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Gauteng High Court deals decisively with councillor-walk-outs
Perhaps the most important aspect of the job of a councillor is to attend council and committee meetings. Item 3 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Gender and the Budget.
While budgets have been instrumental in transmitting and reproducing gender biases, they also offer the possibility for transforming existing gender ...
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Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2004
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Guidelines For Ward Committees: Strengthening Participatory Governance
Following a national conference on ward committees in June 2003, the Department of Provincial and Local Government published its long awaited Draft Guidelinies ...
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Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2004
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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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Volume 9, Issue 4,September/ October 2007.
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How gender sensitive is your municipality?
Local government is now expected to play a proactive role in the social, economic, and material development of local communities. This means it is an sphere of ...
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Volume 5, Issue 4, September 2003.
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Immunity for Councillors: Testimony Outside Council.
Councillor's immunity from civil liability for anything they say in council is an important cornerstone of constitutional democracy and protects councillors ...
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Volume 9, Issue 1, February/March 2007
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Impact of the declaration of invalidity of the Municipal Systems Amendment Act of 2011
Background: On 9 March 2017, the Constitutional Court (the Court) confirmed a decision of the High Court, which had declared the Local Government: Municipal ...
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Volume 14, Issue 1, September 2019
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Implementing the Municipal Systems Amendment Act.
The Municipal Systems Amendment Act was signed into law by the President on 5 July 2011 and is set to have a major impact on municipal governance. Regulations ...
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Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2011.
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Intergovernmetal Relations Framework BIll: The Place for Local Government.
The intergovernmental relations framework bill, tabled in Parliament in February, establishes and entrenches the role and place of local government in our ...
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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2005.
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Is this Seat Taken? Filling Vacancies During Political Turmoil.
This article outlines the rules dealing with the expulsion and resignation of councillors from their political parties. Central to these rules is the principle ...
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.