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Service Delivery Agreements: Renegotiations and Amendments.
Contract renegotiations and amendments are a relatively common feature of long-term service delivery agreements and public-private partnerships. The ...
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Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2005
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The New Municipal PPP Regulations.
Regulations governing public/private partnerships in the local government sphere came into effect on 1 April 2005. Section 120 of the Municipal Finance ...
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Volume 7, Issue 2, May 2005
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Municipality's Share of the National Pie: New Grants, More Money in the Fight Against Poverty.
The Division of Revenue Bill 2007, introduced by the Minister of Finance, Trevor Manual, sets out the allocations local government will receive for the ...
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Volume 9, Issue 1, February/March 2007
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Who Wants to be President When You Can be Mayor: Career Patterns of Local Government Politicians: The Case of Metropolitan Mayors.
Local Government is emerging as a strong third sphere of government. Within local government, metropolitan cities are coming out as powerful institutions. ...
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Volume 8, Issue 4, September 2006.
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Tying Municipal Manager's Pay to Performance.
Municipal managers are well paid-too well, it has sometimes been argued. Many wonder why the head public servants of local government should earn more than ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Managing Expectations While Commiting to Improved Service.
The writing of the Buffalo City Service Charter was an iterative process that involved a cross-section of officials in the municipality. During the sessions, ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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From the Courts: Extending Municipal Managers Contracts
The Change of government in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Council has also seen a change in the office of the municipal manager. Although the decision of ...
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Volume 8, Issue 3, July 2006
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Salaries Scale Upwards For Mayors, Managers and Councillors.
National government recently gazetted new and bigger remuneration packages for municipal councillors. The proposal sees a big jump in salaries for all ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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From the Courts: Settling Municipal Debts: Preference in the case of Insolvency.
In March 2006, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a decision that sets an important precedent in respect of the preference given to municipal debts in ...
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Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2006.
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Unsolicited Bids in the Disposal of Municipal Immovable Property.
Section 14 of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) read with the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations issued in terms of the of the MMFA ...
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Volume 9, Issue 5, November/December 2007.