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MDB's municipal capacity report: Is local government ready for National Treasury's deadline
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)On 15 June 2007, the National Treasury promulgated the Municipal Regulations on Minimum Competency levels for financial and supply-chain management officials in municipalities. The Regulations prescribe minimum competency ... -
'Meaningful engagement' in the realisation of socio-economic rights : the South African experience
(Southern African Public Law, 2011)One of the key concerns, evidenced from South Africa's socio-economic rights jurisprudence, that has impacted negatively on the realisation of socio-economic rights in the country, especially at grass roots level, has been ... -
Medical staff attrition in local authorities experiences from Harare City Council Maternity Clinics (2007-2008)
(Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2012)The years 2007 and 2008 are of special reckoned in the history of Zimbabwe as the economy plunged into a meltdown and professionalism suddenly became an irrelevant status. Institutions in the public sector struggled for ... -
Ministerial directives to local government in Zimbabwe: top-down governance in a decentralized constitution
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Urban and rural local authorities constitute the lowest tier of Zimbabwe's multilevel system of government. These local governments have a constitutional "right to govern" that must be exercised within the constitutional, ... -
The (mis)management of ethno-linguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas. On the basis of this assumption the ... -
The (mis)management of ethno-linguistic diversity in Ethiopian cities
(Routledge, 2017)Ethiopia has an ethnic federal system that is based on the assumption that the ethnolinguistic communities of the country are located in neatly defined, or definable, territorial areas. On the basis of this assumption ... -
Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2018)In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation of the WCCSA is the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, which became ... -
Muddying the waters: the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Mazibuko case
(ESR Review, 2009)On 25 March 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Mazibuko case. The case was an appeal against the judgment of the Johannesburg High Court (now the South Gauteng High Court) of 30 April 2008, ... -
Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others: A review
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2015)This article reviews the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe in Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others, which has been hailed with acclaim worldwide. ... -
Multilevel government in South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya
(Forum Of Federations, 2018)This paper aims to inform policy makers and stakeholders in the Philippines about the critical features of, and practical experiences with, federalism and decentralization in South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia. The ... -
Multilevel government, municipalities and food security
(DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, South Africa, 2019)Realising the right to food in South Africa requires more than an increase in food production. Increasing access to food is equally important, so this contribution adopts a 'food systems approach'. It argues that food ... -
Municipalities' readiness to comply with treasury's competency requirements
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)In just under six months, the competency framework in the National Treasury's Minimum Competency Regulations will take full effect. Therefore, the article seeks to urge the National Treasury to be robust in implementing ... -
National cohesion and intergovernmental relations in South Africa
(JUTA, 2016)The creation of provinces in 1994 gave effect to the grand compromise of the 1993 negotiations, but also raised fears about the deleterious consequences they could hold for national cohesion. A first concern was that ... -
National Colloquium on Access to Food for Students in South African Tertiary Institutions: Challenges of Hunger among Students in Higher Education in South Africa (13–14 August 2018)
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2018)Student hunger on university campuses has gained prominence ever since the #FeesMustFall movement spread across South Africa’s tertiary institutions in 2015. Although there are no definite statistics on the extent of the ... -
National Prosecuting Authority Performance
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) was created by legislation which came into effect in August 1998, and became a stand-alone entity in 2002/3, whereas previously it was more closely embedded in the ... -
National strategies for realising the right to food
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)The right to food has received increasing attention internationally and nationally following drastic increases in food prices and widespread protests against these increases in more than 40 countries this year (FIAN ... -
Needs, rights and transformation: adjudicating social rights
(Stellenbosch Law Review, 2006)One of the most contested issues in South Africa’s burgeoning jurisprudence on social rights relates to how the courts should enforce the duties imposed by these rights. Debate has focused in particular on the extent to ... -
New leaders, persistent challenges...What lies in store for local government?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)The outcome of the elections of 22 April is critical for local government. The success of ‘developmental local government’ depends to a large extent on the choices the incoming national and provincial governments make ... -
The New Partnership for Africa's Development : implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2004)The New Partnership for Africa's Development : Implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa Christopher Mbazira The realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa remains a distant goal. The majority ... -
NICRO diversion options
(National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders, 2000)Since 1994 South Africa has faced many challenges but none so widely experienced as crime. The day-to-day perceptions of living in South Africa are characterised by crime, violence and uncertainty. The criminal justice ...