• Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)
  • Notice No. 1187 of 2000
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Interpretation
    • 1. Definitions
  • Chapter 2 : Legal Nature and Rights and Duties of Municipalities
    • 2. Legal nature
    • 3. Co-operative government
    • 4. Rights and duties of municipal councils
    • 5. Rights and duties of members of local community
    • 6. Duties of municipal administrations
    • 7. Exercise of rights and performance of duties
  • Chapter 3 : Municipal Functions and Powers
    • 8. General empowerment
    • 9. Assignment of functions or powers to municipalities generally by Acts of Parliament or provincial Acts
    • 10. Assignment of functions or powers to specific municipalities by acts of executive or by agreement
    • 10A. Funding and capacity building
    • 11. Executive and legislative authority
    • 12. Legislative procedures
    • 13. Publication of by-laws
    • 14. Standard draft by-laws
    • 15. Municipal code
  • Chapter 4 : Community Participation
    • 16. Development of culture of of community participation
    • 17. Mechanisms, processes and  procedures for community participation
    • 18. Communication of information concerning community participation
    • 19. Public notice of meetings of municipal councils
    • 20. Admission of public to meetings
    • 21. Communications to local community
    • 21A. Documents to be made public
    • 21B. Official website
    • 22. Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 5 : Integrated Development Planning
    • Part 1 : General
      • 23. Municipal planning to be developmentally oriented
      • 24. Municipal planning in co-operative government
      • 25. Adoption of integrated development plans
    • Part 2 : Contents of integrated development plans
      • 26. Core components of integrated development plans
    • Part 3 : Process for planning, drafting, adopting and review of integrated development plans
      • 27. Framework for integrated development planning
      • 28. Adoption of process
      • 29. Process to be followed
      • 30. Management of drafting process
      • 31. Provincial monitoring and support
      • 32. Copy of integrated development plan to be submitted to MEC for local government
      • 33. Ad hoc committees
      • 34. Annual review and amendment of integrated development plan
    • Part 4 : Miscellaneous
      • 35. Status of integrated development plan
      • 36. Municipality to give effect to integrated development plan
      • 37. Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 6 : Performance Management
    • 38. Establishment of performance management system
    • 39. Development of performance management system
    • 40. Monitoring and review of performance management system
    • 41. Core components
    • 42. Community involvement
    • 43. General key performance indicators
    • 44. Notification of key performance indicators and performance targets
    • 45. Audit of performance measurements
    • 46. Annual performance reports
    • 47. Reports by MEC
    • 48. Reports by Minister
    • 49. Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 7 : Local Public Administration and Human Resources
    • Part 1 : Basic principles
      • 50. Basic values and principles governing local public administration
      • 51. Organisation of administration
      • 52. Inconsistency with applicable labour legislation
    • Part 2 : Political structures, political office bearers and roles
      • 53. Roles and responsibilities
      • 54. Code of Conduct for councillors
      • 54A. Appointment of municipal managers and acting municipal managers
      • 55. Municipal managers
      • 56. Appointment of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
      • 56A. Limitation of political rights of municipal managers
      • 57. Employment contracts for municipal managers and managers directly accountable to municipal managers
      • 57A. Employment of dismissed staff and record of disciplinary proceedings
      • 58. [Repealed] Remuneration of municipal managers and managers directly accountable to municipal manager 
    • Part 3 : Delegation system
      • 59. Delegations
      • 60. Certain delegations restricted to to executive committees or executive mayors
      • 61. Referral of matters to delegating authorities for decision
      • 62. Appeals
      • 63. Duty to report to delegating authorities
      • 64. Withdrawal, amendment or lapsing of delegation or subdelegation
      • 65. Review of delegations
    • Part 4 : Staff matters
      • 66. Staff establishments
      • 67. Human resource development
      • 68. Capacity building
      • 69. Code of Conduct for municipal staff members
      • 70. Code of Conduct to be provided to  staff members and communicated to local community
