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eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality vs COVID-19: 90 days into the Lockdown
Since the declaration of the state of national disaster by the Minister of Cooperative Government on 18 March 2020, and the subsequent announcement of a ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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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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From the Courts: Guarding Against Disruption of Local Government
MEC for Local Government and Planning of the Western Cape v Paarl Poultry Enterprises CC Rosendal Poultry Farm 2002 (2) BCLR 133 (CC)
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Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2002
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From the Courts: Legality of Land Rates imposed as Flat Rates by Municipalities before December Elections.
Gerber and others v MEC of the Gauteng Province and Eastern Gauteng Services Council (case no, 303/2001)
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Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2002
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From the Courts: Municipality Stumbles over a Disconnection Hurdle
Residents of Bon Vista Mansions v Southern Metropolitan Local Council
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Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2002
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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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From the Courts: Powers of Municipalities to Impose Property Rates.
A recent judgment by the Constitutional Court clarifies the powers, duties and status of municipalities and pronounces positively on the powers of ...
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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2005.
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From the Courts: Prosecution by a Local Authority- Central Transitional Metropolitan Council v Winchester 1997 (3) BCLR 312 (N)
Durban Central Transitional Metropolitan Council (DCTMC) prosecuted Mr Winchester for failing to obtain licenses for his dogs. The DCTMC had acquired this ...
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Volume 1, Issue 4 December 1999
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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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From the Courts: Sewerage Charges Based on Property Value and Usage
At the end of 2005, the Supreme Court of Appeal made a ruling on the question of whether sewerage charges should be based on the value of the property or on ...
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Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2006.