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Community Participation and Ward Committees
While ward committees are known to communities, they continue to attract fierce criticism. Many communities are disillusioned and feel that participation in ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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Should All Municipal Managers Get The Boot?
With the election of new councils on 18 May, many municipal managers are likely to lose their jobs. The same applies to the managers reporting to the municipal ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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First 100 Days In Office.
By now, all municipal councils will have held their first council meeting and constituted most of their political structures. This article provides some basic ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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Removing Elected Councillors Will Create Chaos.
Widespread disgruntlement over allegations thatcandidates nominated by communities had been irregularly removed by the ANC led to a promise by President Jacob ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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Municipal Property Rates Act Out Of Public Comment.
After a lengthy process of public consultation on amendments to the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004, the Department of Cooperative Governance and ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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Draft Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill.
On 6 May this year, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform published a Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill for public comment, with a ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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KZN Planning and Development Act.
The KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act came into operation on 1 May 2010 and governs land use planning and development management. KwaZulu-Natal is ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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From the Courts: The end of administrative autonomy over individual staff appointments.
Manana v King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality (345/09) [2010] ZASCA 144 (25 November 2010).
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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The Aftermath Of The 2011 Local Elections.
The last issue of the LGB highlighted some key battlegrounds in the 2011 local elections. This issue looks at the aftermath.
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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New Preferential Procurement Regulations Released.
After much anticipation and a lengthy process of review, the new regulations under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act of 2000 (Procurement Act ) ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.