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Tools for local environmental sustainability in small and medium-sized municipalities in South Africa
Environmental governance tools for municipalities in South Africa Pathways and opportunities for collaboration and partnerships towards implroved service delivery in local government Standard draft (blueprint) environmental management by-law for South African municipalities .img-container { position: relative…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/environmental-governance-tools-municipalities-south-africa
Environmental governance tools for municipalities in South Africa
Integrated development plan Integrated development plan Read more Municipal Budget Municipal Budget Read more Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan Read more By-laws By-laws Read more Public Participation…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/integrated-development-plan
Integrated Development Plan
Integrated Development Plan What is it? A municipal integrated development plan (IDP) is a five-year strategic narrative (plan) of the guiding principles, strategic focus areas and development priorities of a municipality as a government institution and as a spatially demarcated area. The IDP assists a municipality to coordinate…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/municipal-budget
Municipal Budget
Municipal Budget What is it? The budget of a municipality is the document identifying and stating particular objectives with associated expenditure linked to each objective. A municipality's annual budget is a documented source of anticipated income and expenditure for the 12 months of the financial year. In the local sphere of…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/service-delivery-budget-and-implementation-plan
Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan
Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan What is it? The municipal Service Delivery Budget and Implementation Plan (SDBIP) is a detailed plan to be approved by the mayor of a municipality for the implementation of municipal services and the annual budget of the municipality. The SDBIP must, at a minimum, include…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/laws
By-laws
By-laws What is it? By-laws are the products of the legislative (law-making) authority of a municipality and may be described as local command-and-control regulatory instruments. A municipality may pass 'local legislation' (by-laws) for the functions that fall within its competence as determined by the Constitution of the…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/public-participation
Public Participation
Public Participation What is it? In a democratic government system such as that of South Africa, public participation plays an indispensable role. Public participation is a process and not a single event or activity. It relates to any process of the municipality that directly engages the public (local communities and civil…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/section-79-and-80-committees
Section 79 and 80 Committees
Section 79 and 80 Committees What is it? So-called "Section 79 and 80 Committees" are municipal committees that are established in terms of ss 79 and 80 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 2008. These committees are established in municipalities to enable councils to delegate specific functions and to…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/ward-committees
Ward Committees
Ward Committees What is it? A ward is an area in a metro or local municipality, which has clearly defined boundaries. A ward committee is a democratically elected body which represents a wide variety of community interests and meets regularly under the chairperson, who is the ward councillor. A municipality has the power to…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/pathways-and-opportunities-collaboration-and-partnerships-towards-improved
Pathways and opportunities for collaboration and partnerships towards improved service delivery in local government
What is "collaborative governance"? What is "collaborative governance"? Read more × What is 'collaborative governance'? As the name suggests, "collaborative governance" denotes government (municipalities and other organs of state), the community and private sector communicating and working with each other towards…https://law.nwu.ac.za/faculty-law/test-modal
test modal
Extended Public Work Programme (EPWP) Extended Public Work Programme (EPWP) Read more × Extended Public Work Programme (EPWP) The South African government's Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has its origins in the Growth and Development Summit of 2003 where it was agreed that so-called public works programmes could…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/standard-draft-blueprint-environmental-management-law-south-african
Standard draft (blueprint) environmental management by-law for South African municipalities
What is standard draft by-law? What is standard draft by-law? Read more × What is a standard draft by-law? South African law makes provision for ways in which to support the by-law-making function of municipalities. The National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 makes provision for so-called "model environmental…https://news.nwu.ac.za/revolutionising-maths-education-whartelstm-learning-programme-helping-kids-excel
Revolutionising maths education: Whartels™ learning programme is helping kids excel
A North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer in the subject group Psychology, Dr Petro Erasmus, developed and designed the mathematics programme Whartels™ – which is exclusively used in Let’s Really Play Maths Centres – to help foundation phase learners excel in maths. This programme was recently launched at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/invitation-1st-corporate-financial-markets-law-conference-2021
Invitation 1st Corporate & Financial Markets Law Conference 2021
Date: 28 -29 October 2021 Venue: Virtual Theme: Confronting the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on corporate governance, corporate insolvency and financial education measures in practice Call for Abstracts Keynote speakers: Prof FHI Cassim (Specialist Committee on Company Law) Prof JJ du Plessis (Deakin University) Prof PC Osode…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/invitation-call-papers
Invitation & Call For Papers
INVITATION & CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE NWU FACULTY OF LAW CORPORATE & FINANCIAL MARKETS LAW CONFERENCE 28-29 OCTOBER 2021 AND SPECULUM JURIS JOURNAL SPECIAL EDITION North West University (NWU) Faculty of Law wishes to invite you to present a paper at the NWU 1st Corporate & Financial Markets Law Conference, virtually on 28-29 October…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/prof-stephen-de-la-harpe-executive-dean-law-passed-away-morning
Prof Stephen de la Harpe, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, passed away this morning
Prof Stephen de la Harpe, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, North-West University passed away this morning. He has been in the ICU for the last six weeks. The Faculty wants to convey its sincerest condolences to his wife, Hanri, their daughters, Kara, Shani, Lana and Janke, friends…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/prof-stephen-de-la-harpe-passed-away
Prof Stephen de la Harpe, passed away
Prof Stephen de la Harpe, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, North-West University passed away on thursday, 18 February 2021. He has been in the ICU for the last six weeks. The Faculty wants to convey its sincerest condolences to his wife, Hanri, their daughters, Kara, Shani, Lana and Janke, friends and colleagues. We want to thank them…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/doctor-philosophy-laws-law-and-development
Doctor of Philosophy in Laws with Law and Development (PhD in Law and Development)
Duration (minimum and maximum duration For full-time students, the study period is at minimum one year and the maximum duration of study is four years. For part-time students it is minimum one year and the maximum duration of study is five years. If a student has not completed the study within the maximum duration of studies allowed…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/sa-copyright-academics-weigh-copyright-amendment-bill
SA Copyright Academics Weigh in on Copyright Amendment Bill
South African Copyright Academics Weigh in on Copyright Amendment Bill On the eve of a Parliamentary meeting to review the President’s Constitutional reservations, a group of leading copyright and constitutional academics have identified technical changes to meet all of the President’s concerns. The South African Copyright Amendment Bill…https://law.nwu.ac.za/law/mock