A legal analysis of the appointment of caretakers to act as council in terms of Zimbabwe's section 80 of the Urban councils Act

The monitoring and supervision of local government is usually done by central governments. However in some countries like South Africa where there three spheres of government the provincial executive is charged with the supervision of the local sphere of government. In Zimbabwe the monitoring and supervision of local government is done by the central government through the relevant Minister. This study will look at the appointment of a caretaker to act as council in terms of section 80 of the UCA. Although a similar provision exists in section 158 of the RDCA, it is section 80 that has been vigorously applied by the Minister in recent times and which has caused an outcry from urban local authorities.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of the Western Cape

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Machingauta, Naison

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• de Visser, Jaap

• Zimbabwe local government
• legal status
• ministerial powers
• caretakers' appointment
• local democracy
• law reform
• dissolution
• intervention
• Urban Councils Act