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The place and role of local government in federal systems
(Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2005)
South Africa has embarked on an important experiment of creating a
decentralised system of government comprising three spheres of government –
national, provincial and local. In comparison with international practice, ...
The powers of local government in decentralized systems of government: Managing the 'curse of common competencies'
(Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, 2005)
The issues and problems flowing from common competencies are shared by
many, if not all, decentralised and federal systems; they are a feature arising
from the division of powers between two levels of government. The ...
Roles and responsibilities of the municipal manager
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2001)
renaming and transformation of local government structures. Coping with the new designation is probably the least important of the changes for the municipal manager. One of the key challenges in this respect is defining ...
Enforcing the economic, social and cultural rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : twenty years of redundancy, progression and significant strides
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2006)
The fight against poverty and underdevelopment in Africa is amongst others dependent on how successfully the socio-economic rights protected in both the regional and universal instruments are concretised. The last 20 years ...
Confronting the problem of polycentricity in enforcing the socioeconomic rights in the South African Constitution
(SA Publiekreg = SA Public Law, 2008)
The judicial enforcement of the socio-economic rights contained in the South African Constitution (Constitution) has not been without controversy when compared to the judicial enforcement of civil and political rights. ...
Litigating socio-economic rights in South Africa: A choice between corrective and distributive justice
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2009)
Christopher Mbazira's book, adapted from doctoral thesis and published by Pretoria University Law Press, is welcome addition to the growing scholarship on socio-economic rights litigation in South Africa. The book is very ...
Are ward committees working? Insights from six case studies
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The research presented in this book sets out to offer a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the functioning and value of ward committees. In-depth qualitative studies of six ward committees are described. They provide ...
District-local municipal relations: The challenges to cooperative government
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Outside of metropolitan areas, local government is shared by district and local municipalities; the 47 district municipalities and 231 local municipalities share legislative and administrative powers over the same geographical ...
Defining local government powers and functions
(Sabinet, 2007)
The functional areas of provincial and local government competency are listed in Schedules 4 and 5 of the Constitution, with those appearing in part A of each schedule confined to provincial government and those in part B ...
District municipalities : giving effect to shared authority in local government
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2003-01)
A new feature of local government outside metropolitan areas is the establishment of 47 district municipalities in December 2000. They share legislative and administrative powers with local municipalities in their area. ...