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Extension of the ban on political party positions to all municipal staff does not survive in Labour Court
The professionalisation of local government has been high on the government’s agenda for over two decades. This is against the background that political ...
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Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2024
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Municipal Systems Bill: Erecting the Third Pillar
On 6 August 1999, Minister Mufamadi published the Local Government: Municipal Systems Bill, 1999 for public comment. The Bill. after due consideration of any ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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Employment Equity Act
There are those who say that the old South Africa is alive and well in the workplace. The upper levels of many organisations remain white and male dominated. ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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From the Courts:
Does a Town Clerk have the Authority to Institute Legal Proceedings on Behalf of the Municipality?
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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Implications For Local Government of a Single Public Service: Great White Hope Or Disaster in the Making?
The Department of Public Service and administration has published for comment a draft Public Administration Management Bill aimed at creating a single public ...
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Volume 10, Issue 2, April/ May 2008.
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Legal Briefs.
Can an employment contract be valid if a performance agreement has not been concluded?
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.
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Separating Party Politics From Governance.
The report by COGTA on the state of South African local government clearly identifies interference by political parties as a cause of the ‘dysfunctionality’ ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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Different Hats Worn by the Municipal Manager in the Tender/Bid Process.
In a recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision, CC Groenewald v M5 Developments, the court held that the unsuccessful bidders had a right, under section 62 of ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Resolution of SAMWU Strike by SALGA Commendable.
The recent strike by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) centred on two key issues: inequity in wage curves (the income bands according to which workers ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Towards a Professionalised Management at Local Government
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has published proposed amendments to the Municipal Systems Act which will do much to ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010