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The Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act.
The Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act gives effect to section 229 (1) and 229 (2) of the Constitution and is one of the final building blocks in the ...
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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.
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The National Land Transport Act
The long-awaited National Land Transport Act was signed into effect by the President on 3 April 2009. It deals comprehensively with all aspects of transport, ...
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Volume 11, Issue 3, August 2009
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The New Municipal PPP Regulations.
Regulations governing public/private partnerships in the local government sphere came into effect on 1 April 2005. Section 120 of the Municipal Finance ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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The New Municipal Property Rates Regulations: Mere regulation or Irrational Ratios?
On 19 December 2007 the Minister of Provincial and Local Government published for public comment draft regulations on property rates. The draft regulations set ...
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Volume 10, Issue 1, February/March 2008
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The New State Liability Bill.
This article critically assesses the Bill and the proposed constitutional amendment, particularly in respect of their impact on local government. In so-doing, ...
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Volume 11, Issue 3, August 2009
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The PPP Procurement Process.
The Public-Private Partnership procurement process overlaps in many respect with the recently published Supply Chain Management Regulations. The overlap occurs ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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The Property Rates Act: A Tool For Poverty Alleviation.
Property rates are an important source of revenue for municipalities and this is reflected in the preamble to the Property Rates Act of 2004.There is a need to ...
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Volume 7, Issue 4, September 2005
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The Right to a View.
When first confronted by the facts of the case in The Municipality of the City of Cape Town v Reader and Others, one is tempted to think that it is yet another ...
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Volume 11, Issue 1 February 2009
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The Right to Equal Treatment by a Municipality
The immense importance of the principle of equality in this country is reflected in the very first section of the Constitution in which it is stated that the ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999
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The SALGA Country Guideline For Local Government on HIV and AIDS.
As one of the mandates of local AIDS councils (LACs) is to advise government on policy issues related to HIV and AIDS, political representation in the LAC ...
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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.