Collection of own revenue in municipalities is a legislative requirement. The White Paper on
Local Government (1998) emphatically states that municipalities need to have access to …

Abstract Like in other South African district municipalities, the practice of Intergovernmental
Relations (IGR) in Mopani District Municipality (MDM) is problematic. Lack of cooperation …

The Auditor-General of South Africa reports for the financial years 2012–2013, 2013–2014
and 2014–2015 paint a gloomy picture of local government performance in some provinces …

Background: The government's inability to ensure that both the local and the national
markets adequately accommodate smallholder producers is inhibiting the sector's ability to …

This article examines the state of collaboration between a district municipality and its local
municipalities using Ehlanzeni District Municipality as a case study. This is important …

Despite the several post-apartheid policy interventions that South Africa has introduced,
there are still visible traces of the apartheid era including the evident poverty, unemployment …

Service delivery that is driven by cooperative governance between municipalities in the
district-local space is generally commendable, but it is often bedevilled by serious collective …

Since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, the highest peak yet, with 218 service delivery
protests, was recorded in 2014. The notion exists that, unless participation by members of …

Background: Aganang Local Municipality (ALM) was disestablished, and its municipal area
was amalgamated into Blouberg Local Municipality, Molemole Local Municipality and …

The discipline of public administration has long grappled with the issue of the political-
administrative dichotomy. A lopsided binary and categorical approach to political and …