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Trends in Community Protest: From 2007 to 2010.
The research was undertaken by Hirsh Jain, a Harvard Law School visiting fellow at the Community Law Centre. This article summarises Jain’s findings relating ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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The Toilet War.
The City of Cape Town built unenclosed toilets in Makhaza, an informal settlement in Ward 95 of Khayelitsha. It did so on the understanding that the community ...
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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Service Delivery by External Providers.
The delivery of municipal services by external providers is strictly regulated. Not only do the general constitutional requirements for procurement apply, but ...
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Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2010.
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From the Courts: Evaluating the Right to Electricity.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the disconnection of electricity supply to a block of flats by the Johannesburg municipality without prior notice was ...
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Volume 11, Issue 5, November/December 2009
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The Nelspruit Water Concession.
In 1999, the Nelspruit Transitional Local Authority contracted the British-based multinational BiWater to provide its water services for the next 30 years. ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003
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Strategic Framework for Water Services: Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity.
Eight years after the White Paper on Water Supply and Sanitation was published, the National Cabinet approved the strategic framework for Water Services on 17 ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003
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Socio Economic Rights and Basic Municipal Services.
The socio-economic rights in the Bill of Rights bind all organs of state, including municipalities. These rights may also impose positive obligation. Through ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003
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From the Courts: Suitable Alternative Land Before Evictions.
Section 6(3) (c) of the Prevention of illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 provides that when a court decides whether an ...
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Volume 5, Issue 5, November 2003
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Municipal enterprises in the energy sector: A case of Germany
This article explores how municipalities in Germany are dealing with the energy shortage since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and outlines the legal ...
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Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2023
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Human Settlements in the 2023/24 Budget
Increasing 4.4% to R34.9 billion in 2023/24, the budget of the National Department of Human Settlements serves as the primary means for government to achieve ...
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Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2023