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No Safeguards for Municipal Property.
The recent judgment in the appeal case of Munisipaliteit van Ngwane & Vrystaat Munisipale Pesioenfonds 254/ 2002 AD has attracted much attention and comment ...
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Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003
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Municipal Services: Is Chapter 8 of the Systems Act a Help or a Hindrance?
The new definition of municipal services puts even more services within the ambit of Chapter 8 of the Systems Act. Municipalities are already under heavy ...
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Volume 5, Issue 2, May 2003
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From the Courts: Licence to Trade: Who decides?
Six informal beach traders made an urgent review application to the Cape High Court in December 2002 against the City of Cape Town after their applications for ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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Citizen's Access to Information: The Information Manual
The Bill of Rights provides that any person has the right of access to any information held by the state. This includes information held by a municipality. The ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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Attacking Poverty Through a Municipal Policy on Indigence.
Municipalities are constitutionally obligated to address poverty in their communities through the promotion of social and economic development and the ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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The Delegation System: Who Does What?
All municipalities must develop a system of delegation in terms of the Municipal Systems Act. A delegation is when a person or structure delegates functions ...
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From SALGA: Report on the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill
The Portfolio Committee on Provincial and Local Government passed this Bill on 22 October 2002 and the National Assembly passed two days later. The Bill at the ...
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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Crossing the Floor: The Judgment
On 4 October the Constitutional Court ended a period of political instability that started just less than a year ago with the break up of the Democratic ...
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From SALGA: Bringing the NLTTA in Line with the New Local Government Dispensation.
The Portfolio Committee on Transport convened a public hearing on the implementation of the National Land Transport Transition Act (NLTTA) at Parliament on 4 ...
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Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2002
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Land Use Management Bill: A First Step Toward Ending Spatial Fragmentation.
The Department of Land Affairs has tabled the long-awaited Land Use Management Bill, No 27 of 2008 (the Bill). The Bill, scheduled to be passed this year, ...
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Volume 10, Issue 3, July/August 2008.