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Mbhashe Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Mbhashe) is a local municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.The municipality was constituted in terms of the Municipal Structures Act of 1998 and comprises the areas that previously formed the Elliotdale, Willowvale and Dutywa town councils.
The Constitution, section 155.1.a, defines "Category A" municipalities. [1] In the Municipal Structures Act it is laid out that this type of local government is to be used for conurbations, "centre[s] of economic activity", areas "for which integrated development planning is desirable", and areas with "strong interdependent social and economic ...
The basic structure of local government originates from Chapter 7 of the Constitution of South Africa. In addition to this a number of acts of Parliament regulate the organisation of local government. The principal statutes are: Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act 27 of 1998)
The plan set Policy 1.2 in its Land Use section to "ensure zoning allows for more housing options." About 52% of housing is for seasonal or occasional use, leaving it vacant a majority of the time ...
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), [1] [2] defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries.
Law #111-ZAO of December 20, 2004 On Granting the Status, Determining the Administrative Center, and Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Nadymsky District, as amended by the Law #108-ZAO of October 28, 2013 On Amending the Law of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug "On Granting the Status, Determining the Administrative Center ...
The law has been amended several times since 1937. [2] From 1937 to 2008 there were fewer than 600 municipal bankruptcies. [3] As of June 2012, the total was around 640. [4] In 2012 there were twenty chapter 9 bankruptcies in the United States, and nine petitions have been filed in 2013. [5] Since 2010, 81 petitions have been filed. [6]
During the implementation of a new municipal system in South Africa in 2000, the Orania Representative Council was the only representative council that was not abolished. [2] Therefore, the Orania Representative Council is the only municipal body that still uses the old (pre-2000) municipal structure, based on the Local Government Transition ...