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After six years of waiting: The Climate Change Act 22 of 2024
On 18 July 2024, President Ramaphosa signed the then Climate Change Bill into law. The new Climate Change Act 22 of 2024 marks a significant milestone in South ...
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Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2024
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Community Participation and Ward Committees
While ward committees are known to communities, they continue to attract fierce criticism. Many communities are disillusioned and feel that participation in ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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Consequences of Failing to Adopt a Budget by 30 June.
Political disagreements in a municipal council sometimes lead to stalemates on important matters such as the adoption of a municipal budget. Failure to adopt a ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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Decentralised Response to HIV & AIDS.
In recent years, many municipalities have started formulating and implementing their HIV and AIDS response strategies and much progress has been made. However, ...
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Volume 9, Issue 1, February/March 2007
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Equal Gender Representation? Audit of Local Government
Salga conducted an audit to determine the extent to which woman are represented and participate in local government. It focused on two areas: the elected ...
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Volume 6, Issue 4, September 2004.
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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 the Courts: Legality of Land Rates imposed as Flat Rates by Municipalities before December Elections.
Gerber and others v MEC of the Gauteng Province and Eastern Gauteng Services Council (case no, 303/2001)
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From the Provinces: Planning and Development
The provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape have taken the lead in promulgating their planning and development planning legislation which is intended to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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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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HIV & AIDS: Why and How Local Government Must Respond.
The epidemic, its prevention and its consequences require coordinated responses of all institutions and sectors involved in municipal development. While ...
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Volume 8, Issue 5, November 2006.
