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The limits of the power of traditional leaders to allocate land
Over the past two years, the Local Government Bulletin has published a series of articles examining judgments concerning the power of traditional leaders to ...
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Volume 19, Issue 4, November/December 2024
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Five time’s a charm? Thubakgale and Others v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Others
What recourse do citizens have when the State fails to realise the fundamental right of access to housing? Five recent judgments have affirmed the 133 ...
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Volume 18, Issue 4, November/December 2023
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Land use management: Where traditional and municipal governance meet in rural areas
Municipalities play a critical role in service delivery, development and democracy. What is often forgotten in the assessment of local government is that, ...
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Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019
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Municipalities are not off the hook for food security
Food security is typically and administratively considered the exclusive concerns of national and provincial government, but a plausible case can be made that ...
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Volume 14, Issue 1, September 2019
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Municipalities and COVID-19: A summary and perspective on the national disaster management directions
The coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, is wreaking havoc across the world and South Africa is no exception. On 15 March, President Cyril ...
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Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2020
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The Lockdown Regulations Are Not A Ban On All Informal Food Traders
South Africa has gone into lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. One of the very many concerns surrounding the impact of the lockdown relates to access to ...
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Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2020
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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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Gender sensitive planning and urban design for cities to respond to GBVF
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) aims to create an enabling environment in which women can feel safe. ...
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Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2021
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on district municipalities in the Western Cape
The School for Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation conducted a research study on the impact of the ...
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Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2021 [Special Issue on Local Government Finance]
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AARTO Acts: High Court says national government must respect the autonomy of provinces and municipalities
The national government has a shared responsibility with provinces and municipalities to ‘secure the wellbeing of the people’. It may achieve this objective ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
