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Towards a professionalised municipal administration
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has published proposed amendments to the Municipal Systems Act which will do much to promote a more professional administration by way of better-qualified ...
Property rates - latest developments
(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 ...
Limits on witholding municipal clearance certificates
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
In City of Cape Town v Real People Housing (77/09) [2009] ZASCA 159 (30 November 2009), the Supreme Court of Appeal clarified the meaning of section 118(1) of the Municipal Systems Act. This provision gives municipalities ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The political-administrative interface in South African municipalities assessing the quality of local democracies
(UTS Centre for Local Government, 2010)
South African municipalities experience serious challenges in dealing with the interface
between politicians and officials. Inappropriate political interference in administrative
matters as well as strained relations ...
Institutional subsidiarity in the South African constitution
(Juta Law, 2010)
This article attempted to clarify the role played by section 156(4) of the Constitution by tracing some of the origins and manifestations of the principle of subsidiarity, on which this provision is modelled. It was argued ...
Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue
(Community Law Centre, University Western Cape, 2010)
On 3-4
November 2009 the Community Law Centre hosted a seminar entitled “Policy Dialogue on
the Future of Local Government in Zimbabwe”. A diverse spectrum of local government
practitioners was assembled to discuss ...