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The State of Municipal Budgets-Intergovernmental Fiscal Review for 2003.
The Minister of Finance released the 2003 intergovernmental Fiscal Review on 8 April. It provides a wealth of information on municipal budgets for the 2002/03 ...
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Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003
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From SALGA: Taking the Bull by its Horns
Key local government leaders from across the country gathered at SALGA's National General Council in November 2002 to consider critical issues currently facing ...
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Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2003
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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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Linking Communities and Local Government: The Mangaung Experience
Public Participation is a fundamental part of local government's planning in the new dispensation. Aside from Chapter 4 in the Systems Act, no clear guidelines ...
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Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2002
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Community Participation and Ward Committees
While ward committees are known to communities, they continue to attract fierce criticism. Many communities are disillusioned and feel that participation in ...
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Volume 13, Issue 1, April 2011.
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New Leaders, Persistant Challenges
The outcome of the elections of 22 April is critical for local government. The success of ‘developmental local government’ depends to a large extent on the ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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Consequences of Failing to Adopt a Budget by 30 June.
Political disagreements in a municipal council sometimes lead to stalemates on important matters such as the adoption of a municipal budget. Failure to adopt a ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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The Budget Vote for Local Government.
On 22 April 2010, the Minister for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, presented Parliament with his department’s budget vote for ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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Woman and Local Government: Steps Towards Greater Inclusivity.
While some progress has been made towards facilitating women’s involvement in government structures and programme implementation, there is still a long way to ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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From the Provinces: Planning and Development
The provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape have taken the lead in promulgating their planning and development planning legislation which is intended to ...
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Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1999