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Budget Meetings Behind Closed Doors? Interpreting the Systems Act on Public Access to Meetings.
Can mayoral committees and executive committees hold meetings behind closed doors about critical issues like draft by-laws or draft budgets? Does section 20 of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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KwaZulu-Natal's New Premier Co-ordinating Forum
On 19 April 2005, a new intergovernmental forum was launched for the provincial government and municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Forum reflects the ...
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President's Co-ordinating Council Meets.
The President's Co-ordinating Council is a consultative forum for the President to raise matters of national interest with Premiers and organised local ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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Service Delivery Agreements: Who Reads Them?
Who can own up to having read a standard service delivery agreement from start to finish and having understood it all? Very few people, i imagine. In the main, ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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The New Municipal PPP Regulations.
Regulations governing public/private partnerships in the local government sphere came into effect on 1 April 2005. Section 120 of the Municipal Finance ...
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District Management Areas: Municipal Demarcation Board Changes Policy.
The Municipal Structures Act of 1998 mandates the Municipal Demarcation Board to declare part of an area that must have both district and local municipalities ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Property Rates Act in Operation.
After some delays, the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004 was finally brought into operation on 1 July 2005. This comprehensive Act institutes a uniform ...
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Service Delivery Agreements: Renegotiations and Amendments.
Contract renegotiations and amendments are a relatively common feature of long-term service delivery agreements and public-private partnerships. The ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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The PPP Procurement Process.
The Public-Private Partnership procurement process overlaps in many respect with the recently published Supply Chain Management Regulations. The overlap occurs ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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Who Can Dismiss a Municipal Manager?
The recent controversy surrounding the municipal manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality raised important questions regarding which sphere of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005