- Title
- Public participation in integrated development planning, New Brighton, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality : 2006-2010
- Creator
- Mbewana, Stembiso Matthews
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Citizen participation
- Subject
- Local governement -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPhil
- Identifier
- vital:8178
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1775
- Identifier
- Local government -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Citizen participation
- Identifier
- Local governement -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Description
- The most important difference between the new form of local government and that of the past is the creative and dynamic “developmental role” for local government to ensure maximum impact on poverty alleviation within resource constraints, and to address spatially entrenched socio‐economic inequalities. This needs to take place within the framework of integrated development planning, which is linked to the annual budgeting cycles. The IDP process is intended to provide communities with opportunities for participation in articulating, monitoring, reviewing and evaluating their needs. The aim of the research was to establish to what extent cooperation between the communities and the ward committees in the ward of New Brighton exists, with specific reference to consultation and participation in terms of IDP. A qualitative study was undertaken and literature review on public participation in terms of the IDP was conducted. Relevant secondary data was sourced and structured interviews were conducted with councillors representing New Brighton. Focus group interviews were also conducted with ward committee members from New Brighton. The research revealed that the priorities and genuine needs of the communities were often ignored by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. There is no correlation between the genuine needs of the communities and those perceived to be the needs of the communities by the public officials. Challenges on public participation in IDP process were also found to be associated with the relationship between the councillors and public officials on what constitute the genuine needs of the communities.
- Format
- v, 118 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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