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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Local government

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

White papers

The White paper on local government. Pretoria: Ministry for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, 1998. Shelf no. G 68 E.CONS.98.WHIT

 

Strategies

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Local Government Turnaround Strategy. "Working together, turning the tide in Local Government, 2009-2014." Pretoria: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, [2014.] (Booklet)

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Local Government : Turnaround Strategy. "Working together, turning the tide in Local Government." Pretoria: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 2009.

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Implementation plan for the Five year local government strategic agenda. 2006?

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Draft implementation plan for the Five year local government strategic agenda. Version 6.5. 16 May 2006. 

 

Anti-corruption

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance. Local government anti-corruption strategy, 2015. Pretoria : Department of Cooperative Governance, 10/1/2015.

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance. 2015 Local government anti-corruption strategy. Appendix A,  Municipal integrity management framework. Pretoria : Department of Cooperative Governance, 10/1/2015.

Promoting good governance and accountability : local government anti-corruption strategy. Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2005. Shelf no. G 68 E.LOCA.05.PROM

 

Municipal finance

South Africa. National Treasury. Policy framework for municipal borrowing. 2017 update. Final draft, 30 December 2017. [Pretoria: National Treasury, 2017.]

South Africa. Department of Finance. Policy framework for municipal borrowing and financial emergencies. Pretoria: Department of Finance, 1999? Adopted by Cabinet in December 2000. 

Green papers

Green paper on local government. Pretoria: Ministry for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development, 1997. Shelf no. G 68 E.CONS.97.GREE

 

Capacity building

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. National Capacity Building Framework for Local Government in Support of the Five Year Local Government Strategic Agenda (2008-2011). The DPLG in partnership with SALGA. Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2008?

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. National Capacity Building Framework for Local Government  Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2003. Shelf no. G 68 E.LOCA.03.NATI

 

Municipal entities

City of Cape Town. Municipal entities policy (policy number 12619). Approved by Special Council: 31 May 2023, SPC 06/05/23. 

City of Cape Town. Municipal entities (policy number 12619). Approved by Council: 31 July 2013, C85/07/13.

Discussion papers

South Africa’s local government : a discussion document : towards a white paper on local government in South Africa. Pretoria?: Ministry of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development?, 1997.  Shelf no. G 68 E.CONS.97.SOUT

Economic development

Individual municipalities have individual local economic development plans.

South Africa. Department of Cooperative Governance. The National Framework for Local Economic Development: Creating Innovation-driven Local Economies, 2018-2028. [Pretoria: Department of Cooperative Governance, 2018.]

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Stimulating and Developing Sustainable Local Economies : National Framework for Local Economic Development (LED) in South Africa (2006- 2011).  Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2007. Shelf no. G 68 E.LOCA.06.STIM

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Robust & Inclusive Municipal Economies : Policy Guidelines for Implementing Local Economic Development in South Africa.  Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2005. Shelf no. G 68 E.LOCA.05.ROBU

 

Gender

South Africa. Department of Provincial and Local Government. Gender policy framework for local government. Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, [2011.]

Risk management

South Africa. National Treasury. Local Government Risk Management Framework. Pretoria: National Treasury, 201-?

South Africa. National Treasury. Local Government Risk Management Framework: Guidance on Risk Identification. Pretoria: National Treasury, 201-?

South African Local Government Association. Risk Management Framework. Pretoria: SALGA, June 2017. 

Background documents

Policy process on the system of provincial & local government : background : policy questions, process & participation. Pretoria: Department of Provincial and Local Government, 2007. Shelf no. G 68 E.PROV.07.POLI Also in: SA. Government gazette no. 30137 (1 August 2007), General notice 936 of 2007. 

Policy process on the system of provincial and local government : catalogue and analysis of public submissions. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2008. Shelf no.  G 68 E.PROV.08.POLI