Due : 09/September/2022
Task : Assignment 1
Module : CSL2601
Page | 1
Unique code : 721613.
1) Three different types of municipalities and the three ‘executive systems’ of
municipal governance.
a) A category A municipality has exclusive municipal executive and
legislative authority in its area and is referred to as a metropolitan
municipality in section 1 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures
Act.
b) A category B municipality shares its municipal executive and legislative
authority in its area with a category C municipality and is referred to as
a local municipality in section 1 of the Municipal Structures Act.
c) A category C municipality has municipal executive and legislative
authority in an area which includes more than one municipality and is
referred to as a district municipality in section 1 of the Municipal
Structures Act.
2) Four different categories of the supervisory powers the Constitution confers on
the national and provincial spheres of government in their supervision of local
government.
a) The power to monitor local government
b) The power to support local government
c) The power to regulate local government
d) The power to intervene in local government.
3) The significance of having the principles of co-operative governance and inter-
governmental relations as enshrined in the Constitution.
Section 40(1) states that government is composed of national, provincial and
local spheres which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This
statement implies that the national, provincial and local spheres all have their
own identity, and each have specific legislative and executive responsibilities
assigned by the constitution. This can be seen in the national legislature where
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Task : Assignment 1
Module : CSL2601
Page | 1
Unique code : 721613.
1) Three different types of municipalities and the three ‘executive systems’ of
municipal governance.
a) A category A municipality has exclusive municipal executive and
legislative authority in its area and is referred to as a metropolitan
municipality in section 1 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures
Act.
b) A category B municipality shares its municipal executive and legislative
authority in its area with a category C municipality and is referred to as
a local municipality in section 1 of the Municipal Structures Act.
c) A category C municipality has municipal executive and legislative
authority in an area which includes more than one municipality and is
referred to as a district municipality in section 1 of the Municipal
Structures Act.
2) Four different categories of the supervisory powers the Constitution confers on
the national and provincial spheres of government in their supervision of local
government.
a) The power to monitor local government
b) The power to support local government
c) The power to regulate local government
d) The power to intervene in local government.
3) The significance of having the principles of co-operative governance and inter-
governmental relations as enshrined in the Constitution.
Section 40(1) states that government is composed of national, provincial and
local spheres which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This
statement implies that the national, provincial and local spheres all have their
own identity, and each have specific legislative and executive responsibilities
assigned by the constitution. This can be seen in the national legislature where
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