The democratisation of South African local government

Local Government Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-39

  Cameron, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; DEMOCRATISATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC POLITICS; GEOPOLITICAL STUDY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030478437     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939608433806     Document Type: Article

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2. Giliomee argued that the reasons for this change of policy include: the capacity of blacks to resist apartheid grew in proportion to their increases in numbers, skills and power; the new de Klerk administration had neither the resources nor the will to persevere with either corruption or repression in the face of continuous resistance; economic stagnation made it imperative to find a solution to the political situation; and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ANC's major backer. See H. Giliomee, 'The Last Trek? Afrikaners in the Transition to Democracy in South Africa', South Africa International. Vol.22, No.3 (1992), pp.111-13.
3. Leonardy raises four objections to the Constitution from a federal point of view; namely, no explicit provision is made for exclusive provincial powers; no clarification is given as to the allocation of residual powers; there is uncertainty with which provincial powers are defined and there is an absence of political and judicial mechanisms to define the borderlines in case of conflict. See U. Leonardy, 'Constitutional Provisions on Devolution and Federalism', in B. de Villiers (ed.). Birth of a Constitution (Cape Town: Juta), pp.162-3.
4. Constitutional Rule in a Participatory Democracy. The National Party's Framework for a New Democratic South Africa (Pretoria: NP, 1991).
5. South, 6-12 July 1989.
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7. T. Lodge, 'The Lusaka Amendments', Leadership, Vol.7, No.4 (1988), p.19.
8. R. Cameron, 1995, op. cit., pp.408-11.
9. LGNF, The Constitution of the Local Government Negotiating Forum (Johannesburg, 1993), p.4.
10. Ibid., p.4.
11. These representatives were drawn from the central government's Department of Local Government, the four provincial Administration's Departments of Local Government, the United Municipal Executive, the Major Cities Associations and the National Committee for Local Government Associations.
12. R. Cameron, The Local Government Negotiating Process in South Africa (unpublished paper: Cape Town, 1994), p.7.
13. F. Cloete, Local Government Transformation in South Africa (Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1995), p.13.
14. T. Botha, Address at Second Annual Conference of Tralogo (Randburg, 1993), p.4.
15. LGNF, Agenda for the Second Meeting of the Local Government Negotiating Forum (Johannesburg, 1993), pp.26-8.
16. Major Cities, Towards a National Approach towards Metropolitan Government (Johannesburg, 1993).
17. T. Botha, op. cit., pp.4-5.
18. Local Government Negotiating Forum, op. cit., (1993), pp.23-4.
19. Republic of South Africa (RSA), Local Government Transition Act 209 of 1993 (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1993), schedule 1, section 3.
20. Ibid., schedule 1, section 5.
21. M. Motshekga, The ABC of Local Government. A Practical Guide to Local Negotiations, paper presented at the tripartite Alliance and SANCO Conference on the Local Government Transition Act, Johannesburg, p.16; D. Christianson, 'Local Government: The Loser', Indicator South Africa, Vol.11, No.4 (1994), p.32.
22. M. Motshekga, The ABC of Local Government. A Practical Guide to Local Negotiations, paper presented at the tripartite Alliance and SANCO Conference on the Local Government Transition Act, Johannesburg, p.16; D. Christianson, 'Local Government: The Loser', Indicator South Africa, Vol.11, No.4 (1994), p.32.
23. R G. Cameron and A.B. Stone, Serving the Public. A Guide for Practioners and Students (Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1995), p.50.
24. J. de Beer and L. Lourens, Local Government. The Road to Democracy (Midrand: Educom, 1995), p.171.
25. F. Cloete, op. cit., p.12.
26. J. de Beer and L. Lourens, op. cit., p. 171.
27. RSA, op. cit., part IV.
28. R. Cameron, op. cit., 1994, p.9.
29. See R. Cameron, op. cit., 1995, pp.401-2 for a discussion of the general affairs/own affairs dichotomy.
