Subject :
the obligations of provincial government, a sphere of government closer to municipalities, in instances where a municipality fails to deliver basic services as a result of crisis in its financial affairs
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the constitutional principle of cooperative government, which requires the spheres of government to commit themselves to the course of the Republic and to assist one another
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Principle of subsidiarity - which requires the allocation of powers to the lower level of government and imposes obligations on the upper level of government when the lower level fails to exercise its powers
