecting municipalities have become more and more important to residents. Given the constitutional objective to encourage the involvement of ...

Can public servants stand as candidates in municipal elections?

This article explores the law on councillor candidacy, particularly as it relates to municipal, provincial and national employees. Officials employed by the ...

The vertical organisation of the state remains a thorn in a flesh in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa. Various forms of multilevel systems of government have ...

The election on 5 December 2000 was the formal beginning of the new local government dispensation, Local government was established as the primary site for ...

Check out our new Local Government Bulletin website

The Dullah Omar Institute is excited to announce the launch of a new website for the Local Government Bulletin. The Bulletin is produced by the Institute’s ...

Municipalities are under heavy pressure to extend and improve the delivery of municipal services. A wide range of policies, legislation, institutions and ...

The Bill of Rights provides that any person has the right of access to any information held by the state. This includes information held by a municipality. The ...