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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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The Policy In The Numbers.
There is more to the 2011 Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review than numbers. The review tells a story about the policy behind the numbers. It lays ...
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Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2011.
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The National Treasury 2011 Local Government Review.
It is the most rigorous analysis of local government published by government. The 2011 Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review, released in September, ...
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Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2011.
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Municipal Property Rates Amendment Bill Update.
The proposals contained in the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Amendment Bill (see LGB 13(2), July 2011, pp 13–15) have attracted much attention. ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.
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Municipal Property Rates Act Out Of Public Comment.
After a lengthy process of public consultation on amendments to the Municipal Property Rates Act of 2004, the Department of Cooperative Governance and ...
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Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2011.
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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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The Municipal Imperative.
Much, if not most, of our country’s problems – particularly poverty and unemployment – stem from our under-resourced and underperforming local government ...
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Volume 11, Issue 4, October 2009.
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Coping With Crunch Time: What the Recession Means For Local Government.
Municipalities have already passed their budgets for the 2009/10 municipal financial year, and are beginnin g to finalise financial statements for 2008/09. ...
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Volume 11, Issue 3, August 2009
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Withholding Rates: A New Culture of Non-Payment.
Rates boycotts, alongside other forms of community protest, were historically linked to the grassroots struggles of communities against the apartheid ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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The Withholding of Rates and Taxes in Five Municipalities.
The Community Law Centre, in partnership with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and SALGA, recently completed a research project on the ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010