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Mines, malls and cellphone masts: how the Constitutional Court confirms the need for municipal approval and government doesn’t seem to want to listen?
In June 2020, the Constitutonal Court handed down an important judgment for local government. In Telkom SA SOC Limited v City of Cape Town and Another, the ...
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Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2022
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Court tells the City of Cape Town to exhaust intergovernmental dispute resolution mechanisms
In City of Cape Town v the Minister of Energy, the Court had to decide whether the case between the City of Cape Town and the national Minister responsible for ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
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AARTO Acts: High Court says national government must respect the autonomy of provinces and municipalities
The national government has a shared responsibility with provinces and municipalities to ‘secure the wellbeing of the people’. It may achieve this objective ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
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Municipalities and Eskom must work together to secure the well-being of South Africans
Courts have on several occasions delivered judgments which held that Eskom must first exhaust the alternative remedies available to it to hold municipalities ...
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Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2022
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on district municipalities in the Western Cape
The School for Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation conducted a research study on the impact of the ...
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Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2021 [Special Issue on Local Government Finance]
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Gender sensitive planning and urban design for cities to respond to GBVF
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) aims to create an enabling environment in which women can feel safe. ...
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Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2021
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Implementing the New Division of Functions and Powers
This is an edited version of a framework document, dated 11 October 2000 and prepared jointly by the Municipal Demarcation Board and the Department of ...
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Volume 2, Issue 4, November 2000
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Who makes the laws? Dividing Legislative Power between Provincial and Local Government
As from the day of the forthcoming local government elections, local government's legislative and executive powers are going to be squarely based on the ...
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Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2000
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Division of Powers and Functions between District and Local Municipalities
This is a report from the Municipal Demarcation Board and the Department of Provincial and Local Government on the process of division of functions between ...
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Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2001
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From the Courts: The Constitution, By-laws and Billboards- City of Cape Town v Ad Outpost (Pty) 2000 (2) BCLR 130 (C)
City of Cape Town's By-law 1959 of 1966 requires any person, intending to display a sign, to make a written application for prior approval by the municipality. ...
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Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2000