      • 71. Bargaining council agreement
      • 71A. Participation of staff members in elections
      • 71B. Limitation of political rights
    • Part 5 : Miscellaneous
      • 72. Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 8 : Municipal Services
    • 73. General duty
    • Part 1 : Service tariffs
      • 74. Tariff policy
      • 75. By-laws to give effect to policy
      • 75A. General power to levy and recover fees, charges and tariffs
    • Part 2 : Provision of service
      • 76. Mechanism for provision of services
      • 77. Occasions when municipalities must  review and decide on mechanisms to provide municipal services
      • 78. Criteria and process for deciding on mechanisms to provide municipal services
      • 79. Provision of services by municipality through internal mechanisms
      • 80. Provision of services through services through service delivery agreements with external mechanisms
      • 81. Responsibilities of municipalities when providing services through service delivery agreements with external mechanisms
      • 82. [Repealed] Municipal entities
    • Part 3 : Service delivery agreements involving competitive bidding
      • 83. Competitive bidding
      • 84. Negotiation and agreement with prospective service provider
    • Part 4 : Internal municipal service districts
      • 85. Establishment of internal municipal service districts
      • 86. Policy framework for internal municipal service district
    • Part 4A : Regulations and guidelines regarding municipal services
      • 86A. Regulations and guidelines regarding municipal services
  • Chapter 8A : Municipalities Entities
    • Part 1 : General provisions
      • 86B. Kinds of municipal entities
    • Part 2 : Private companies
      • 86C. Establishment and acquisition of private companies
      • 86D. Legal status of private companies established by municipalities or in which municipalities hold interests
      • 86E. Conditions precedent for establishing or acquiring interests in private companies
      • 86F. Conditions precedent for co-owning of private companies
      • 86G. Disposal of companies and equity interests in companies
    • Part 3 : Service utilities
      • 86H. Establishment
      • 86I. Legal status of service utilities
      • 86J. Conditions precedent for establishing service utilities
      • 86K. Disestablishment of service utilities
    • Part 4 : Multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 87. Establishment of multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 88. Minister requesting establishment of multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 89. Contents of agreements establishing multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 90. Legal status of multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 91. [Repealed] Legal status of governing bodies
      • 92. Control of multi-jurisdictional service utilities
      • 93. Termination of multi-jurisdictional service utilities
    • Part 5 : Duties and responsibilities of parent municipalities
      • 93A. Duties of parent municipalities with respect to municipal entities
      • 93B. Parent municipalities having sole control
      • 93C. Parent municipalities having shared control
      • 93D. Municipal representatives
    • Part 6 : Governance of municipal entities
      • 93E. Appointment of directors
      • 93F. Disqualifications
      • 93G. Removal or recall of directors
      • 93H. Duties of directors
      • 93I. Meetings of board of directors
      • 93J. Appointment of chief executive officer
    • Part 7 : General
      • 93K. Establishment of and acquisition of interests in corporate bodies disallowed
      • 93L. Code of Conduct for directors and members of staff of municipal entity
      • 94. [Repealed] Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 9 : Credit Control and Debt Collection
    • 95. Customer care and management
    • 96. Debt collection responsibility of municipalities
    • 97. Contents of policy
    • 98. By-laws to give effect to policy
    • 99. Supervision authority
    • 100. Implementing authority
    • 101. Municipality's right of access to premises
    • 102. Accounts
    • 103. Agreements with employers
    • 104. Regulations and guidelines
  • Chapter 10 : Provincial and National Monitoring and Standard Setting
    • Part 1 : Provincial monitoring
      • 105. Provincial monitoring of municipalities
      • 106. Non-performance and maladministration
    • Part 2 : National monitoring and standard setting
      • 107. Furnishing of information
      • 108. Essential national and minimum standards
  • Chapter 11 : Legal Matters
    • 109. Legal proceedings
    • 109A. Legal representation for employees or councillors of municipality
    • 110. Certain certificates to be evidence
