COOPERATIVE Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has gazetted new code of conduct changes for councillors in South Africa for public comment.
The regulations – which aim to facilitate the application of Schedule 7 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 – proposes several changes for local governance, the most prominent of which requires councillors and other officials to declare ‘gifts’ they receive over R1,000 – and who they receive them from.
Schedule 7 of the Act was introduced in 2021, which added a code of conduct to the local government laws, governing how councillors should conduct themselves, declaring their interests, attending meetings – and penalties for not doing so.
The latest rules were drafted after consultation with the members of executive councils responsible for local government in the provinces and organised local government representing local government nationally, Dlamini Zuma said.
Under the new code of conduct,
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