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    • The political-administrative interface in local government - Assessing the quality of local democracy 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      Municipalities have registered a tremendous democratic and service delivery record, yet the public perception of them is troubling. Municipalities are too often identified with corruption, inefficiency and inaccessibility. ...
    • The state of our local democracies 

      de Visser, Jaap (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 ...
    • Towards a professionalised municipal administration 

      de Visser, Jaap (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 ...