The latest edition of the DSI/NRF/CSIR Chair in Waste and Society webinar series is entitled "Waste not, want not: a legal take on accountability for efficient municipal service delivery in South Africa".
Presenter: Prof Anél du Plessis
Host: Dr Lizette Grobler
Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
Time: 12h00
WEBINAR LINK
Anél du Plessis (BA Law, LLB, LLM, LLD) is a Professor of Law and the NRF South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability at the Faculty of Law, North-West University.
She is the editor of the first and second editions of "Environmental Law and Local Government in South Africa" (Juta).
Her scholarship is devoted to questions of local (environmental) governance, sustainability, urban development, constitutional law, climate change law, and governance and environmental rights.
She is the author and editor of several international books, journal articles, and conference papers. More than 40 Master's and Ph.D. students have graduated under her supervision.
The objective of the presentation is to explain with reference to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, framework of local government legislation and policy as well as recent case law, that people and government institutions in South Africa do not have any more time or resources to waste - the time to adopt and act upon a more inclusive understanding of local (government) accountability, is now.
Presenter: Prof Anél du Plessis
Host: Dr Lizette Grobler
Date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
Time: 12h00
WEBINAR LINK
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Anél du Plessis (BA Law, LLB, LLM, LLD) is a Professor of Law and the NRF South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability at the Faculty of Law, North-West University. She is the editor of the first and second editions of "Environmental Law and Local Government in South Africa" (Juta).
Her scholarship is devoted to questions of local (environmental) governance, sustainability, urban development, constitutional law, climate change law, and governance and environmental rights.
She is the author and editor of several international books, journal articles, and conference papers. More than 40 Master's and Ph.D. students have graduated under her supervision.
ABSTRACT
This presentation advances the argument that accountability for efficient municipal service delivery is shared by municipal officials, councillors, and communities in South Africa. This argument is situated in the constitutional and legislative framework of South Africa in combination with the complexity of the waste and other service delivery conundrums faced at a local level.The objective of the presentation is to explain with reference to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, framework of local government legislation and policy as well as recent case law, that people and government institutions in South Africa do not have any more time or resources to waste - the time to adopt and act upon a more inclusive understanding of local (government) accountability, is now.
