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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Ratepayers"”.
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Race, housing and town planning in Cape Town, c.1920-1940 : with special reference to District Six
… Council's over-riding reluctance to 'burden' the ratepayers with the provision of much-needed housing, a reluctance emphasised by Council's oft-repeated protestations that contemplated housing schemes would not cost the ratepayers a penny. As shown, this was indeed true - housing was profitable …
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A comparative study of some characteristics and values of Saskatchewan school trustees
… members were elected and empowered by local ratepayers. The purpose of this arrangement was to provide some degree of local control in education. Note:Study of Values Test Booklet was not digitized due to copyright limitations. It is stored with the original thesis and is available upon …
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the revenue strategies of Ndwendwe Local Municipalty in the Kwazulu - Natal Province
… within their jurisdiction to educate the ratepayers on the need for and importance of paying rates and taxes.
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Bias in administrative decision making: focusing on local government
… that can be avoided, will be saving the ratepayers thousands of rands. At the outset, the rules of natural justice will be briefly discussed, as well as section 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, no 108 of 1996. This will be followed by a detailed discussion of the …
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Farmers, agriculture and politics in the Irish Free State area, 1919-1936
… national organisation; the National Farmers’ and Ratepayers’ League. The agricultural crisis caused by both the Great Depression and the Economic War facilitated the expansion of the league. The league formed a political party, the Centre Party, to contest the 1933 election. While the Centre Party …
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Metropolitan reform and decision making: Dove-Myer Robinson’s challenge to local body morphological fundamentalism
… and particularly to the ruling Citizens’ and Ratepayers’ Association on the Auckland City Council. His Jewish and working class origins, his wartime activities, his personal life and his personality were also considered dubious by his opponents. This study demonstrates the effects Robinson’s …
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Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment and Irrigation Budget Issues in a Southwestern U.S. Water Utility
… necessitating higher rates of investment from ratepayers. At the same time utilities must improve their management of existing water supplies in order to postpone the need to procure water supplies with a higher marginal cost. Water budgets are a way to manage scarce water resources more …
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The politics of water supply: the history of Cape Town's water supply 1840-1920
… reform. While this succeeded, by the late 1890's ratepayers reacted against excessive municipal spending, ultimately to the detriment of planned water schemes in the hinterland. Chapter Two argues that in the period between 1900 and 1910 businessmen attempted to link water supply to the …
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A Just Transition : energy democracy, community choice aggregation, and the (im)possibilities of change
… development, allowing them to provide ratepayers cost competitive renewable energy, community choice aggregators have not matured to a point where they are able to meaningfully catalyze local economic development or deepen civic engagement in energy-related decisions at a local level. …
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Optimising Services through an Effective Financial Resource’ Mobilisation Framework in Vhembe District Municipality
South Africa has three tiers of government, namely national, provincial and local. The third tier of government faces a titanic challenge of mobilising financial resources for the collective good of service delivery. This study examines the role of financial resource mobilisation in improving …