    • 111. Copy of Provincial Gazette as evidence
    • 112. Prosecution of offences
    • 113. Fines and bail
    • 114. Time of notices and payments
    • 115. Service of documents and process
    • 116. Public servitudes
    • 117. Custody of documents
    • 118. Restraint on transfer of property
  • Chapter 12 : Miscellaneous
    • 119. Offences and penalties
    • 120. Regulations and guidelines
    • 121. Amendment of legislation
    • 122. Transitional arrangements
    • 123. Phasing in of certain provisions of this Act
    • 124. Short title and commencement
  • Schedules
    • Schedule 1 : Code of Conduct for Councillors
      •  Preamble
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. General conduct of councillors
      • 2A. Voting at meetings
      • 3. Attendance at meetings
      • 4. Sanctions for non-attendance of meetings
      • 5. Disclosure of interests
      • 6. Personal gain
      • 7. Declaration of interests
      • 8. Full-time councillors
      • 9. Rewards, gifts and favours
      • 10. Unauthorised disclosure of information
      • 11. Intervention in administration
      • 12. Council property
      • 12A. Councillor in arrears
      • 13. Duty of chairpersons of municipal councils
      • 14. Breaches of Code
      • 15. Application of Code to traditional leaders
    • Schedule 2 : Code of Conduct for Municipal ...
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. General conduct
      • 3. Commitment to serving the public interest
      • 4. Personal gain
      • 5. Disclosure of benefits
      • 5A. Declaration of interests
      • 6. Unauthorised disclosure of information
      • 7. Undue influence
      • 8. Rewards, gifts and favours
      • 9. Council property
      • 10. Payment of arrears
      • 11. Participation in elections
      • 12. Sexual harassment
      • 13. Reporting duty of staff members
      • 14. Breaches of Code
      • 14A. Disciplinary steps
    • Schedule 3 : Legislation Amended
      • Legislation Amended
• Notices
  • Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers Directly Accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 1092 of 2017
    • Preamble
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Allocation of number of points for total municipal income
    • 3. Allocation of number of points for total population
    • 4. Allocation of number of points for total municipal equitable share
    • 5. Determination of categorisation of municipality
    • 6. Change of categorisation of municipality
    • 7. Annual total remuneration packages of municipal managers
    • 8. Annual total remuneration packages of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
    • 9. Offer of remuneration on appointment
    • 10. Payment of remote allowance
    • 11. Overpayment and underpayment
    • 12. Information to be submitted to the Minister
    • 13. Transitional provisions
  • Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 351 of 2020
    • Preamble
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Allocation of number of points for total municipal income
    • 3. Allocation of number of points for total population
    • 4. Allocation of numbr of points for total municipal equitable share
    • 5. Determination of categorisation of municipality
    • 6. Change of categorisation of municipality
    • 7. Annual total remuneration packages of municipal managers
    • 8. Annual total remuneration packages of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
    • 9. Offer of remuneration on appointment
    • 10. Payment of remote allowance
    • 11. Overpayment and underpayment
    • 12. Information to be submitted to the Minister
    • 13. Transitional provisions
    • 14. Short title and commencement
  • [Replaced] Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 1912 of 2022
  • [Replaced] Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 2760 of 2022
    • Preamble
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Allocation of number of points for total municipal income
    • 3. Allocation of number of points for total population
    • 4. Allocation of number of points for total municipal equitable share
    • 5. Determination of categorisation of municipality
    • 6. Change of categorisation of municipality
    • 7. Annual total remuneration packages of municipal managers
    • 8. Annual total remuneration packages of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
    • 9. Non-pensionable cash gratuity
    • 10. Offer of remuneration on appointment
    • 11. Payment of remote allowance
    • 12. Overpayment and underpayment
    • 13. Furnishing of information to Minister
    • 14. Transitional provisions
    • 15. Short title and commencement
  • [Replaced] Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers Directly Accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 3541 of 2023
