STUDY UNIT 10

Question 1

South Africa has characteristics of…

Answer 1

South Africa has characteristics of a unitary and federal state.

Question 2

Provincial governments are…

Answer 2

provincial governments are important for cooperative governance and policy-making processes.

Question 3

ROLES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

Answer 3

1. Strategic role
2. Development role
3. Intergovernmental role
4. Regulatory role
5. Institutional development and capacity building role
6. Fiscal role
7. Monitoring role
8. Intervention role

Question 4

the National Assembly may adopt legislation in schedule 5 in order to:

Answer 4

1. maintaining national security
2. economic unity
3. important national standards
4. establish standards for rendering services
5. preventing provincial action from harming another province or SA as a whole

Question 5

WHAT IS COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE?

Answer 5

cooperative governance is a government philosophy that involves all levels of government working together for the common good of the country.

Question 6

ACCORDING TO SECTION 41(1) CHAPTER 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION:

Answer 6

according to section 41(1) chapter 3 of the constitution, all government spheres and all organs of state within each sphere must:
-preserve the peace, national unity and the indivisibility of the Republic.
-secure the wellbeing of the people of the Republic.
-provide an effective, transparent, accountable and coherent government for the Republic as a whole
-be loyal to the Constitution, the Republic and its people.

Question 7

SECTION 41(1)(h):

Answer 7

section 41(1)(h) further provides that governments must cooperate with one another with mutual trust and good faith by:
-fostering friendly relations
-assisting and supporting one another
-informing one another of, and consulting one another on, matters of common interest
-adhering to agreed procedures.