Document: Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill B22-2010

The purpose of the Bill is to promote a more professional administration by way of better-qualified senior management, more impartial and greater efficiency. The Bill is a direct response to the crisis in local government and forms part of the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs turn around strategy.

The Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs invites written submissions on the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill (B22-2010) until Monday, 5 September 2010.

Submissions must be in writing and directed to Ms Shereen Cassiem: Committee Secretary - PC on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 3rd floor, 90 Plein Street, Cape Town 8000. Tel. 021 403 3769, fax: 086 623 6312, email: scassiem@parliament.gov.za. 

Source: Mail&Guardian, 27 September 2010