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Collecting Service Debts: Constitutional Court Speaks.
A recent judgment by the Constitutional Court confirms that the electricity and water charges owed to a municipality must be paid before a property can be ...
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Volume 6, Issue 5, November 2004
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From the Courts: Powers of Municipalities to Impose Property Rates.
A recent judgment by the Constitutional Court clarifies the powers, duties and status of municipalities and pronounces positively on the powers of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2005.
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The Property Rates Act: A Tool For Poverty Alleviation.
Property rates are an important source of revenue for municipalities and this is reflected in the preamble to the Property Rates Act of 2004.There is a need to ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005
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From the Courts: Sewerage Charges Based on Property Value and Usage
At the end of 2005, the Supreme Court of Appeal made a ruling on the question of whether sewerage charges should be based on the value of the property or on ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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State of the Municipalities: More Money, More Skills
In his 2006 State of the Nation Address on 3 February , President Thabo Mbeki focused on the troubles and goals of local government. While he noted that three ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Municipality's Share of the National Pie: New Grants, More Money in the Fight Against Poverty.
The Division of Revenue Bill 2007, introduced by the Minister of Finance, Trevor Manual, sets out the allocations local government will receive for the ...
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Volume 9, Issue 1, February/March 2007
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The Housing Dilemma: Reviewing Local Governmnt Functions.
An essential part of the current review of government structures is evaluating the success of local government in meetings its constitutional obligations to ...
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Volume 9, Issue 3, June/July 2007
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Levying Property Rates: A New Dispensation.
With the gradual implementation of the Local Government Property Rates Act, the impact of the new constitutional regime in the levying of property rates is ...
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Volume 9, Issue 4,September/ October 2007.
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Legal Briefs.
Do Property Rates Expire After Three Or After Thirty Years?
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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.
