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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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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.
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Factors affecting local governance
How can we improve the quality of governance in municipalities? What do we need to do in local government to promote stability, allow development to take ...
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Volume 15, Issue 4, November 2020
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Financial interests of councillors: do municipalities make them public?
Item 8 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors provides that each councillor must, within 60 days of his or her election (or appointment as a local ...
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Volume 18, Issue 4, November/December 2023
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First 100 Days In Office.
By now, all municipal councils will have held their first council meeting and constituted most of their political structures. This article provides some basic ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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First Council Meeting: Guidelines for the Agenda
The final stage of local government transformation commences formally with the holding of the first meeting of the newly elected councils.
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Volume 2, Issue 4, November 2000
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From SALGA: Report on the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill
The Portfolio Committee on Provincial and Local Government passed this Bill on 22 October 2002 and the National Assembly passed two days later. The Bill at the ...
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From SALGA: Roles and Responsibilities of Mayors
Section 53 of the Municipal Systems Act determines that every municipality must define the specific role and area of responsibility of each political structure ...
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Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2001
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From SALGA: Roles of Political Office-Bearers
The national workshop on the roles and responsibilities of political office-bearers in Mogale City on 29 and 30 August was the culmination of a series of ...
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Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2001
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From SALGA: Taking the Bull by its Horns
Key local government leaders from across the country gathered at SALGA's National General Council in November 2002 to consider critical issues currently facing ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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From SALGA; The Role and Function of Speakers
On 12 March 2001, the South African Local Government Association conducted a workshop to deal with the role and function of the speakers.
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Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2001