Special interest councillors in Zimbabwe: a review of law and practice in terms of the 2013 Constitution
| dc.contributor.author | de Visser, Jaap | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mapuva, Jephias | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-30T14:03:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-30T14:03:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Local governance in Zimbabwe has a chequered history. Despite high hopes for democratic local governance on the attainment of political independence in 1980, it has often defied democratic practice and is yet to bring tangible benefits to communities. Attempts at democratising local governance through the amendment of local government legislation have not yet brought about vibrant democratic practices. This article explores section 4A of the Urban Councils Act, which provides that the Minister of Local Government may appoint special interest councillors onto urban councils. It examines the extent to which this has enhanced or inhibited democratic local governance. It then proceeds to examine this phenomenon against regional instruments on local democracy and finally assesses whether it can stand the test of the freshly promulgated Constitution. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | Department of HE and Training approved list | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | de Visser, J. & Mapuva, J. (2013). Special interest councillors in Zimbabwe: a review of law and practice in terms of the 2013 Constitution. Law, Democracy & Development, 17: 157-176 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2077-4907 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1091 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2013 De Visser & Mapuva; licensee University of the Western Cape. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Zimbabwe Constitution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Minister of Local Government Rural and Urban Development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front | en_US |
| dc.subject | District and Rural Councils Act | en_US |
| dc.title | Special interest councillors in Zimbabwe: a review of law and practice in terms of the 2013 Constitution | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |