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Amending Municipal Governance Laws: New Rules, New Directions? A focus on the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill
On 29 October 2019, Parliament revived deliberations on the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill (Bill). The Bill had been undergoing stakeholder engagement before ...
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Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2021
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SCA reinstates the City of Tshwane’s municipal council, for now…
On 27 October 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled in The Premier for the Province of Gauteng and Others v Democratic Alliance and Others that the ...
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Volume 15, Issue 4, November 2020
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Courts as a check on provincial interventions: the Makana and Tshwane interventions
Provincial intervention under section 139 of the Constitution is one of the many mechanisms available to provinces to rectify problems at municipal level. This ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Gauteng High Court deals decisively with councillor-walk-outs
Perhaps the most important aspect of the job of a councillor is to attend council and committee meetings. Item 3 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors ...
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Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2020
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Courts forcing provinces to intervene in dysfunctional municipalities: case study of Makana Local Municipality
When a municipal council delays or fails to implement a financial recovery plan imposed by the province, can the provincial executive dissolve the council? ...
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Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2020
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Can a provincial government under national intervention intervene in a municipality?
The Constitution confers on the national government supervisory powers over the provincial (and local) governments. It also affords the provincial government ...
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Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019
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Provincial governments are not intervening when they are supposed to: The Case study of Emalahleni Local Municipality
The latest municipal audit results (2017-18) released by the Auditor-General (AG), Kimi Makwetu, found amongst others that a third of municipalities are not in ...
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Volume 14, Issue 1, September 2019
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Navigating the grey areas: Reflections on the Western Cape powers and functions review process
The powers and functions shared between provincial and local government have traditionally been a source of great confusion and concern for municipalities. ...
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Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2008