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District Management Areas: Municipal Demarcation Board Changes Policy.
The Municipal Structures Act of 1998 mandates the Municipal Demarcation Board to declare part of an area that must have both district and local municipalities ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Electing Representatives to the District Council
A district municipality covers the same area as the local municipalities within its district. In other words, a number of local municipalities together make up ...
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Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2000
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Electing The Last District Councils?
The question waiting to be answered is whether this will be the last election that features districts as a political institution. Of the three local government ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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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.
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Facilitating the Transition: Section 14 (5) Committees
The formation of interim forums, commissions or committees is one of the key measures MEC's are taking to facilitate the transition to the new dispensation. ...
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Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2000
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From SALGA's AGM: Key Issues Arising out of the Demarcation process and the Implications for SALGA.
The demarcation process has created a rationalised system of municipal governance: 6 metropolitan municipalities, 47 district municipalities, with the latter ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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From the Courts:
Does a Town Clerk have the Authority to Institute Legal Proceedings on Behalf of the Municipality?
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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From the Courts: Elections for, and Voting in, the Council: Recent decisions.
In less than two years time, South African citizens will for the first time elect their municipal councils in a fully democratic manner. At present, local ...
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Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999
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From the Courts: Notifying the IEC of a Floor-Crossing.
The Constitution of South Africa Amendment Act 18 of 2002 and the Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act 20 of 2002 contain provisions designed ...
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Volume 6, Issue 4, September 2004.