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Newsletter No. 14

9 November 2004


MUFAMADI Help at hand for stricken municipalities National government has stepped in to back up failing municipalities, with a plan to spend R15,6bn over the next two years. Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi is quoted by Business Day as saying that government would send teams to 132 of SA's 284 municipalities to tackle problems such as billing systems, municipal debt, the provision of free basic services and local economic development. [Read more]

MIG

Govt boosts infrastructure spending

Government has increased social infrastructure spending over the next three years to R1 billion in the form of infrastructure grants to municipalities and provinces, bringing the total Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) allocation to R18.5 billion.

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MBEKI

'Urgent need to
address local govt capacity'

President Thabo Mbeki says there is a clear and urgent need to address local government capacity in order to adequately address issues raised by the public during Imbizos government undertook recently

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FRASER-MOLEKETI

Govt reviews report
on public entities

Government is currently reviewing a draft report, conducted jointly by the Department on Public Service and Administration and National Treasury, on a study conducted on the effectiveness of public entities in the country and remuneration levels "within public entities".

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DEBT

Joburg set to raise
R6bn from investors

The City of Johannesburg is poised to raise R6-billion through short and medium-term debt instruments to finance its capital investment plans over the next six years

[Read more]

SERVICES

Minister warns against
overloading municipalities

Speaking at the National Assembly in Cape Town, Public Service Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has cautioned government sectors against assigning duties to local government without proper consultation, adding that local government stood at the forefront of delivery.

[Read more]

HIV/AIDS

Govt outlines progress
on HIV and AIDS plan

Government says there has been significant progress in its plan to deal with HIV and AIDS in the public sector.

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UDZ

Manuel opens way
for urban development zones

The regeneration of inner city areas has been given further impetus with this week's proclamation of Urban Development Zones (UDZ) in Johannesburg and Cape Town by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. This clears the way for inner city developers to benefit from major tax breaks.

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DPLG

R6,3bn 'spent on service delivery'

The Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) spent R6,3 billion in the 2003/04 financial year as part of its local government support programme to help municipalities provide free basic services such as water, electricity, refuse removal and sanitation

[Read more]

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Property owners
'liable for tenant arrears'

The Constitutional Court has ruled that property owners are responsible for the payment of arrears accumulated by their tenants for municipal services, thereby overturning an earlier decision by the Eastern Cape High Court.

[Read more]

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