Browsing by Subject "Local governance"
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Community development workers (CDWs): a case study of the Bitou Local Municipality
(2012)Local government in South Africa is no longer simply an extension of the national and provincial spheres of government; it has become an independent sphere in its own right. Steady progress has been made in the delivery ... -
Hallmarks of irresponsible and unresponsive governance: Internal xenophobic attacks in South Africa’s municipalities
(2015)Municipalities face major pressures to demonstrate that they are responsible and responsive institutions. At present, different policies and institutions exist to guide local governance in pursuit of numerous ideals ... -
Local government funding and infrastructure backlogs: a case study of Emfuleni Local Municipality
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)South Africa is a hotbed of service delivery protests compared to developing countries. It is still faced with massive backlogs of service delivery, and these affect the lives of many people at the grassroots level. Although ... -
Municipal governance and environmental crises: threats and thoughts
(Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2009)Local government in South Africa (SA) has come a long way from the period when there were over 1200 racially segregated municipalities. From more than 800 municipalities after 1996, they have been merged to currently 284 ... -
Stakeholder involvement as a strategic instrument to strengthen customer service : the case of the City of Ekurhuleni
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The new democratic dispensation ushered in by the 1994 elections introduced the notion of ‘people-centred development’. The principles of people-centred development were advocated by the Reconstruction and Development ...