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Outsourcing Governance: Local Government and the Future of Democracy in South Africa
Journal of Southern African Studies ( IF 0.864 ) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 , DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2022.2119749
David Everatt 1 , Marius Pieterse 1
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This article analyses the decline and near collapse of local government in South Africa through a political and legal lens. Given the paralysis of constitutionally envisaged political accountability procedures in the post-Mbeki period, residents and local businesses have increasingly resorted to courts and chapter 9 institutions, in addition to local organisation, protest and a range of direct actions. Courts previously afforded municipalities a significant margin of discretion in dealing with local government affairs and stayed out of constitutionally mandated political oversight processes, but have, since 2016, become increasingly interventionist. Some recent judgements go as far as to bypass conventional accountability processes altogether and to endorse community self-help, thereby potentially signalling an evolution in judicial conceptions of civic responsibility. At a political level, however, the future of local government is treacherous, given the loss of faith among voters.



中文翻译:

外包治理:地方政府和南非民主的未来

本文从政治和法律的角度分析了南非地方政府的衰落和几近崩溃。鉴于后姆贝基时期宪法设想的政治问责程序瘫痪,除了当地组织、抗议和一系列直接行动之外,居民和当地企业越来越多地诉诸法院和第 9 章规定的机构。法院以前在处理地方政府事务时给予市政当局很大的自由裁量权,并且不参与宪法规定的政治监督程序,但自 2016 年以来,法院变得越来越干预。最近的一些判决甚至完全绕过传统的问责程序并支持社区自助,从而可能标志着公民责任司法概念的演变。然而,在政治层面,鉴于选民失去信心,地方政府的未来充满变数。

更新日期:2022-09-20
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