Legal and institutional framework: The “achilles heel” of local authorities and raison d'etre of ministerial intervention in Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorMadhekeni, Alois
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Gideon
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-19T06:54:24Z
dc.date.available2019-08-19T06:54:24Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractCentre-local relations have been an area of controversy in Zimbabwean local governance both as a discipline and as a practice. Local authorities have traded blows with central government particularly accusing the responsible Ministry of reducing them to spectators in their own field through excessive ministerial intervention. Meanwhile the ministry of local government has cracked the whip on local authorities accusing them of mismanagement and compromised service delivery. The independent media has described the scenario as a “Bloodbath” in local authorities. The bone of contention has been largely on the devolution of local authority issues, expanding the autonomy of the periphery from the center and clipping the powers of the responsible Minister. What appears to be misconstrued by many however is the fact that the governing legal and institutional framework of local governance in Zimbabwe provides room for the responsible Minister to legally enable or disable local authority administration. This governing framework has been and is still the “Achilles heel” of local authorities and the raison d‟être of ministerial intervention in Zimbabwe.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMadhekeni, A. and Zhou, G.(2012). Legal and Institutional Framework: The “Achilles Heel” Of Local Authorities and Raison D‟etre of Ministerial Intervention in Zimbabwe. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 2(3): 19-32en_US
dc.identifier.issn2161-7104
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4800
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMinisterial interventionen_US
dc.subjectInstitutionsen_US
dc.subjectCentral governmenten_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectLocal governmenten_US
dc.titleLegal and institutional framework: The “achilles heel” of local authorities and raison d'etre of ministerial intervention in Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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