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Community participation is key to the functioning of local government. One of the constitutional objects of local government is to encourage the involvement of ...

Composing selection panels to appoint senior managers in municipalities

The law provides that senior managers in municipalities must have the requisite skills to perform. It further prescribes the procedure for appointing senior ...

How do conflicts of interest affect the implementation of the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) and what can municipalities do to lessen their impact?

Political disagreements in a municipal council sometimes lead to stalemates on important matters such as the adoption of a municipal budget. Failure to adopt a ...

On 12 July 2001 the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development published two Bills with proposed amendments to the Constitution. This article ...

Constitutional Court confirms that municipal by-laws do not need national or provincial approval

The Constitution creates a jurisdictional, functional and institutional space that is reserved only for municipalities. When acting in this space, ...

Constitutional Court gives AARTO the go-ahead: What does the judgment mean for municipalities?

On 12 July 2023 the Constitutional Court overturned an order of constitutional invalidity made by the Pretoria High Court (High Court), and instead declared ...

Suppose a new municipal manager comes across a procurement contract that was awarded irregularly more than three months ago. Can he or she approach a court to ...

Constitutional Court invalidates the dissolution of the Municipal Council of Tshwane

Ever since the first intervention under the 1996 Constitution in the then Butterworth Transitional Local Council (Eastern Cape) in 1998, it has remained ...

The Gauteng Development Tribunal was making land use management decisions and bypassing municipal land-use planning processes on the basis of the DFA. The SCA ...