Local government in South Africa

This Kwik-Skwiz aims to provide an overview of the current situation and future changes in local government. This will assist anyone working within the health sector to understand the changes and to contribute to the transformation process. The overview describes the new responsibilities allocated to local government, the methods being developed to enable local government to function more efficiently, the demarcation process, the new types of municipalities to be introduced, and the changing relationship between local government and the health sector.