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The Constitution requires from provinces to monitor, support and, if necessary intervene in a municipality. The new local government dispensation, establishing ...

Hiding behind a finger: Water contamination by Msukwaligwa Local Municipality

In 2023, the quality of South Africa’s water was put in the spotlight when several cholera outbreaks and deaths were recorded. The outbreaks were initially ...

The Public Procurement Bill becomes law: What are the new changes?

On 23 July 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa assented and signed into law the Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024 (PPA). This article forms part of a series of ...

Fixing the gaps in whistleblower protection: developments from 2023 – 2024

Local government’s challenges are exacerbated by corruption. It results in wasteful and fruitless expenditure, compromises service delivery, and increases ...

Section 83 of the Municipal Structures Act stipulates that a municipality has those functions and powers assigned to it in terms of sections 156 and 229 of the ...

Butterworth, an industrial and business centre halfway between East London and the former Transkei capital of Umtata, made history as the first municipality to ...

On 17 February 1999, the provincial executive of the Northern Cape Province intervened into the Warrenton municipality On 16 March, the matter was reported to ...

Section 139 of the Constitution authorises the provincial executive to intervene in a municipality when it does not fulfil its executive obligation in terms of ...

The Constitution demands that each sphere of government must respect the constitutional status, powers and functions of the other spheres and that each should ...

Provincial intervention under section 139 of the Constitution is one of the many mechanisms available to provinces to rectify problems at municipal level. This ...