Working Papers
Up one levelLocal Accountability: Enforcing the Code of Conduct for Councillors , No. 2 of 2006
Keywords: local government autonomy, Constitution, disclosure of interests, meetings, outside work, duty of speaker, MEC’s powers
Career Patterns of National, Provincial and Local Politicians in South Africa, No. 1 of 2006
Keywords: democracy, electoral systems, national assembly, local government councillors, parliamentarians, Executive Mayor, proportional representation
The Implications of NEPAD for Local Government in South Africa, No. 1 of 2004
Keywords: African development, African Union, governance, infrastructure programmes, environment, NEPAD, OAU, ECOSOCC, New African Initiative, integrated development goals
The Powers of Local Government In Decentralized Systems of Government: Dispelling “The Curse of Common Competencies”, No. 2 of 2003
Keywords: local government, legislative and executive competencies, overlapping jurisdiction, plenary powers, service delivery, subsidiarity, supervision
Towards a common framework for managing local authorities and service re-organisation processes in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Municipal Systems Act, No. 1 of 2003
Keywords: Municipal Systems Act, Constitutional law, SAMWU v. the City of Cape Town, service delivery, municipal competencies
The Promise of Women’s Equality: The Transformation of Local Government in South Africa, No. 3 of 2002
Keywords: women, gender equity, local government, development, community participation, integrated development plan
Powers of Local Government, No. 2 of 2002
Keywords: local government powers, assigned functions, Fedsure Life Assurance v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council
Assignments of Powers to Local Government, No. 1 of 2002
Keywords: assigned powers, Municipal Systems Act, devolution, local government functions, subsidiarity
Proposals towards the Establishment of Ward Committees, No. 4 of 2001
Keywords: ward committees, local government, democracy, municipal participation, Municipal Structures Act, Municipal Systems Act
The Institutional Framework for Developmental Local Government: Making Good on the Promise of Development?, No. 3 of 2001
Keywords: developmental local government, legislative and constitutional framework, development
Proposed, Failed and Forthcoming Changes to the Constitutional Framework for Local Government, No. 2 of 2001
Keywords: Municipal Structures Act, constitutional amendment, interventions, municipal autonomy
Roles and Responsibilities of the Municipal Manager, No. 1 of 2001
Keywords: municipal manager, administrative duties, legal duties, terms of reference, Municipal Systems Act, Municipal Structures Act
Provincial-Municipal Relations: a few challenges, No. 3 of 2000
Keywords: intergovernmental relations, provincial-municipal relations, duty to monitor, support and supervise, Municipal Systems Act, Municipal Structures Act
Role of Local Government in Providing Child Care, No. 2 of 2000
Keywords: child care, local government, rights of the child, Schedule 4B
The Legislative Powers of Local Government, No. 1 of 2000
Keywords: legislative functions, Schedule 4, Schedule 5, exclusive competence and local government legislation
The Right to Equal Treatment by a Municipality, No 1 of 1999
Keywords: equality, unfair discrimination, administrative fairness and municipal duties.