PBL 9 Flashcards
Centralist
1) Provincial and Local Government should be totally subservient to the National Government
Federalist
Each level/sphere of government should have specified entrenched powers and functions.
Post 27 April 1994
1) Interim Constitution comes into effect
2) Pragmatism replaced dogmatic viewpoints
3) Inter-governmental co-operations and relations
Aims of Cooperative Government
1) Inter-governmental relations
2) Co-operation and co-ordination
3) Non-competitive political conduct
The Divided Model
1) Two separate political institutions that interact through negotiations
2) Division of power and functions
3) No formal mechanisms of co-operation
4) Provincial/regional interests not represented at national level
Integrated Model
1) Integrating and coordinating spheres
2) Exclusive and Concurrent powers
3) Division of state revenue
4) Procedure of co-operation with one another
5) Provincial/Regional participation at national sphere
Reasons for Quasi Federal System in
South Africa
Chapter 3
1) Schedule 4:
2) Schedule 5:
3) Section 228 – Limit on provincial power to impose taxes.
4) Section 41 – Promotes intergovernmental relations
Section 288
Limit on provincial power to impose taxes