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Developing cost-sharing models for provision of improved water in local communities
Water in South Africa is a basic human right. The Free Basic Water Policy states that every South African household is entitled to receive 6000 litres of free ...
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Gender sensitive planning and urban design for cities to respond to GBVF
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) aims to create an enabling environment in which women can feel safe. ...
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The financial impact of COVID-19 on district and local municipalities: A national perspective
On 29 March 2021, the Dullah Omar Institute convened a webinar on the financial impact of Covid-19 on district and local municipalities. The webinar was ...
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The financial impact of COVID-19 on district and local municipalities: A Western Cape perspective
On 29 March 2021, the Dullah Omar Institute convened a webinar on the financial impact of Covid-19 on district and local municipalities. The webinar was ...
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Webinar report: Coalitions in Local Government
On 12 March 2021, the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) convened a webinar on “Coalitions in Local Government”. Close to 100 participants attended, and the panel ...
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Court stops reckless electricity outsourcing contract
Can a municipality under a section 139(5) intervention avoid or by-pass an Administrator, or adopt decisions, such as entering into contracts, that undermine a ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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Recovering fruitless and wasteful expenditure: Nelson Mandela Bay v Lindele Antonio Petuna
Year after year, the Auditor General exposes how too many municipalities incur significant amounts of fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Municipal Finance ...
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SCA tells Eskom to exhaust alternative dispute resolution before cutting electricity
Eskom is struggling to recover monies owed to it by municipalities for the supply of bulk electricity. Municipal debts to Eskom have ballooned to alarming ...
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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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The ‘download’ on personal information: The Protection of Personal Information Act and Municipalities
In an age of information warfare, identity theft and the mismanagement and commercialisation of personal information in the digital world, the right to privacy ...
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