Research Articles - Dullah Omar Institute: Recent submissions

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    • DPLG's policy review process: Local government under the spotlight 

      de Visser, Jaap; Christmas, Annette; Baatjies, Reuben (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
      On 31 July 2007, the Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) initiated a policy review process of provincial and local government. It will ultimately result in a first White Paper on Provinces and a discussion ...

    • A secret ballot? 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
      The Municipal Structures Act provides that the elections of office-bearers must takes place in a secret ballot. However, it does not stipulate what the consequences would be if every councillor did not, in fact, cast his ...

    • Wolf in sheep's clothing? 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      Section 156(1) of the Constitution is the basis for the status of local government in the Constitution. It provides that municipalities have authority over the matters listed in Schedules 4B and 5B of the Constitution. ...

    • Post-election analysis: Editorial 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      The 2009 national and provincial elections have come and gone. As expected, the results have reshaped politics. The new President has promised a marked improvement in the service delivery and performance of the public ...

    • New leaders, persistent challenges...What lies in store for local government? 

      de Visser, Jaap (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 ...

    • Constitutional Court shows DFA the door 

      de Visser, Jaap (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 ...

    • ANC proposals on local government 

      de Visser, Jaap; Chigwata, Tinashe (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.

    • Property rates - latest developments 

      de Visser, Jaap; Singiza, Douglas (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      Property rates, as a form of tax imposed on the market value of land and buildings, are the key source of revenue of municipalities. The framework for the imposition of property rates is carefully regulated by the Municipal ...

    • Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African Charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development 

      Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Ziswa, Melissa (The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2018)
      The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ...

    • Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: Learning the lessons of the past 

      Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Marumahoko, Sylvester (Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2017)
      In Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister’s Directives on Decentralisation and Development of 1984 and 1985, together with the Provincial Council and Administration Act 1985, constitute the foundation for postindependence attempts ...

    • Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe’s track record 

      Chigwata, Tinashe Calton (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 ...

    • Professionalising political leadership: Leadership matters 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      Moves are afoot to professionalise the administrative arm of local government. First, the National Treasury has prescribed a competency framework for municipal officials at senior and middle management levels. All senior ...

    • The withholding of rates and taxes in five local municipalities 

      Powell, Derek; May, Annette; Ntliziywana, Phindile (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      The Community Law Centre, in partnership with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and SALGA, recently completed a research project on the phenomenon of rates withholding in five South African municipalities. ...

    • Professional administration : crucial for service delivery 

      de Visser, Jaap; Ntliziywana, Phindile (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      Municipalities cannot deliver on their developmental mandate without suitably qualified and professional staff. However, evidence shows that the lack of good governance of staff matters in many municipalities results in ...

    • Party manifestos for the third local government elections, 18 May 2011 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile; Bosire, Conrad (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      With the 2011 local government elections set for 18 May, political parties are preparing their party policies and manifestos in a bid to woo voters. A survey of the party manifestos and statements ahead of the elections ...

    • MDB's municipal capacity report: Is local government ready for National Treasury's deadline 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (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 ...

    • Adding injury to insult: Intrusive laws on top of a weak system 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (Constitutional Court Review, 2016)
      Local governments often encounter difficulties when state functions and powers are devolved to them. Capacity at local level often becomes the Achilles heel of devolution. This is the case in South Africa. The South African ...

    • Welfare pluralism in health: Assessing Zimbabwe’s policy response to HIV/AIDS with reference to Mbare Distrct, Harare 

      Taderera, Hope; Madhekeni, Alois (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)
      The article is on Welfare Pluralism and focuses on Zimbabwe’s policy responses to HIV/AIDS with reference to Mbare Disrict, Harare. Quantitative primary data was systematically collected from a sample of individuals from ...

    • The politics of sub-national constitutions and local government in Ethiopia 

      Ayele, Zemelak Ayitenew (Perspectives on Federalism, 2014)
      The federal Constitution of Ethiopia provides the regional states - the constituent unit of the federation –with the power to draft, adopt and amend their own constitutions, thereby allowing each of the regional states to ...

    • EPRDF’s ‘menu of institutional manipulations’ and the 2015 regional elections 

      Ayele, Zemelak Ayitenew (Regional & Federal Studies, 2018)
      Ethiopia is generally considered to have ‘a dominant party authoritarian’ system in which the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), along with its affiliates, enjoy electoral dominance. This contribution ...