In the 2011 local government elections, 4 277 wards were contested in 8. South africa has 283 municipalities, based on three constitutional categories. The journal for transdisciplinary research td is a journal dedicated to promoting the concept of transdisciplinary research. Adm council nominated and endorsed cllr khanyile maneli as the adm executive mayor in a special council meeting held on the 25th march 2020. Htonl from esri shapefiles from the municipal demarcation board, south africa. The best and worst municipalities in south africa in 2017. Municipalities placed under administration by the respective administrations since the advent of section. The book is ring bound to facilitate the photocopying of individual pages, and is designed. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
A local municipality may include rural areas as well as one or more towns or small cities. To build a democratic worker controlled and centred organisation base. Water service delivery failures at municipal level are. While this is the trend in the private sector, the national treasury has introduced an array of. Factors that affect municipal service delivery in gauteng and north west provinces of south africa. Local government coalition in gauteng province of south. The department cooperative governance and traditional affairs cogta has estimated that a third of south african municipalities are financially nonviable whatever the definition and nonfunctional. Jul 20, 2017 the latest south african customer satisfaction index sacsi for municipalities shows that the city of cape town has retained its top spot as the best and most trusted municipality in the country. One of the major innovations of the 1996 constitution was the elevation of local government to a sphere of government, firmly establishing local governments autonomy. Handbook for municipal finance officers powers and.
New regulations will allow south african municipalities to buy and generate their own electricity. In an increasingly knowledgebased economy, investment in localgovernment capacity is central to municipal performance. South african government communication and information system. Factors that affect municipal service delivery in gauteng. A mandate within the constitution recognizes salga as the key representative of local government and in partnership with the federal authority. Notes and references edit with the exception of the prince edward islands, although they are for certain legal purposes deemed to fall within the city of cape town.
Back to index chapter 3 analysis of local government revenue. Most of the country is covered by the 44 district municipalities, which are divided into local municipalities and share responsibilities with. In contrast, a category 4 municipal structures amendmenl act 33 at 2000 he msaa 2000 5 in re. University oj the western cape i introduction a new feature of local government outside metropolitan areas is the establishment of 47 district municipalities in december 2000.
Each district municipality is divided into a number of local municipalities, and responsibility for municipal affairs is divided between the district and local municipalities. Final case study municipalities the partnering initiative. As a result, the boards will be empowered and skilled in good governance. Alfred nzo district, amajuba district, amathole district, bojanala platinum district, cape winelands district, capricorn district, central karoo district, chris hani district, dr kenneth kaunda district, dr ruth segomotsi mompati distric. Giving effect to shared authority in local government nico steytler professor and director. The challenge of local government structures in south. Handbook for municipal finance officers powers and functions. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities. African private sector has shown a strong commitment to policy priorities and development agenda of government.
The white paper on local government 9 march 1998 the white paper is dedicated to the memory of tshepiso mashinini 19661998, chairperson of the white paper working committee, and all the other women and men who contributed to the building of a democratic system of. Local government in south africa entered a new era with the adoption of the 1996 constitution. In south africa, municipalities play an important role in delivering basic services including. Municipalities may be established in certain categories. See the 10 best municipalities in the country of south africa. Document file microsoft should be set in south african or uk english, regular a4 paper.
Back to index chapter 3 analysis of local government. Real average contribution of main revenue sources to total municipal revenue over the period. South africa, the southernmost country on the african continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid afrikaans. Local government is a sphere of government in its own right, and is not an administrative implementing arm of national or provincial government.
Challenges in determining the correct waste disposal. The white paper on local government 9 march 1998 the white paper is dedicated to the memory of tshepiso mashinini 19661998, chairperson of the white paper working committee, and all the other women and men who contributed to the building of a democratic system of local government in south africa. Description this publication presents key census findings for each metropolitan, district and local municipality. After the municipal elections of 18 may 2011 there were eight metropolitan municipalities. The state of municipal infrastructure and its operation. Developmental local government challenges and progress in. Buffalo city metropolitan, city of cape town metropolitan, city of ekurhuleni metropolitan, city of johannesburg metropolitan, city of tshwane metropolitan, ethekwini metropolitan, mangaung metropolitan, nelson mandela bay metropolitan. The nine provinces of south africa are divided into 52 districts which are either metropolitan or. For example, unsuccessful basic service provisionand uns uccessful operation clean audit opca2014 interventions have failed to correct poor governance, which gave rise to municipalities not receiving clean audit opinions from the auditorgeneral of south africa. It concludes that by adopting and utilising the municipal corporate governance implementation framework, governance practices in municipalities dramatically can improve. Local government and poverty in south africa municipal services. The south african geographical names council is a statutory body that deals specifically with changing names of places in south africa, including municipalities. Handbook for municipal finance officers powers and functions section m 1 1. The state of municipal infrastructure in south africa and its operation and maintenance page 4 the unintended consequence of constructing more and more new infrastructure, without addressing the condition of the existing infrastructure, in the attempt to.
