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Determining the size of local councils in Ethiopia: The larger, the more democratic?
It has been close to ten years since the local government elections were held in Ethiopia. The elections have been indefinitely postponed since 2018 because ...
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Volume 17, Issue 4, November 2022
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Court orders City of Cape Town not to remove political banners of the EFF
In the Economic Freedom Fighters v City of Cape Town and Another, the court dealt with a case brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against the City ...
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Volume 16, Issue 5, November/December 2021
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Why coalition agreements should be public
In the previous articles of the coalition series in the Local Government Bulletin, it was argued that the proportional representation (PR) electoral system of ...
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Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2021
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Local government elections: to delay or not to delay?
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), finds itself in a conundrum. On the one hand, the terms of municipal councils are fixed to a five year term ...
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Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2021
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Local Government in South Africa: Responses to urban-rural challenges
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) is one of 18 international partners of the LoGov project titled ‘Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay’. The ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
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Women’s representation in the upcoming Local Government Elections
After celebrating 20 years of democratic local government, we stand on the cusp of our sixth municipal elections on 1 November 2021. Once again local ...
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Volume 16, Issue 5, November/December 2021
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Stepping aside, But then What? How the ANC's Resolution affects councillors
The African National Congress (ANC) is implementing a resolution, which provides that members who face criminal charges for corruption, must ‘step aside’. It ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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Ward Delimitations for the 2005/2006 Local Elections
South Africa is gearing up for the next local elections, which are to be held between December 2005 and March 2006. It is expected that the election date will ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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Electing Woman Councillors: 50/50 Representation?
With the upcoming local government election drawing closer, gender representation has become an issue once again. The use of a quota policy to address the ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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End of Cross-Boundary Municipalities.
Prior to the December 5 elections, the Constitution was amended and other legislation was enacted, to provide for the demarcation and establishment of ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
