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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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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Proposal towards the Establishment of Ward Committees
This article is based on a discussion document prepared for SALGA by the Local Government Project of the Community Law Centre.
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Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2001
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Province not Liable for Municipal Debts.
MEC for Local Government, Mpumalanga v IMATU 2002 (1) SA 76 (SCA)
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Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2002
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Provinces vs Structures Act: Demarcartion Board Walks off with the Spoils.
On 15 October 1999, the Constitutional Court laid down judgments on a range of constitutional challenges to the Structures Act 117 of 1998 that had been ...
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Volume 1, Issue 4 December 1999
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Provincial governments are not intervening when they are supposed to: The Case study of Emalahleni Local Municipality
The latest municipal audit results (2017-18) released by the Auditor-General (AG), Kimi Makwetu, found amongst others that a third of municipalities are not in ...
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Volume 14, Issue 1, September 2019
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Provincial Supervision of the New Municipalities: The Challenges ahead
The Constitution requires from provinces to monitor, support and, if necessary intervene in a municipality. The new local government dispensation, establishing ...
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Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2000
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Public Hearing on Service Delivery
In response to widespread and ongoing service delivery protests across South Africa, Parliament has established a special committee to investigate and gather ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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Quality of Political Leadership is Crucial for Effective Service Delivery.
The Centre for Policy Studies recently completed a study on the role of elected local councillors, particularly ward councillors, in service delivery in South ...
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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Recovering fruitless and wasteful expenditure: Nelson Mandela Bay v Lindele Antonio Petuna
Year after year, the Auditor General exposes how too many municipalities incur significant amounts of fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Municipal Finance ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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Redefining the Political Structure of District Municipalities.
The DPLG's policy review process was kicked off with "65 questions for public engagements". Among the listed 65 questions, it asked: "What role should district ...
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Volume 10, Issue 2, April/ May 2008.
