Our Campaigns

See our current projects below. 
General Valuation Roll

Every municipality is expected, at least every three to five years, to revalue properties within its jurisdiction. This resource has been designed to help you navigate this process. 

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Municipal Budget Timeline Explainer

The success of the MFMA depends heavily on the effectiveness of oversight mechanisms. This includes the work of elected officials, municipal managers, and external bodies like the Auditor-General.

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Rate your municipality's transparency

The Community Action Network has developed a simple mechanism to help you keep your municipality in check from the comfort of your home’s best chair.

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Closed Campaigns

To view our past projects, see below. 
Prepaid Meter Switchover

South Africans must upgrade the software on their prepaid electricity meter by 24 November 2024. If not, users won’t be able to recharge and will be left without access to electricity.

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GVR 2024

In the first half of 2024 CAN ran a focused General Valuation Roll project targeting residents in municipalities across the country. See the Project below. 

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Coalition bill submission

CAN has compiled a submission to the “Coalition Bill” that, if passed, could fundamentally change how municipalities are governed. Join our submission now.

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General Laws Amendment Bill

CAN has provided a breakdown of the proposed General Laws Amendment Bill, 2024.

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Mayor to submit Q1 Report to Council

Sections 71 and 52(d) of the MFMA work together to ensure robust financial monitoring, oversight, [...]

Municipal Matters: Everything you need to know about ward committees

A ward committee may make recommendations on any matter affecting its ward to the ward [...]

Mayor to submit Q3 Report to Council

Sections 71 and 52(d) of the MFMA work together to ensure robust financial monitoring, oversight, [...]

Revenue: Why monthly membership models work

Associations that develop member strategies early on and encourage their members to make monthly contributions, [...]

Municipal Matters: Categories of municipalities explained

South Africa is a constitutional democracy with a three-tiered system of government (national, provincial and [...]

A Year in Review: Co-Governance webinars by CAN

2024 was a pivotal year for community empowerment under the Community Action Network’s (CAN) Co-Governance [...]

Municipal Matters: Tariffs and services explained

It is a key objective of the municipality to make sure it has a funded [...]

Water will always be a political issue.

By Jonathan Erasmus, CAN Project Manager  The biggest unknown in South Africa’s upcoming general election [...]