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Community Development Workers.
In his 2003 State of the Nation Address, President Thabo Mbeki announced that "government will create a public service echelon of mutli-skilled community ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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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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Expanded Public Works Programme: Role of the Municipalities.
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) will spend R15 to 20 billion on labour-intensive projects by 2009. The short-term goal is to create a million ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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Powers of the Speaker?
The Speaker of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality convened a council meeting on 15 July 2003 in which he purported to appoint a commission of enquiry to ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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Agenda For The First Council Meeting.
The first meeting of the newly elected councils must take place at the seat of the municipality within 14 days of the council being declared elected. If it is ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Challenges for the New Councils
The election on 5 December 2000 was the formal beginning of the new local government dispensation, Local government was established as the primary site for ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Councillors Can Have Their Say: Immunity in Council.
For a democracy to be vibrant, councillors must have the freedom to speak their minds in council. This freedom is protected by the Constitution and the ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Making Headlines: Dismissal of Councillors ini Gauteng
More than 100 municipal councillors and officials have been dismissed or forced to resign over the past five years in Gauteng's municipalities following ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Legal Briefs: When Does A Councillor Take Office?
Does a candidate become a councillor on the day of the election or on the day that he or she is sworn in? This matter is important in relation to matters such ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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Salaries Scale Upwards For Mayors, Managers and Councillors.
National government recently gazetted new and bigger remuneration packages for municipal councillors. The proposal sees a big jump in salaries for all ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.