A municipality now had the right to govern, on its own initiative, the local government affairs of its community. The state of municipal infrastructure and its operation and. The african union convention against corruption the au convention against corruption was adopted in 2003 and came into force in 2005. Further details of the districts are listed in the table that follows the image. This is a series of maps showing south african municipalities local, district, and metro higlighted within their provinces. South african municipalities prospects and challenges. The following map depicts the provinces and districts of south africa.
Certification of the constillltioll of chi repuhlic of south africa 1996 1996 10 bclr 1253 cc 6 ibid par 301. African journal of science, technology, innovation and development. In addition, estates of the deceased may be subject to capital gains tax and donations tax. South african inheritance tax, or estate duty, applies to all estates valued above a certain amount. Makana municipality, grahamstown, eastern cape province. The latest south african customer satisfaction index sacsi for municipalities shows that the city of cape town has retained its top spot as the best and most trusted municipality in the country. The constitution introduced, for the first time in our history, a walltowall local government system by providing that municipalities be established for the whole of the territory of the republic.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Governance, only one third of south african municipalities are performing their functions at least adequately. Pdf local government coalition in gauteng province of. Decentralisation in south africa the main aims of the decentralisation.
There are only 36 municipalities countrywide that do not have a sanitation backlog report on the state of local government in south africa, 2009. Click on the map to explore municipalities by province, or search for any municipality, town, person, etc. It consists of one page per municipality, with tables showing information for selected person and household variables. Many municipalities in south africa have not been able to fulfil their constitutional mandate. Performance management policy drakenstein municipality. South african settlements are deeply divided, often with a physical buffer zone between racial and economic groups. Equally, limpopo, eastern cape and kwazulunatal provinces recorded. Experience teaches us that when this vital mechanism for the delivery of services and the. Pdf the auditorgeneral of south africa reports for the financial years 2012 20, 202014 and 20142015 paint a gloomy picture of local government. Unless the challenges raised in this paper for determining the correct waste disposal solutions, can be addressed, then can there be a workable solution in hand. Since the boundary reform at the time of the municipal election of 3 august 2016 there are. Paul berkowitz research the country has 278 municipalities.
Existence of a local government sphere in a democratic state the notion of democracy is a problematic one on many counts, as a result of. Access to piped water within 200m of a household has increased from 72,1% to 74,4 % in 2007. The division of the local government into the tree categories of municipalities means that the local government in south africa is a mix of unitary and two tiered structures. As with other south african municipalities, polokwane municipality has 86,46% of its capital budget allocated to infrastructure provision polokwane municipality 200810 multiyear budget.
A perl script converts the data to a svg image which is much less detailed than the original shapefile. There are currently in total 284 municipalities in south africa21. There are 205 local municipalities in south africa. The functions, power and responsibilities of the executive mayor are assigned by legislation, in terms of section 56 of the municipal structures act and chapter 7 of the mfma, as well by resolutions of council passed from time to time to allocate specific. The pricing of services, the affordability of pricing, the quality of services delivered by municipalities and the social issue between the wealthy and the poor are contentious on a continuous basis. Clgf local government system in south africa, sine anno.
The district municipalities are labelled with numbers that correspond to their district code, while the metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters that correspond to their names. Although the three spheres of government are autonomous, they exist in a unitary south africa and they have to work together on decisionmaking and must coordinate budgets, policies and activities. The advent of democracy and the leap towards a transforming nation has sparked the demand for adequate. Salga is a listed public entity, established in terms of section 21 of the companies act, 1973 act 61 of 1973, and recognised by the minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, in terms of the organised local government act, 1997 act 52 of 1997. An african perspective c thornhill school of public management and administration university of pretoria south africa abstract in order to understand how african cities function, they should be considered from a political, social, economic, cultural and geographical perspective. This means that while national and provincial governments may. Pdf local government coalition in gauteng province of south. Towards cooperative relations between district and local municipalities pdf. This publication presents key census findings for each metropolitan, district and local municipality. Since the boundary reform at the time of the municipal election of 3 august 2016 there are eight metropolitan municipalities, 44 district. Metropoles have a choice between two types of government. Placement of municipalities under administration a comparative case study of masilonyana and nala local municipalities in the free state province in south africa.
To build a democratic worker controlled and centred organisation based on membership participation in policy and decision making. Estate duty in south africa applies to estates worth more than r3. This year, we were able to compare the state of south africas municipalities with our previous index and we have found a significant variation in the municipal. There are 278 municipalities in south africa, comprising eight metropolitan, 44 district and 226. Maps of south african municipalities wikimedia commons.
Makana municipality, grahamstown, eastern cape province, republic of south africa. The study proposes a model that municipalities can customise when implementing corporate governance. The list of 10 best municipalities in south africa was selected by the municipal iq which normally takes essential factors like capacity requirements, reporting, basic planning and financial. Law of succession and inheritance tax in south africa expatica. It is aimed at creating knowledge with the collaboration of the formal sectors of the natural and human sciences as base. In support of government growth objectives, august 2006 printed july 2007. To organise all those employed directly or indirectly, in local authority and allied undertakings of the economy whether in the public private or voluntary sector. Introduction the objective of this chapter is to provide the reader with the legal framework and background to the division of powers and functions. South african municipalities, grouped by province image.
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