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‘Voices’ of school dropouts about the use of illicit drugs on the Cape Flats, Western Cape
(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA), 2017)
The social concerns of communities on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape, are perpetuated by the lack of schooling and it contributes to higher unemployment figures. This article aims to provide a voice for school dropouts ...
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 ...
The limits of democratic governance in South Africa, by Louis A. Picard and Thomas Mogale
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
The title of the book by Louis A. Picard and Thomas Mogale is a bit of a misnomer. The book is not about democratic governance in South Africa in general—across the three spheres of government— but about democracy at the ...
Finding the balance: Fairness and equity, disconnections, credit control and debt collection
(Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)
While service delivery is one of the most important functions of local government, the Municipal Systems Act and case law make it clear that the duty to collect revenue and service fees and equally important to ensure ...
From the courts
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance?
The state of our local democracies
(Good Governance Learning Framework, 2010)
Over the last 15 years, South Africa has transformed its local government system from an illegitimate, racist institution into a democratic institution with a developmental mandate. A new generation of municipalities, lead ...
Five suggestions to fix local government
(State of Local Governance Publication, 2018)
The past few weeks have brought the troubled state of local government to the fore with renewed vigour. The Auditor-General’s (AG) consolidated report over the 2016/2017 financial year presented a very bleak picture of the ...
ANC proposals on local government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In the run up to the ANC Policy Conference in Mangaung, the party's Legislature and Governance Working Group has produced a policy discussion document that pays considerable attention to provincial and local government.
Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe’s track record
(Regional and Federal Studies, 2015)
This paper looks at one of the most important endogenous factors influencing the workings of decentralization in Zimbabwe. Successive waves of formal institutional change that took place during Zimbabwe’s colonial and ...
The end of administrative autonomy over individual staff appointments : from the courts
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Section 118(1) provides that a registrar of deeds can register a property transfer only lfhe or she receives a municipal clearance certificate that confirms that all taxes and fees due In connection with the property 'during ...