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Local government elections
Recent amendments to the Constitution, read with certain provisions of the Municipal Structures Act, have the effect that the elections for local government, ...
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Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999
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Michael Sutcliffe - Municipal Demarcation Board
Over the past two months the Municipal Demarcation Board has focused on the following: Developing a framework within which the demarcation process would occur ...
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Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999
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The Spanish local government system: A model designed for stability
With the advent of the new democratic system in 1978, after 40 years of authoritarian regime, the concern of decision-makers designing local political ...
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Volume 18, Issue 4, November/December 2023
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Financial interests of councillors: do municipalities make them public?
Item 8 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors provides that each councillor must, within 60 days of his or her election (or appointment as a local ...
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Volume 18, Issue 4, November/December 2023
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Rules for the sometimes unruly
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published a Code of Conduct for Councillors on 14 June 2023 (the new code of conduct). This ...
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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Knowledge management: the missing link for sustainable local governance
South African organisations face various challenges, one of which is the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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Deepening democracy through municipal councillor oversight
As a result of the wide-spread and intense criticism directed at local government for failing to deliver on its constitutional mandate, a necessity arise for ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Democratising local government helps to build and sustain peace
Local governments contribute to fostering peace by working in, and with the communities that reside within them
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Municipal managers must leave politics to councillors
After the 2021 local government elections, politicians have been fighting to control city councils where there is no outright majority. Mayors and speakers ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023
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Coalitions in local government: ideas for law reform
Coalition politics in local government, particularly in some of the country’s metropolitan municipalities continues to dominate the news for all the wrong ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023