CSL2601 Assignment 2
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2023
DUE 8 September 2023
, CSL2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2023 - DUE 8
September 2023 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and
solutions…………….QUESTION1 1.1. Critically discuss South Africa’s multi-
sphere system and structure of government as enshrined in the Constitution.
(15) 1.2The community of Zwililo Local Municipality in Limpopo is in despair. It
is frustrated at the dire state of the municipality and its hopes of a municipality
that reduces poverty, takes care of its residents and provides services that
keep fading. The challenges faced by the municipality are due, in part, to non-
compliance with the regulatory environment governing the municipality’s
operations. At present, the municipality is failing to service the debt of R300
million that it owes to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Its debt to
Eskom (where it purchases bulk electricity) is R 10 million and rising, while
Izinyoka (illegal electricity connections) continue to source electricity illegally.
The various parties on the council of Zwililo Local Municipality are at
loggerheads on the proposed budget and the opposition consistently boycotts
council meetings so that there is no quorum to adopt a budget. As a result,
there is no budget at the beginning of the financial year. This casts serious
doubt on the municipality’s financial sustainability. A council meeting was held
to deliberate on the state of Zwililo Local Municipality and the fulfillment of its
local government objectives. In the meeting, the Municipality’s legal services
unit advised the council that, even though the municipality has certain
challenges, there are no grounds for its supervision by neither the provincial
nor national government. Given the facts on the ground, which provisions of
the Constitution can the province and national government use to ensure that
the Zwililo Local Municipality can fulfill its local government objectives? (15)
[30] QUESTION 2 2.1 Discuss the difference, if any, between the State and
the Government. (10) 2.2. Critically discuss the structure and composition of
South Africa’s parliament(10)
QUESTION11.1. Critically discuss South Africa’s multi-sphere system and
structure of government as enshrined in the Constitution.
Answer
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2023
DUE 8 September 2023
, CSL2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2023 - DUE 8
September 2023 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and
solutions…………….QUESTION1 1.1. Critically discuss South Africa’s multi-
sphere system and structure of government as enshrined in the Constitution.
(15) 1.2The community of Zwililo Local Municipality in Limpopo is in despair. It
is frustrated at the dire state of the municipality and its hopes of a municipality
that reduces poverty, takes care of its residents and provides services that
keep fading. The challenges faced by the municipality are due, in part, to non-
compliance with the regulatory environment governing the municipality’s
operations. At present, the municipality is failing to service the debt of R300
million that it owes to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Its debt to
Eskom (where it purchases bulk electricity) is R 10 million and rising, while
Izinyoka (illegal electricity connections) continue to source electricity illegally.
The various parties on the council of Zwililo Local Municipality are at
loggerheads on the proposed budget and the opposition consistently boycotts
council meetings so that there is no quorum to adopt a budget. As a result,
there is no budget at the beginning of the financial year. This casts serious
doubt on the municipality’s financial sustainability. A council meeting was held
to deliberate on the state of Zwililo Local Municipality and the fulfillment of its
local government objectives. In the meeting, the Municipality’s legal services
unit advised the council that, even though the municipality has certain
challenges, there are no grounds for its supervision by neither the provincial
nor national government. Given the facts on the ground, which provisions of
the Constitution can the province and national government use to ensure that
the Zwililo Local Municipality can fulfill its local government objectives? (15)
[30] QUESTION 2 2.1 Discuss the difference, if any, between the State and
the Government. (10) 2.2. Critically discuss the structure and composition of
South Africa’s parliament(10)
QUESTION11.1. Critically discuss South Africa’s multi-sphere system and
structure of government as enshrined in the Constitution.
Answer
