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The withholding of rates and taxes in five local municipalities
(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
(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 ...
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African Charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
(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 ...
The politics of sub-national constitutions and local government in Ethiopia
(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 ...
Adding injury to insult: Intrusive laws on top of a weak system
(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 ...
Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: Learning the lessons of the past
(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 ...
MDB's municipal capacity report: Is local government ready for National Treasury's deadline
(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 ...
EPRDF’s ‘menu of institutional manipulations’ and the 2015 regional elections
(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 ...
Party manifestos for the third local government elections, 18 May 2011
(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 ...
Confronting the state of local government: the 2013 Constitutional Court decisions
(Juta, 2016)
In September 2014 the then Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan, divided municipalities into three groups: a third of the municipalities was carrying out their tasks adequately, a third ...