Sabinet Is Your One-Stop Solution for South African Municipal By-Laws and Related Information
If you’re looking for a comprehensive collection of South African municipal by-laws, the Sabinet Municipal By-Laws database is the centralised platform you’ve been looking for. South Africa has 278 municipalities, each of which has the responsibility to grow its local economy and provide service and infrastructure to its constituents.
By-laws are important for every citizen to access and understand. Access to these laws is managed by local municipalities, who are given this power under the South African Constitution. There are many subject areas that municipal by-laws oversee, including issues around environmental preservation, the keeping of animals, people without shelter, business operations in residential areas, building plans, public transport, liquor sales, and general community safety.
Who Benefits from Accessing Municipal By-Laws?
Accessing the latest, up-to-date by-laws and subsequent amendments is not only essential for legal scholars and those working in the legal sphere. These documents are also hugely beneficial for business personnel, politicians, those working in the NGO sector, and active citizens. By-laws can also bring significant “order and certainty to the urban environment” since they inform citizens about what they are permitted to do and offer law enforcement officials the knowledge and tools to enforce order in their specific jurisdiction.
So, how can scholars, professionals, and citizens best access all municipal by-laws on one centralised platform and ensure that they remain current with the latest amendments and changes?
By signing up for the Sabinet Municipal By-law collection.
Why Choose Sabinet Municipal By-Laws?
Our comprehensive database allows users to access a wide range of South African municipal by-laws – from all nine provinces – dating from 1995 to the present day. This gives users quick and easy access to local legislation. We also offer users a comprehensive index of each province, including both existing and disestablished municipalities. As such, users can track changes and engage with a historical overview of municipal by-laws as well as modern iterations. The Sabinet Municipal By-laws collection offers:
- A full offering of all South African municipal by-laws, all accessible via one convenient platform. The information is constantly updated, usually within five days of the publication of new informational gazettes, meaning that you will always be in the loop.
- A clear index of all the enforced by-laws in each South African municipality.
- A ‘What’s New’ section, where users can access the latest information regarding municipal by-laws. This is a must for those wanting to stay up-to-date with the latest additions and amendments.
- A historical overview of all municipal by-laws from 1995 to the present day.
- A complete list of all established local municipalities.
When you sign up with Sabinet Municipal By-Law online collections, you are guaranteed the following:
- Easily accessible and reliable legal information and updates
- Immediate access to province-specific information
- Quick keyword search according to by-law titles
- Links between different by-law sections
- A ‘Search All’ feature for those who want to look at all nine provinces comparatively
- Clear maps highlighting boundaries between provinces
- Disestablishment notices and provincial gazette numbers
- A weekly newsletter which is sent to users every Friday, including changes to by-laws and drafts available for public comment
Choose Sabinet for Comprehensive, Accurate Information
Sabinet is passionate about easy access to credible information. Our reliable knowledge portal offers users quick access to accurate and quality information from and about the African continent. We offer numerous legal resources, including:
- National regulation
- Financial regulatory instruments
- Provincial legislation
- Council agreements
- Legal registers
- Labour
- Judgements
- CCMA and bargaining council awards
- Gazettes before and after 1995
- Bill trackers
- Parliamentary documents
- Parliamentary monitoring services
- Customised monitoring services
We also house a plethora of research content in a variety of subject categories, including business and finance, labour, education, religion, medicine and health, social sciences and humanities, and science, technology, and agriculture.
Those wishing to process and upload their documentation can also explore our digitisation service offerings, where we scan all your documents and make them easily accessible via our content management platform. For more information on how Sabinet can support your research requirements, contact us via our contact form, and we will gladly be in touch. For accurate, reliable, updated information, Sabinet is your ideal platform.