30. The Argus, 2 Feb. 1995.
31. R.G. Cameron and A.B. Stone, op. cit., p.50.
32. J. de Beer and L. Lourens, op. cit., p.147.
33. RSA, Local Government Transition Amendment Act (Pretoria: Government Printer), 1995.
34. Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, R. Meyer, National Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 19 Sept. 1994), Col.1624.
35. Ibid., Cols.565-6.
36. J. Robinson, Transforming Spaces: Spaciality and Re-mapping the Apartheid City. Paper presented at the Centre for African Studies seminar, University of Cape Town, 1995, p.20.
37. Major criticisms include the fact that the Interim Measures Act contained no accepting guiding principles on which new local government structures could be based, too many powers resided in the Provincial Administrators and the Act did not force local authorities to enter into negotiations. See African National Congress, Statement of the African National Congress on the Interim Measures for Local Government Bill (Johannesburg, 1991).
38. African National Congress, Ready to Govern: ANC Policy Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa (Johannesburg, 1992).
39. R. Cameron, op. cit., 1994, pp.28-9.
40. See R. Cameron, op. cit., 1995, pp.405-6 for a discussion of RSCs.
41. M. Swilling and L. Boya, 'Local Government in Transition', in P. Fitzgerald, A. McLennan and B. Munslow (eds.), Managing Sustainable Development in South Africa (Cape Town: Oxford, 1995), p. 188.
42. Financial Mail, 30 June 1995.
43. R. Cameron, op. cit., 1994, pp.25-8.
44. RSA, National Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 21 Dec. 1993), Col. 15907; The Argus, 29 Nov. 1993.
45. RSA, National Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 21 Dec. 1993), Col. 15907; The Argus, 29 Nov. 1993.
46. Western Cape Demarcation Board, TLC's With B-Category Wards in the Western Cape (unpublished: Cape Town, 1995).
47. H. Ndude, ANC, Western Cape: Local and Regional Government Commission, Comments on LGNF proposals to be included in Interim Constitution (unpublished: Cape Town, 1993), p.3.
48. R. Cameron. op. cit., 1994, p.36.
49. LGNF (non-statutory), Proposals from the Non-Statutory Delegation (Johannesburg, 1993).
50. RSA, Deputy Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, V. Moosa, National Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 19 Sept. 1994), Col.1591.
51. A. McIntosh, 'The Rural Local Government Question in South Africa: Prospects for Locally Based Development', Development South Africa, Vol.12, No.3 (1995), p.418.
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53. A. McIntosh, op. cit., p.413.
54. Technical Committee of the Departments of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development and Finance, The State of Local Government Finance (Pretoria, 1994).
55. RSA, House of Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 22 Dec. 1993), Cols.16041-2.
56. Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, Local Authority Debts and Service Arrears, Joint Media Statement by the Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development and the MECs of Local Government of the Nine Provinces (Pretoria, 1994).
57. Technical Committee, op. cit., p.15.
58. Ibid., p. 14.
59. Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, Aims of Masakhane Campaign (Pretoria, 1994).
60. Saturday Star, 19 Aug. 1995.
61. Financial Mail, 30 June 1995.
62. NP, op. cit.
63. H. Ndude, op. cit., p.2; R. Cameron, op. cit., 1994, p.54.
64. H. Ndude, op. cit., p.2; R. Cameron, op. cit., 1994, p.54.
65. RSA, National Assembly Debates (Cape Town: Government Printer, 19 Sept. 1994), col.1024.
66. Ibid., col.1647.
67. Ibid., col.1671.
68. A. McIntosh, op. cit., p.415.
69. See R.Cameron, Local Government Policy in South Africa 1980-1989 (with specific reference to the Western Cape): Devolution, Delegation, Deconcentration or Centralisation? (unpublished Ph.D. thesis: University of Cape Town, 1991).
70. Free State Municipal Association, Draft proposals with regard to that part of the new Constitution which will deal with local government (Bloemfontein, 1994); D. Christianson, op. cit., pp.28-9.
71. Free State Municipal Association, Draft proposals with regard to that part of the new Constitution which will deal with local government (Bloemfontein, 1994); D. Christianson, op. cit., pp.28-9.
72. R. Cameron, op. cit., p.52.