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KwaZulu-Natal's New Premier Co-ordinating Forum
On 19 April 2005, a new intergovernmental forum was launched for the provincial government and municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Forum reflects the ...
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Johannesburg's Special Cases Policy: A New Start For the Indigent.
On 4 May 2005 the City of Johannesburg started registering beneficiaries under the Special Cases Policy of 2004. The main purpose of the policy is to write off ...
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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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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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Salaries Scale Upwards For Mayors, Managers and Councillors.
National government recently gazetted new and bigger remuneration packages for municipal councillors. The proposal sees a big jump in salaries for all ...
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Managing District-Local Municipal Relations.
The Relationship between district and local municipalities varies from cordial and cooperative to conflictual and unproductive. What causes this conflict and ...
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Legal Briefs: When Does A Councillor Take Office?
Does a candidate become a councillor on the day of the election or on the day that he or she is sworn in? This matter is important in relation to matters such ...
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Keep It Local
Local democracy is a cornerstone of the new South African State. The Constitution says that local government will provide democratic and accountable government ...
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From the Courts: Settling Municipal Debts: Preference in the case of Insolvency.
In March 2006, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a decision that sets an important precedent in respect of the preference given to municipal debts in ...
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Edging Toward 50/50: The Final Score
This year's elections marked a step forward for woman's representation in local government, but it stopped short of the goal of equal gender representation set ...
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