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Tackling Silositis: The Division Disease.
When examining failure of local government to deliver services, a lack of funds and lack of capacity, the failure to spend allocated budgets and lagging ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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Tackling the Developmental Challenge Head On.
Constitutional democracies are often ‘messy’. Systems in a democracy are largely dependent on a number of processes. If these processes are not synchronised, ...
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Volume 11, Issue 5, November/December 2009
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Tarifs and Debt Collection in the Muncipal Systems Act.
Tariff and debt collection policies are of paramount importance for local government. Local government derives most of its revenue from the levying of rates ...
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Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2001
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Terms of Reference for Political Structures and Political Office Bearers
Every municipal council has the right to to determine its internal procedures. This right is protected by section 160 of the Constitution, which allows a ...
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Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2002
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The 'Big Four' Functions: Finality on SIght
On 3 June 2003, Minister Sydney Mufamadi published a notice for all nine provinces which revokes authorisation in terms of section 84 (3) of the Municipal ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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The ‘download’ on personal information: The Protection of Personal Information Act and Municipalities
In an age of information warfare, identity theft and the mismanagement and commercialisation of personal information in the digital world, the right to privacy ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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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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The Battle of Butterworth
Butterworth, an industrial and business centre halfway between East London and the former Transkei capital of Umtata, made history as the first municipality to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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The BRICS Bank: More Money for South Africa’s Municipalities?
Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill coined the term ‘BRIC’ in 2009 as an abbreviation for a group of four emerging economies that were growing relatively fast- ...
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Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019
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The Budget Vote for Local Government.
On 22 April 2010, the Minister for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, presented Parliament with his department’s budget vote for ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010