Facilitating public participation: A niche role for the speaker?

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dc.contributor.authorBaatjies, Reuben
dc.contributor.authorde Visser, Jaap
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-19T08:17:22Z
dc.date.available2019-08-19T08:17:22Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionThe establishment of the office of speaker was one of the most notable governance-related reforms introduced in 2000. The Local Government Transition Act of 1993 made no provision for a speaker, referring only to a chairperson. The presence of both offices in a municipal council without any clear statutory directive on the boundaries of their roles and their relationship to one another results in two separate seats of considerable power in that council.en_US
dc.description.abstractConsiderable attention has been drawn to local government’s ability to facilitate public participation and the role and effective administration of ward committees. Undoubtedly the most important aspect of the local government review is the need to improve the quality of local democracy, the degree of municipal responsiveness and accountability. The office of the speaker has increasingly come under the spotlight since its inception in local government in 2000. Their role has often been ill-defined. At times, overlapping roles with the (executive) mayor have caused political tension and misunderstanding. The emergence of the political office of a ‘chief whip’ has added another dimension to the definition of the role of the speaker. Some argue that there are now three seats of political power in each municipality.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaatjies, R. and de Visser, J.(2007). Facilitating public participation: A niche role for the speaker?. Local Government Bulletin, 9(5): 3-5.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4846
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommunity Law Centre, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectPublic participationen_US
dc.subjectSpeakeren_US
dc.subjectChief whipen_US
dc.subjectLocal democracyen_US
dc.subjectWard committeesen_US
dc.titleFacilitating public participation: A niche role for the speaker?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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