    • Preamble
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Allocation of number of points for total municipal income
    • 3. Allocation of number of points for total population
    • 4. Allocation of number of points for total municipal equitable share
    • 5. Determination of categorisation of municipality
    • 6. Change of categorisation of municipality
    • 7. Annual total remuneration packages of municipal managers
    • 8. Annual total remuneration packages of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
    • 9. Non-perishable cash gratuity
    • 10. Offer of remuneration on appointment
    • 11. Payment of remote allowance
    • 12. Overpayment and underpayment
    • 13. Furnishing of information to Minister
    • 14. Transitional provisions
    • 15. Short title and commencement
  • Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages Payable to Municipal Managers and Managers Directly Accountable to Municipal Managers
    • Notice No. 4897 of 2024
    • Preamble
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Allocation of number of points for total municipal income
    • 3. Allocation of number of points for total population
    • 4. Allocation of number of points for total municipal equitable share
    • 5. Determination of categorisation of municipality
    • 6. Change of categorisation of municipality
    • 7. Annual total remuneration packages of municipal managers
    • 8. Annual total remuneration packages of managers directly accountable to municipal managers
    • 9. Non-pensionable cash gratuity
    • 10. Offer of remuneration on appointment
    • 11. Payment of remote allowance
    • 12. Overpayment and underpayment
    • 13. Furnishing of information to Minister
    • 14. Transitional provisions
    • 15. Short title and commencement
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 3 of 2022)
    • Proclamation Notice 92 of 2022
• Regulations
  • Local Government: Regulations on Appointment and Conditions of Employment of Senior Managers
    • Notice No. 21 of 2014
    • Chapter 1 : Interpretation and Application
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Scope of application
    • Chapter 2 : Staff Establishment
      • 3. Human resource planning
      • 4. Staff establishment
      • 5. Creation and filling of senior manager posts
    • Chapter 3 : Recruitment, Selection and Appointment
      • 6. Principles of recruitment
      • 7. Determination of recruitment needs
      • 8. General requirements for appointment of senior managers
      • 9. Competence requirements for senior managers
      • 10. Advertising of vacant posts
      • 11. Application of vacant posts
      • 12. Selection panel
      • 13. Compiling shortlist of applicants
      • 14. Screening of candidates
      • 15. Interviews
      • 16. Selection
      • 17. Resolution of municipal council on appointment of senior managers and reporting
      • 18. Re-employment of dismissed persons
      • 19. Re-advertisement of posts
      • 20. Secondment
    • Chapter 4 : Conditions of Employment
      • 21. Ordinary hours of work
      • 22. Overtime
      • 23. Annual leave
      • 24. Sick leave
      • 25. Proof of sickness or injury
      • 26. Occupational accidents and diseases
      • 27. Reporting sickness or injury
      • 28. Sickness or injury during leave
      • 29. Maternity leave
      • 30. Family responsibility leave
      • 31. Study leave
      • 32. Special leave
      • 33. Unauthorised absence from work
      • 34. Calculation of unpaid leave
      • 35. Upper limit of total remuneration package of senior managers
      • 36. Disclosure of benefits and interests
    • Chapter 5 : Benefits
      • 37. Retirement or pension fund membership
      • 38. Medical scheme membership
      • 39. Motor vehicle
      • 40. Mobile phone and data card
    • Chapter 6 : Termination of Service
      • 41. Retirement
      • 42. Notice of termination
      • 43. Dismissal for misconduct, incapacity or operational requirements
      • 44. Nomination of beneficiaries and payment of accruing benefits
    • Chapter 7 : General
      • 45. Transitional arrangements
      • 46. Repeal
      • 47. Short title
    • Schedule 2 : Categories of Misconduct and Time Periods that must expire before a person may be re-employed in a Municipality
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Local Government: Competency Framework for Senior Managers
      • Annexure B : Minimum Competency Requirements for Senior Managers
      • Annexure C : Applicable Form for Employment
      • Annexure D : Declaration of Confidentiality for Participating in the Selection Panel
      • Annexure E : Application Form for Leave of Absence
      • Annexure F : Disclosure Form for Benefits and Interests