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Quality of Political Leadership is Crucial for Effective Service Delivery.
The Centre for Policy Studies recently completed a study on the role of elected local councillors, particularly ward councillors, in service delivery in South ...
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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Leadership Matters: Professionalising Political Leadership.
Moves are afoot to professionalise the administrative arm of local government. First, the National Treasury has prescribed a competency framework for municipal ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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Community Participation and Ward Committees
While ward committees are known to communities, they continue to attract fierce criticism. Many communities are disillusioned and feel that participation in ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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First 100 Days In Office.
By now, all municipal councils will have held their first council meeting and constituted most of their political structures. This article provides some basic ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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Removing Elected Councillors Will Create Chaos.
Widespread disgruntlement over allegations thatcandidates nominated by communities had been irregularly removed by the ANC led to a promise by President Jacob ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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Service Delivery Protests: Less Frequent, More Violent.
Community protests have become almost commonplace in South Africa. In 2009 protest activity reached a peak of 17.75 protests every month, on average. This ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.
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Political Interference In the Spotlight Once Again
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union made allegations of serious financial irregularities and mismanagement of fiduciary duties against the municipal ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.
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Implementing the Municipal Systems Amendment Act.
The Municipal Systems Amendment Act was signed into law by the President on 5 July 2011 and is set to have a major impact on municipal governance. Regulations ...
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Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2011.
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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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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