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Review of the Local Government Fiscal Framework.
In 2009, SALGA recommended to the Local Government Budget Forum that there should be a review of many aspects of fiscal policies in relation to municipal ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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From the Courts: Power to terminate services for unpaid rates.
Body Corporate Croftdene Mall v eThekwini Municipality (16977/2009) [2010] ZAKZDHC 20 (1 May 2010)
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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Conflict of Interest in Property Valuation: Keeping It Above Board.
How do conflicts of interest affect the implementation of the Municipal Property Rates Act (MPRA) and what can municipalities do to lessen their impact?
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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The Budget Vote for Local Government.
On 22 April 2010, the Minister for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, presented Parliament with his department’s budget vote for ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Property Rates Latest Development.
Property rates, as a form of tax imposed on the market value of land and buildings, are the key source of revenue for municipalities. The framework for the ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Municipal Rates Policies and the Urban Poor.
In urban areas, the poor continue to struggle to access well-located land. Secondary residential property markets are also constrained from functioning ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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From the Courts: Setting Tarrifs, The Duty to Consult.
The introduction of new rates tariffs by a municipality is rarely ever greeted without public debate – or, in some instances, even conflict. In this case, the ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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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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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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From the Courts: Suitable Alternative Land Before Evictions.
Section 6(3) (c) of the Prevention of illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 provides that when a court decides whether an ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003