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Crisis or Communication Breakdown? Are Our Councillors Listening?
Not that long ago, a democracy promotion organisation arranged a course ti help local councillors improve their capacity to represent voters. The skills it ...
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Has Floor-Crossing Seen its End?
The floor-crossing window period has come to and gone, affecting the composition of 128 municipalities. Although 280 politicians tried to cross, only 250 ...
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Legal Briefs.
Does the municipal council have a say in the appointments of administrative staff by the municipal manager?
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Local AIDS Councils and the Civic Role of Local Government.
There is widespread consensus that the severity of the HIV and AIDS epidemic cannot be curbed by the government on its own. In light of this realisation, the ...
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Service Delivery Protests: Failure to Deliver or Failure to Communicate?
Service delivery protests in the spotlight. At first glance the photo accompanying this article seems more reminiscent of the protests which marked the ...
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Facilitating Public Participation: A Niche Role For the Speaker
Considerable attention has been drawn to local governement's ability to facilitate public participation and the role and effective administration of ward ...
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The Functioning of Ward Committees. Challenges and Prospects.
Ward committees were formally introduced in 2000, and many municipalities soon commenced the process of establishing them. The establishment rate of ward ...
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