- Title
- Assessing the effectiveness of public participation in Integrated Development Planning processes in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, Province of the Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Makhedama, Mputumeni
- Date Issued
- 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- vital:11697
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015110
- Description
- In order to eradicate the legacy of the past, the South African democratic government adopted a developmental approach to local government. This necessitated a commitment on the part of local government, through the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), in facilitating community participation by finding sustainable ways of meeting their social, economic and material needs and improving their quality of life. This study sought to assess the effectiveness of public participation in Integrated Development Planning processes in King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality. The objectives of this study were; to identify and assess critical factors that determine the effectiveness of municipal IDP and to assess the effect of poor literacy skills on municipal participatory processes. In this study face-to-face interviews and focus group interviews were used to collect data. The findings revealed that the community had participated only in the first of the five phases of the IDP. The study recommended that the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality should streamline the needs identification and the needs prioritisation phases of the IDP processes so that the community can participate directly. The study also recommended that in order for the community to have an impact on IDP processes, capacity-building workshops be purpose-centred and responsive to any gaps in capacity challenges. The study further recommended that external service providers such as academic institutions should be utilised to capacitate communities to contribute effectively on municipal IDP processes. The study concluded that the municipality had not created an enabling environment for meaningful public participation, and had consequently limited the impact of community engagement on the IDP Guidelines which are proposed for public participation in all the phases of the IDP process.
- Format
- 96 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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