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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on local municipalities in the Western Cape
The School for Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation conducted a research study on the impact of the ...
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Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2021 [Special Issue on Local Government Finance]
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How adequate is the Local Government Equitable Share grant in the face of escalating costs of municipal service delivery?
This article explores the adequacy of the Local Government Equitable Share intergovernmental grant received annually by municipalities, in the main to fund the ...
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Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2021 [Special Issue on Local Government Finance]
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Recovering fruitless and wasteful expenditure: Nelson Mandela Bay v Lindele Antonio Petuna
Year after year, the Auditor General exposes how too many municipalities incur significant amounts of fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Municipal Finance ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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Why appeals against tender awards by the municipal manager are unlawful
Separating politics from administration is the cornerstone of the fight against corruption and maladministration in municipalities. When councillors meddle in ...
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Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2021
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The financial impact of COVID-19 on district and local municipalities: A Western Cape perspective
On 29 March 2021, the Dullah Omar Institute convened a webinar on the financial impact of Covid-19 on district and local municipalities. The webinar was ...
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Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2021
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eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality vs COVID-19: 90 days into the Lockdown
Since the declaration of the state of national disaster by the Minister of Cooperative Government on 18 March 2020, and the subsequent announcement of a ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Municipal Cost Containment Regulations: An attempt to curb local government wastefulness?
The public has long put pressure on the government to curb the resource wastage at the local level. In a bid to contain this problem, on 7 June 2019, the ...
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Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019
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Constitutional Court grants municipalities greater scope to rectify unlawful contracts
Suppose a new municipal manager comes across a procurement contract that was awarded irregularly more than three months ago. Can he or she approach a court to ...
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Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019