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Municipal Structures Act: Division of Powers and functions: Who does What in the District?
Section 83 of the Municipal Structures Act stipulates that a municipality has those functions and powers assigned to it in terms of sections 156 and 229 of the ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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The Battle of Butterworth
Butterworth, an industrial and business centre halfway between East London and the former Transkei capital of Umtata, made history as the first municipality to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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Intervening into Warrenton
On 17 February 1999, the provincial executive of the Northern Cape Province intervened into the Warrenton municipality On 16 March, the matter was reported to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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Section 139 Intervention
Section 139 of the Constitution authorises the provincial executive to intervene in a municipality when it does not fulfil its executive obligation in terms of ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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From SALGA: Section 139 Interventions: Establishing a Regulatory Framework.
The Constitution demands that each sphere of government must respect the constitutional status, powers and functions of the other spheres and that each should ...
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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Courts as a check on provincial interventions: the Makana and Tshwane interventions
Provincial intervention under section 139 of the Constitution is one of the many mechanisms available to provinces to rectify problems at municipal level. This ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Gauteng High Court deals decisively with councillor-walk-outs
Perhaps the most important aspect of the job of a councillor is to attend council and committee meetings. Item 3 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Strengthening Accountability and Political Oversight.
The Gauteng province took a policy decision in 2007 to promote municipal public accounts committees (MPACs) in municipalities in the province. Although these ...
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Volume 10, Issue 2, April/ May 2008.
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Holding the Municipal Executive To Account
The accountability of the executive to the council is a cardinal principle of good governance. Information flow is essential to holding it accountable for its ...
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Volume 10, Issue 2, April/ May 2008.
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Navigating the grey areas: Reflections on the Western Cape powers and functions review process
The powers and functions shared between provincial and local government have traditionally been a source of great confusion and concern for municipalities. ...
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Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2008