- Title
- A theoretical study on the local government turnaround strategy: a South African perspective
- Creator
- Mcunukelwa, Mgcineni Raymond
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa
- Subject
- Public administration -- South Africa Business planning -- South Africa South Africa -- Politics and government
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41482
- Identifier
- vital:36491
- Description
- During 2009 the State of Local Government in South Africa 2009 Report, (2009:71- 75) showed that much of local government is in distress and it also revealed that most municipalities faced serious challenges such as, inter alia, the lack of service delivery, poor financial management and weak integration between the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Local Economic Development (LED). To improve the performance of municipalities, the national government approved a comprehensive Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) that serves as a country-wide intervention with the aim to address the communities’ increasing dissatisfaction with poor municipal services, as well as to improve the administrative and financial performance of all municipalities. The purpose of the study was to assess the extent to which the Local Government Turnaround Strategy has managed to deal with the challenges as stated in the State of the Local Government in South Africa Report 2009. It was found during the study that, although some strides and achievements were made in the areas of accountability; citizen participation; anti-corruption; developing skills and capacity and service delivery, there still are challenges in the areas such as governance, accountability, skills shortages, financial well-being in local government, service delivery and a lack of confidence in certain government institutions. The study followed a desktop analysis approach without the participation of human subjects, for purposes of primary data collection.
- Format
- xi, 68 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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