Mediation and the structural interdict as legal options to resolve service delivery failures in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWright, Johandri
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-29T10:33:17Z
dc.date.available2025-10-29T10:33:17Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractSouth African municipalities are entrusted to perform various functions, including providing basic services to communities. Recently, the auditor-general has raised concern about municipalities' overall functionality and ability to fulfil their obligations. Municipalities' service delivery failures have led to disputes between them and their communities. Moreover, South African courts have drawn attention to the impact of service delivery failures and described their catastrophic and devastating effects on communities and their local economies. In addition, it is said that the consequences of these municipal failures are more severe for the communities than any other stakeholder. For this reason, communities require legal options to resolve such disputes. This article puts forward two legal options (and potentially a third) to which communities can turn. The article examines mediation and structural interdicts and argues why these options are suitable methods for resolving disputes between a community and its municipality.
dc.identifier.citationWright, J., 2024. Mediation and the Structural Interdict as Legal Options to Resolve Service Delivery Failures in South Africa. Journal of African Law, pp.1-15.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855324000172
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/21255
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.subjectMEDICINE::Social medicine::Public health medicine research areas::Community medicine
dc.subjectDispute
dc.subjectLocal government
dc.subjectMediation
dc.subjectMunicipality
dc.titleMediation and the structural interdict as legal options to resolve service delivery failures in South Africa
dc.typeArticle

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