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Where to Now With District Municipalites? Redefining Their Role and Application.
The debate about district municipalities- their performance and their future is widespread. Some critics question whether districts have served their function. ...
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Volume 9, Issue 3, June/July 2007
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The Housing Dilemma: Reviewing Local Governmnt Functions.
An essential part of the current review of government structures is evaluating the success of local government in meetings its constitutional obligations to ...
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Volume 9, Issue 3, June/July 2007
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Name Changing of Towns: Public Participation At the Forefront Once More.
The Supreme Court of Appeal recently examined the processes surrounding the changing of town names and the extent to which they must facilitate public ...
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Volume 9, Issue 3, June/July 2007
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Who makes the laws? Dividing Legislative Power between Provincial and Local Government
As from the day of the forthcoming local government elections, local government's legislative and executive powers are going to be squarely based on the ...
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Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2000
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From the Courts: The Constitution, By-laws and Billboards- City of Cape Town v Ad Outpost (Pty) 2000 (2) BCLR 130 (C)
City of Cape Town's By-law 1959 of 1966 requires any person, intending to display a sign, to make a written application for prior approval by the municipality. ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000
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From SALGA: immigration Bill: Another Unfunded Mandate?
This is an abbreviated version of SALGA's submission to the joint session of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and the Select Committee on ...
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Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2002
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Electricity Restructuring: Short-Circuting Municpalities?
Important recent developments in the electricity distribution industry (EDI) could have a significant impact on municipalities. A recent court challenge raises ...
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Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2002
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Assignment to Local Government
When the new Premier of the Western Cape took office in January 2002, he vowed to devolve as many provincial functions as possible onto local authorities which ...
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Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2002
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President's Coordinating Council sets Agenda for Local Government
At a special President's Coordinating Council (PCC) workshop on 14 December 2001, the agenda was set for building a strong and development-oriented local ...
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Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2002
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From the Courts: Guarding Against Disruption of Local Government
MEC for Local Government and Planning of the Western Cape v Paarl Poultry Enterprises CC Rosendal Poultry Farm 2002 (2) BCLR 133 (CC)
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Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2002