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Public Hearing on Service Delivery
In response to widespread and ongoing service delivery protests across South Africa, Parliament has established a special committee to investigate and gather ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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Responsibilites of Municipal Managers: The Municipal Finance Management Act
The Municipal Finance Management Act is a very prescriptive piece of legislation and should not be read piecemeal, but worked through as a whole. Many chapters ...
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Volume 6, Issue 2, May 2004
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Rules for the sometimes unruly
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs published a Code of Conduct for Councillors on 14 June 2023 (the new code of conduct). This ...
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Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2023
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Safeguarding the integrity of councillors and senior managers in local government
On 12 April 2022, the Dullah Omar Insitute (DOI) convened a webinar on 'Safeguarding the integrity of councillors and senior managers in local government'. ...
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Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2022
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Salary Increases For Councillors.
Councillors may see an increase of 7% in their salaries, benefits and allowances. This was the recommendation to the President by the Independent Commission ...
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Volume 6, Issue 5, November 2004
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SCA reinstates the City of Tshwane’s municipal council, for now…
On 27 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled in The Premier for the Province of Gauteng and Others v Democratic Alliance and Others that the ...
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Volume 15, Issue 4, November 2020
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Section 62 Appeals: A tender process.
Many people aggrieved by decisions made by municipalities have latched on to the fact that they have a right to appeal in terms of section 62 of the Municipal ...
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Volume 7, Issue 5, November 2005
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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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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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Setting Service Delivery Targets.
During the past two months, the newly elected government has emphasised the important role that local government must play in meeting the challenges of ...
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Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2004