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Knowledge management: the missing link for sustainable local governance
South African organisations face various challenges, one of which is the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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Rules for the sometimes unruly
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published a Code of Conduct for Councillors on 14 June 2023 (the new code of conduct). This ...
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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A summary of the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 2024
About 70 municipalities are governed through coalition governments. Coalition governments are formed between parties and interests when no single political ...
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Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2024
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When the turkey snubs Christmas: The MEC’s power to convene council meetings instead of the speaker
Municipal council meetings are central to local democracy. It is where the municipal executive accounts, municipal policies and by-laws are adopted, and ...
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Volume 18, Issue 4, November/December 2023
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The role of municipal leadership in accelerating transformation and service delivery
Municipal leadership is a driver of transformation and an agent of improved service delivery in South African municipalities. A study commissioned by the Local ...
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Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2024
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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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Legal Briefs: Municipal Staff Member on a Ward Committee?
With the enactment and implementation of the Municipal Demarcation Act, Municipal Structures Act and Municipal Systems Act, the new dispensation for local ...
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Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2001
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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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Legal Briefs
What happens if a Political Party Dissolves? What happens if a Councillor leaves the Party? When does a vacancy occur?
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Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2001
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Mayoral Committees off the Hook? High Court Rules Against Proportinality.
After taking office in December 2000, the Executive mayor of Johannesburg Metropolitan municipality appointed a mayoral committee in terms of section 60 of the ...
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Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2001
