VOW 88.1 Law Focus

In Conversation With SIMANGALISO SITHOLE (ATTORNEY AT LANTAI PARTNERS)

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With local government elections around the corner, one question keeps coming up: who is actually responsible for what? When the clinic runs out of medicine, the provincial road is full of potholes or the taps run dry, who do we hold to account?

South Africa has three spheres of government: national, provincial and local. On the ballot this time are the ward and proportional representation councillors who will run your municipality and go on to elect your executive mayor. But provinces are the sphere that supports, monitors and, when things fail, can step in.

Tonight, a constitutional law expert breaks down the power’s provinces hold, the powers municipalities hold, and where the two meet. This is Law Focus.
4 Nov English South Africa Education · Government

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