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Constitutional Court grants municipalities greater scope to rectify unlawful contracts
Suppose a new municipal manager comes across a procurement contract that was awarded irregularly more than three months ago. Can he or she approach a court to ...
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Land use management: Where traditional and municipal governance meet in rural areas
Municipalities play a critical role in service delivery, development and democracy. What is often forgotten in the assessment of local government is that, ...
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Measuring transparency, public participation and oversight in the budget processes of South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities
The Metro Open Budget Survey (Metro OBS) is modelled on the global Open Budget Survey (OBS) initiated by the International Budget Partnership in 2006. The OBS ...
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The BRICS Bank: More Money for South Africa’s Municipalities?
Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill coined the term ‘BRIC’ in 2009 as an abbreviation for a group of four emerging economies that were growing relatively fast- ...
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The Commonwealth Local Government Forum focuses on the Localisation of the Global Sustainable Development Goals Agenda in Southern Africa
The Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), a membership-based organisation established in 1995, and representing about 200 members across the 53 ...
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Can a provincial government under national intervention intervene in a municipality?
The Constitution confers on the national government supervisory powers over the provincial (and local) governments. It also affords the provincial government ...
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