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Evictions: Municipalities and the Constitution: The Right to Housing.
Two court cases dealing with evictions: Case One: Vanessa Ross v South Peninsula Municipality (1999) JOL 5298 (C). Case Two: Grootboom and Others v Oostenberg ...
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Volume 1, Issue 4 December 1999
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Expanded Public Works Programme: Role of the Municipalities.
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) will spend R15 to 20 billion on labour-intensive projects by 2009. The short-term goal is to create a million ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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Facing the Language Challenge
The entrenchment of multi-lingualism in section 6 of the 1996 Constitution confronts the South African government with the obligation to design and put into ...
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Volume 1, Issue 4 December 1999
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Formulating the Pillars of a Turnaround Strategy
The Community Law Centre recently brought local government practitioners together to discuss the elements that are fundamental to any turnaround strategy. The ...
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Volume 11, Issue 5, November/December 2009
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Framework for Condoning Non-Compliance with Property Rates Act
Condonation may be given only on good cause shown and the MEC may impose conditions. However, the MEC must exercise this power within a framework prescribed by ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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From SALGA: Bringing the NLTTA in Line with the New Local Government Dispensation.
The Portfolio Committee on Transport convened a public hearing on the implementation of the National Land Transport Transition Act (NLTTA) at Parliament on 4 ...
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Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2002
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From SALGA: Legal and Constitutional Working Group
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the body representing the local government sphere nationally, as well as its provincial affiliates have ...
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Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999
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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:
Does a Town Clerk have the Authority to Institute Legal Proceedings on Behalf of the Municipality?
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Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1999
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From the Courts: Licence to Trade: Who decides?
Six informal beach traders made an urgent review application to the Cape High Court in December 2002 against the City of Cape Town after their applications for ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003