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Local Government Capacity 2004: Municipal Demarcation Board's National Report.
The Municipal Demarcation Board has released its 2004/2005 local government capacity assessment report. It showed a steady increase in both the range and level ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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Budget Meetings Behind Closed Doors? Interpreting the Systems Act on Public Access to Meetings.
Can mayoral committees and executive committees hold meetings behind closed doors about critical issues like draft by-laws or draft budgets? Does section 20 of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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The New Municipal PPP Regulations.
Regulations governing public/private partnerships in the local government sphere came into effect on 1 April 2005. Section 120 of the Municipal Finance ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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Property Rates Act in Operation.
After some delays, the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004 was finally brought into operation on 1 July 2005. This comprehensive Act institutes a uniform ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Service Delivery Agreements: Renegotiations and Amendments.
Contract renegotiations and amendments are a relatively common feature of long-term service delivery agreements and public-private partnerships. The ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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The PPP Procurement Process.
The Public-Private Partnership procurement process overlaps in many respect with the recently published Supply Chain Management Regulations. The overlap occurs ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Who Can Dismiss a Municipal Manager?
The recent controversy surrounding the municipal manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality raised important questions regarding which sphere of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Defining Local Government Powers: The Need For Guidance.
The powers and functions of local government are listed in schedules 4B and 5B of the Constitution. The schedules list functional areas without detailed ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005
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From the Courts: Outdated Ordinances- A constitutional Headache
This case highlights the need for provincial governments to carefully re-evaluate all ordinances predating the constitutional dispensation because in all ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005
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The Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan.
Each municipality classified as high capacity in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 is required to compile a service delivery and budget ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005
