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Reflections on Local Government: Creating a More Viable and Relevant Vision for Local Government.
This is article was prepared by Davids Schmidt for the Good Governance Learning Network (GGLN) to stimulate debate and discussion in the GGLN as part of their ...
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Volume 10, Issue 1, February/March 2008
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Reflections on reforming municipal law and policy in harmony with laws on carriage of hazardous materials by road in South Africa
South Africa is an industrial hub in sub-Saharan Africa and its transport industry is a 333 790 billion-rand industry that significantly contributes to taxes ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023
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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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Report on the State of Local Government.
This is a shortened version of the address by Yunus Carrim, Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Leadership, to the Institute of Local ...
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Volume 11, Issue 5, November/December 2009
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Resolution of SAMWU Strike by SALGA Commendable.
The recent strike by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) centred on two key issues: inequity in wage curves (the income bands according to which workers ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Responsibilites of Municipal Managers: The Municipal Finance Management Act
The Municipal Finance Management Act is a very prescriptive piece of legislation and should not be read piecemeal, but worked through as a whole. Many chapters ...
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Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2004
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Return to Sender: Municipalities and the Postal Services Act
The Postal Services Act of 1998 stipulates that delivery of all "letters, postcards, printed matter, small parcels..." is a reserved service which may only be ...
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Volume 9, Issue 1, February/March 2007
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Review of the Local Government Fiscal Framework.
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 ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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Review of the White Paper on Local Government: A Civil Society Perspective.
This submission by the Good Governance Learning Network to the local government review provides an assessment of the practice of local governance in South ...
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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.
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Reviewing the Children's Act: Implications for local government
The Children’s Amendment Act (Act 41 of 2007) was signed into law on 18 March this year. The Act, together with draft regulations recently published for public ...
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Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2008