Browsing Research Articles - Dullah Omar Institute by Subject "Municipal Systems Act"

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    • Finding the balance: Fairness and equity, disconnections, credit control and debt collection 

      May, Annette (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 ...

    • Limits on witholding municipal clearance certificates 

      de Visser, Jaap; Jain, Hirsh (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 ...

    • Roles and responsibilities of the municipal manager 

      de Visser, Jaap (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 ...

    • SALGA takes issue with draft regulations on senior managers' appointment and conditions of service 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)
      The Municipal Systems Amendment Act envisages regulations to provide for the competency requirements, appointment, duties, remuneration, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of municipal managers and ...

    • 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 ...