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New Electricity Regulations: Shocking Municipalities Into Action?
Municipalities will play a key role in the government's response to the electricity crisis. In the wake of the recent peak in the ongoing electricity ...
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Volume 10, Issue 1, February/March 2008
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New Leaders, Persistant Challenges
The outcome of the elections of 22 April is critical for local government. The success of ‘developmental local government’ depends to a large extent on the ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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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.
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No Safeguards for Municipal Property.
The recent judgment in the appeal case of Munisipaliteit van Ngwane & Vrystaat Munisipale Pesioenfonds 254/ 2002 AD has attracted much attention and comment ...
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Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003
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One step forward, two steps back: 2021 local government elections resulted in lower women’s representation than the last few elections
In our previous article on women’s representation in local government, we reported that the numbers of women elected into office for proportional ...
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Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2022
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Outsourcing Municipal Services and Skills Transfer.
The Local Government Project conducted a survey of a wide range of current South African service delivery contracts to see how their actual contract terms ...
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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2005.
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Participatory Governance Through Ward Committees.
The Department of Provincial and Local Government held a conference on ward committees on 24-25 June. These are the vehicles through which participatory ...
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Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003
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Party Manifestos For The Third Local Government Elections 18 May 2011.
With the local government elections set for 18 May, political parties are preparing their party policies and manifestos in a bid to woo voters. A survey of the ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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Perfomance Management in the Systems Act: Implementing Accountability
The White Paper on Local Government identified performance management as one of local government's tools for the implementation of its development mandate in ...
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Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2001
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Phasing in the Municipal Finance Management Act.
The Municipal Finance Management Act which was adopted by Parliament on 26 November 2003, took effect on 1 July 2004. It seeks to modernise and improve ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004