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DDM: Beating the silos, or adding bureaucracy?
In his Presidency Budget Speech in 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out that government often operates in silos, and lacks coherence in planning and ...
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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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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Dissolution of the Lekwa Teemane Council.
On 21 January 2004 the Provincial Executive of the North West approved a resolution to dissolve the Lekwa Teemane Local Council in terms of section 139 (1) (c) ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004
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District Intergovernmental Forums: Measuring Compliance With the Act.
The Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act requires that, within one year of its coming into operation, districts must have established district ...
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Volume 8, Issue 5, November 2006.
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District Intergovernmental Forums: Best Practices From the Past
By August 2006, all district municipalities must have established district intergovernmental forums. The intergovernmental Relation Framework Act of 2005 ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Expanded Public Works Programme: Role of the Municipalities.
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) will spend R15 to 20 billion on labour-intensive projects by 2009. The short-term goal is to create a million ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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From SALGA : Annual General Congress: Focussing on Intergovernmental Relations.
At its Annual General Congress held in Port Elizabeth during July, SALGA delegates reflected on the role organised local government playing in the area of ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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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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From SALGA: Participation in the NCOP.
The intergovernmental Relations Working Group of SALGA has been considering a number of Bills with a view to make recommendations to the organisation on the ...
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Volume 1, Issue 4 December 1999
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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