The SMARTeR Municipality serves as a definitive roadmap for transformative local government, presenting a proactive strategy against the ills of local government. The book moves beyond diagnostic analysis to offer actionable solutions based on the SMARTER framework — an acronym defining the essential characteristics of effective modern governance: Strategic, Moral, Able, Role Clarity, Transformer, Ethical, and Reasonable.
S — Strategic; Skilled; Separation of Powers; Service-Oriented
M — Moral; Mediator; Manager
A — Able; Accessible; Accountable
R — Role clarity; Rule-of Law; Responsive
T — Transformer; Team Player; Transparent
E — Ethical, Educated; Efficient, Effective
R — Reasonable, Rational, Responsible
This is a globally utilised and recognised text, used as foundational material by more than 25 universities worldwide. This volume carries unprecedented prestige, featuring a foreword and official endorsement signed by the President of South Africa, validating its content as a matter of the highest national importance.
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