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Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This publication is the result of a collaborative research project of South African and
Zimbabwean academics and practitioners active in the field of local government. On 3-4
November 2009 the Community Law Centre hosted ...
The enforcement of socio-economic rights against local governments in South Africa
(International Development Law Organization (IDLO), 2015)
Poverty and underdevelopment are South Africa’s greatest challenges. These
are inextricably linked to uneven access to adequate public services. By all
accounts, South Africa has made impressive progress in extending ...
Implementing the Municipal Systems Amendment Act
(Local Government Bulletin, 2011)
The Municipal Systems Amendment Act was signed into law by the President on 5 July 2011 and is set to have a major impact on municipal governance. Regulations to give further substance to the Act are on their way. The first ...
Local law making in Cape Town: A case study of the municipal planning by-law process
(United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2016)
This report examines municipal law making surrounding land use planning
in the City of Cape Town. It investigates the extent to which the City of Cape
Town has powers to make by-laws on land use planning and how much of ...
Intergovernmental fiscal relations in South Africa and the role of the Financial and Fiscal Commission: A 20 year review
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2014-07)
The Finance and Fiscal Commission is government’s primary advisor with regard to
intergovernmental fiscal relations. Its constitutional entrenchment and establishment in
1994 signalled that the post‐apartheid government ...
Constitutional Court shows DFA the door
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In October 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) declared parts of the Development Facilitation Act (DFA) unconstitutional. The Gauteng Development Tribunal was making land use management decisions and bypassing municipal ...
The unresolved ethnic question in Uganda’s district councils
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2015)
This article examines the legal and constitutional framework for the election of district councils in Uganda because the design and practice of elections in Uganda has an impact on Uganda’s ability to follow through on the ...
Institutional subsidiarity in the South African Constitution
(Stellenbosch Law Review, 2010)
This article explores the connection between section 156(4) of the Constitution and the principle of subsidiarity as it is found in legal theory and practice. It explores the historic background of the principle as well ...
Overseeing the overseers: assessing compliance with municipal intervention rules in South Africa
(Springer, 2017)
Section 139 of the Constitution of South Africa empowers provinces to intervene into municipalities, an instrument to correct serious failures in local government. This article discusses the policy and legal framework for ...
Devolution by court injunction: The case of land use planning and management in South Africa
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016)
In South Africa, the legal and policy framework for land use planning and control underwent a significant transformation in which power over land use planning and control was shifted from provinces to local governments. ...