Attaining the benefits of (especially fiscal) decentralization in government remains an
enduring challenge, in part because the re-arrangement of public functions across levels of …

Local government has become the implementing agency for development in South Africa.
The vision for local government encapsulates far more than its previous role of regulator and …

Background South African district municipalities supply, inter alia, basic social goods in
order to realise socio-economic rights and promote sustainable development in their local …

Devolution of power to regional governments is a dominant political issue. In pursuit of this
paradigm, Zimbabwe enshrined regional governments in the Constitution. Deontological …

The paper seeks to determine whether the observation from a constitutional law and public
administration perspective, namely that a distinct centralist tendency has become evident in …

This paper argues that the COVID-19 pandemic can and should be understood as a form of
creative destruction (Schumpeter's gale), at a hyper level owing to its biological/medical …

A critical conceptual analysis of the state of local government in the South African context
reflects a lack of sufficient resources and commitment to achieve the developmental …

This article assesses the current municipal re-demarcation process in local government,
focusing on the Malamulele area, which was previously under Thulamela Municipality. The …

Metropolitan municipalities are largely regarded as the catalysts of economic development.
The main finding of the paper globally. Eight metropolitan municipalities were introduced in …

Before the historical democratic elections of 1994, South Africa did not have a culture of
actively engaging communities in local government affairs. Democracy brought emphasis to …