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Between a rock and a dark place: Municipalities battle to keep the lights on in the face of escalating debt
In the space of one week in September, the country’s load shedding status sent any sniff of foreign investors scurrying for cover, and the City of Tshwane ...
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Volume 17, Issue 4, November 2022
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Court invalidates an unlawful contract and holds officials personally liable for unauthorised and irregular expenditure
The case of Imvusa Trading 1581 BK v Oudtshoorn Municipality is about a monetary claim arising from a contract between the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality and ...
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Volume 17, Issue 4, November 2022
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Human Settlements in the 2023/24 Budget
Increasing 4.4% to R34.9 billion in 2023/24, the budget of the National Department of Human Settlements serves as the primary means for government to achieve ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023
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The Procurement Bill will be introduced in Parliament: Is it constitutional?
The long-awaited Public Procurement Bill (Bill 2023) will be introduced in Parliament for debate in the second quarter of 2023, after being in the making since ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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From the Courts: Access to Tender Documents- Water Engineering and Construction (Pty) Ltd v Lekoa Vaal Metropolitan Council 1999 (9) BCLR 1052 (W)
Access to tender documents
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Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2000
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Financial Arrangements for the New Municipalities: Guidelines for the Transitional Phase
The establishment of new municipalities is on our doorstep and it is crucial that certain financial and other related issues be addressed as a matter of ...
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Volume 2, Issue 4, November 2000
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eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality vs COVID-19: 90 days into the Lockdown
Since the declaration of the state of national disaster by the Minister of Cooperative Government on 18 March 2020, and the subsequent announcement of a ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Legal Brief
Who is liable to pay the municipal accounts of defaulting tenants?
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Volume 10, Issue 3, July/August 2008.
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From the Courts: Who Excludes Bidders From Future Contracts?
The duty to create and maintain a sound supply chain management system is an essential component of the good governance of any municipality. While the ...
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.
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The Financial Health of Municipalities.
In the 2008 Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review, the National Treasury analyses how municipalities have been funded since 2003/2004 and how they ...
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.