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Agenda For The First Council Meeting.
The first meeting of the newly elected councils must take place at the seat of the municipality within 14 days of the council being declared elected. If it is ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Challenges for the New Councils
The election on 5 December 2000 was the formal beginning of the new local government dispensation, Local government was established as the primary site for ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Councillors Can Have Their Say: Immunity in Council.
For a democracy to be vibrant, councillors must have the freedom to speak their minds in council. This freedom is protected by the Constitution and the ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Making Headlines: Dismissal of Councillors ini Gauteng
More than 100 municipal councillors and officials have been dismissed or forced to resign over the past five years in Gauteng's municipalities following ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.
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Legal Briefs: When Does A Councillor Take Office?
Does a candidate become a councillor on the day of the election or on the day that he or she is sworn in? This matter is important in relation to matters such ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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Salaries Scale Upwards For Mayors, Managers and Councillors.
National government recently gazetted new and bigger remuneration packages for municipal councillors. The proposal sees a big jump in salaries for all ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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From the Courts: Extending Municipal Managers Contracts
The Change of government in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Council has also seen a change in the office of the municipal manager. Although the decision of ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Legal Briefs: Proportional Leadership?
Let's say that in a collective executive system, Party A has 37 councillors, Party B has 13 and Party C has one. The Executive Committee has 10 Members and ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Tying Municipal Manager's Pay to Performance.
Municipal managers are well paid-too well, it has sometimes been argued. Many wonder why the head public servants of local government should earn more than ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks: Changing Municipal Boundaries.
The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) is entrusted with the often difficult task of demarcating municipal boundaries. Disputes around cross-boundary ...
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Volume 8, Issue 4, September 2006.