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    • 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 ...
    • The scientific career of the zoologist Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (1852—1937) 

      Pieter, Florence F.J.M.; de Visser, Jaap (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 1993)
      It is shown that the pinnacle of Max Weber’s scientific career was the organization and leadership of the Siboga Expedition to the former Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia)in the years 1899—1900. Before that time, as ...
    • 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 ...
    • Sector wide approach in health policy response and framework in Zimbabwe 

      Madhekeni, Alois; Zhou, Gideon; Chevo, Tafadzwa (Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2012)
      The discourse is on the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) in health, a policy reform intervention by the World Health Organization, and focuses on Zimbabwe’s response, and the subsequent health policy framework. A SWAp is a ...
    • Service delivery protests, struggle for rights and the failure of local democracy in South Africa and Uganda: parallels and divergences 

      Mbazira, Christopher (Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, 2013)
      Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, Uganda and South Africa have both experienced service delivery protests in recent years. The protests have been directed mainly at local governments, although in ...
    • Should all municipal managers get the boot 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      With the election of new councils on 18 May, many municipal managers are likely to lose their jobs. The same applies to the managers reporting to the municipal managers.
    • The socio-economic impact of pre-trial detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia 

      Muntingh, Lukas; Redpath, Jean (Springer Verlag, 2018)
      The presumed link between the rule of law and development suggests that an operational justice system is key to development. The research sought to understand and quantify how the decision to detain an accused person ...
    • Socio-economic rights and the process of privatizing basic municipal services 

      Steytler, Nico (Law, Democracy & Development, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      The socio-economic righ ts in the Bill of Rights bind all organs of state, including municipalities. These rights may also impose posicive obligations. Through the delivery of basic services. municipalities fu lfi l some ...
    • Socio-economic rights in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe 

      Kondo, Tinashe (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
      From 1980 to 2017, Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe through a regime that posed as ‘democratic’ but which for all intents and purposes was a dictatorship. The power of the government stemmed not from the will of the people ...
    • Spatial Land-Use Planning and Management Bill 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform has introduced the Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management Bill (SPLUMB) (14 of 2012) in Parliament. The Bill, which is likely to be fast-tracked, will have very serious ...
    • Special interest councillors in Zimbabwe: a review of law and practice in terms of the 2013 Constitution 

      de Visser, Jaap; Mapuva, Jephias (University of the Western Cape, 2013)
      Local governance in Zimbabwe has a chequered history. Despite high hopes for democratic local governance on the attainment of political independence in 1980, it has often defied democratic practice and is yet to bring ...
    • The special rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa (SRRWA) 2007-2015 

      Durojaye, Ebenezer (IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2018)
      The purpose of this article is to examine the progress recorded so far by this mechanism focusing on the period from 2007-2015. It focuses on the relevance and importance of the office of the SRRWA as a special mechanism ...
    • The state of civil society participation in Parliament 

      Muntingh, Lukas (Law, Democracy & Development, 2012)
      This paper explores the extent of public participation in the legislative, oversight and accountability mandates of Parliament. The legislative mandate refers to the making, introducing and amending of laws. The Constitution ...
    • 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 ...
    • States' obligations in relation to access to medicines: revisiting Kenyan High Court decision in P.A.O and others v Attorney-General and another 

      Durojaye, Ebenezer; Mirugi-Mukundi, Gladys (Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
      Recently a Kenyan High Court in P.A.O and others v Attorney General and another (hereinafter P.A.O) handed down a judgment in relation to sections 2, 32, and 34 of the Anti-Counterfeit Act vis-à-vis Kenya's obligations ...
    • Status quo report on intergovernmental relations regarding local government 

      Steytler, Nicolas; Fessha, Yonatan; Kirkby, Coel (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
      Local government in South Africa is a unique experiment in intergovernmental relations. Guided by the constitutional principle of co-operative government, the provinces, and district and local municipalities must work ...
    • Subsidiarity in the Constitution slapstick asymmetry or a 'rights based' approach to powers 

      de Visser, Jaap (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
      What is subsidiarity? Subsidiarity is a general principle that says that governance should take place as close as possible to the citizens. It translates into the protection of lower levels of government against undue ...
    • Systems, Processes and Challenges of Public Revenue Collection in Zimbabwe 

      Zhou, Gideon; Madhekeni, Alois (American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013)
      An efficient national revenue collection system is the hub of every public administration system and the cornerstone of sound fiscal management. It enables governments to finance budget deficits from domestic sources, thus ...
    • Ten years after the Jali Commission: Assessing the state of South Africa’s prisons 

      Muntingh, Lukas (ISS & UCT, 2016)
      Ten years have lapsed since the Jali Commission’s final report became publicly available, and it is therefore an opportune time to assess the state of South Africa’s prison system. The Jali Commission was appointed when ...
    • Testing the metal of the Municipal Systems Amendment Act of 2011 

      Ntliziywana, Phindile (Local Government Bulletin, 2012-06)
      The Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act 7 of 2011 sought to put a halt to a phenomenon of staffing municipalities with unqualified people, thereby ensuring that skilled people are appointed. Its provisions ...