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Safeguarding the integrity of councillors and senior managers in local government
On 12 April 2022, the Dullah Omar Insitute (DOI) convened a webinar on 'Safeguarding the integrity of councillors and senior managers in local government'. ...
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Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2022
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Amending Municipal Governance Laws: New Rules, New Directions? A focus on the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill
On 29 October 2019, Parliament revived deliberations on the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill (Bill). The Bill had been undergoing stakeholder engagement before ...
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Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2021
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Local Government in South Africa: Responses to urban-rural challenges
The Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) is one of 18 international partners of the LoGov project titled ‘Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay’. The ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
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Stepping aside, But then What? How the ANC's Resolution affects councillors
The African National Congress (ANC) is implementing a resolution, which provides that members who face criminal charges for corruption, must ‘step aside’. It ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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Streamlining the administrative burden in Western Cape Municipalities
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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Phasing in the Municipal Finance Management Act.
The Municipal Finance Management Act which was adopted by Parliament on 26 November 2003, took effect on 1 July 2004. It seeks to modernise and improve ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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Setting Service Delivery Targets.
During the past two months, the newly elected government has emphasised the important role that local government must play in meeting the challenges of ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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Dissolution of the Lekwa Teemane Council.
On 21 January 2004 the Provincial Executive of the North West approved a resolution to dissolve the Lekwa Teemane Local Council in terms of section 139 (1) (c) ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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From the Courts: Property Rates on Agricultural Land
The issue before the Court in Boshoff v Nkwetana Munisipaliteit 1935/2003 FS was whether the municipality had the authority to levy rates on agricultural land ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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Section 62 Appeals: A tender process.
Many people aggrieved by decisions made by municipalities have latched on to the fact that they have a right to appeal in terms of section 62 of the Municipal ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
