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The accountability of the executive to the council is a cardinal principle of good governance. Information flow is essential to holding it accountable for its ...

The powers and functions shared between provincial and local government have traditionally been a source of great confusion and concern for municipalities. ...

The outcome of the elections of 22 April is critical for local government. The success of ‘developmental local government’ depends to a large extent on the ...

At the Local Government Bulletin’s tenth anniversary conference, Mr Elroy Africa, the acting director-general of the Department of Cooperative Governance and ...

As the local government turnaround strategy gains momentum (see page 7 and the editorial) and energy is focused on assessing the state of local government, the ...

In response to widespread and ongoing service delivery protests across South Africa, Parliament has established a special committee to investigate and gather ...

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 ...

In 2007, in response to the capacity constraints bedevilling local government, the National Treasury issued regulations setting out minimum competency ...

The Constitution confers on the national government supervisory powers over the provincial (and local) governments. It also affords the provincial government ...

Constitutional Court gives AARTO the go-ahead: What does the judgment mean for municipalities?

On 12 July 2023 the Constitutional Court overturned an order of constitutional invalidity made by the Pretoria High Court (High Court), and instead declared ...