Browsing Journals by Subject "Local Government"
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Community development workers as agents of change and conduit of authentic public participation: the case of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2017)This article explores the role of community development workers (CDWs) in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. The CDWs are by law expected to regularly communicate, inter alia, government initiatives in a way which ... -
Corporate Power, Human Rights and Urban Governance in South African Cities
(PER/PELJ, 2022)This article is concerned with the extent to which corporations involved in governing South African cities and towns are bound to the developmental objectives and socio-economic rights that urban governance efforts are ... -
Localising environmental governance: the Le Sueur case
(2014)In the matter of Le Sueur v Ethekwini Municipality the KwaZulu-Natal High Court decided that municipalities had the power to legislate on environmental issues such as biodiversity and conservation. This note argues that ... -
Municipal law making under SPLUMA: A survey of fifteen "First Generation" municipal planning by-laws
(PER/PELJ, 2019)The legal framework for spatial planning and land use management changed with the introduction of the new Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA). SPLUMA facilitates the shift of power over critical ... -
Municipal tender awards and internal appeals by unsuccessful bidders
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)In recent years, bidders aggrieved by municipal tender awards are increasingly resorting to Section 62 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act1 for relief. The application of this provision to tender processes is ... -
The politics of service delivery in South Africa: the local government sphere in context
(AOSIS, 2016)The post-1994 democratic developmental South African state opted for a strong local government system which has been constitutionalised, in terms of Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of ... -
Section 139 interventions in South African local government, 1994-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Recent trends point to the fact that national and provincial government interventions in the local sphere of government in South Africa have become more commonplace. These trends can be seen, within the broader context ...
