- Title
- The role of traditional leadership in governance and rural development: a case study of the Mpumalanga traditional authority
- Creator
- George, Khanyisa
- Subject
- Leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Community leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Chiefdoms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9038
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1575
- Identifier
- Leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Community leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Chiefdoms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- This study examines how well the Mgwalana Traditional Authority (MTA) is performing its role of governing and developing its area and the municipal area of Nkonkobe in the Province of the Eastern Cape. The Chief of the MTA is one of the 2400 traditional leaders in South Africa who are responsible for giving leadership and development services to approximately 16 million people living in the rural areas. This study tries to find answers to two research questions: 1) What role does the Mgwalana traditional council play in governance and development? 2) Has the South African government managed to add traditional leadership to the local government structures? The study shows that the MTA is finding it difficult to do much socio-economic development because the Nkonkobe Local Municipality considers governance and development as its own role, and the traditional leadership is supposed to join only in customary and cultural activities. The research concludes that these two bodies could move out of the cross-road if they were to follow the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 (Act 41 of 2003), and if the municipality were to work with local stakeholders, including the MTA, to achieve the goals for local government laid down in section 152 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
- Format
- viii, 114 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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