- Title
- The effectiveness of provincial government interventions in local governance: the case of Makana Local Municipality
- Creator
- Phora, Rangwere Prudence
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Governmental investigations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Organizational effectiveness -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/69593
- Identifier
- vital:77937
- Description
- The South African government comprises three distinct yet interdependent areas, specifically the national, provincial and local governments. Of these three areas, local government is at the heart of basic service delivery because it is tasked with ensuring that communities have the right to use to basic amenities, which include housing, electricity and water. Conversely, local municipalities face various challenges that prevent them from fulfilling these responsibilities. In particular, poor governance has resulted in the councils of several local municipalities in South Africa being dissolved, or being placed under administration through provincial interventions. The primary objective of this report was to analyse the effectiveness of provincial interventions in local authority, particularly at Makana Local Municipality (MLM) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The study was motivated as a result of a lack of information on whether such interventions in local municipalities have enabled them to manage their affairs effectively thereafter. A qualitative study involving desk research was utilised for this study. Data was sourced from, among others, journals, government documents and newspapers. Two theoretical frameworks, namely, the new public management and stewardship theories, were compared and contrasted to determine which would be more effective in government.It was found that, although MLM had experienced water challenges due to drought, it was, in reality, poor governance that led to the municipality becoming dysfunctional.Section 154 of the Constitution, 1996 necessitates national and provincial government to provide backing to districts in exercising their powers and managing their affairs. It was found that Section 154 as not clearly understood by those responsible for executing its functions and that Section 139 of the Constitution, 1996 which concerns interventions in local management by the provincial government, was often used as a political tool.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (87 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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