- Title
- Funding challenges for infrastructure development in Knysna Municipality
- Creator
- Kalawe, Chumisa
- Subject
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- South Africa -- Knysna
- Subject
- Local government -- South Africa -- Knysna Municipal finance -- South Africa -- Knysna
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22299
- Identifier
- vital:29941
- Description
- Municipalities are the sphere of government closest to the people. Local government is mandated to deliver the majority of basic services. One of the key advances of the 1996 Constitution was the granting of autonomy to local government. In the new democratic disposition, a municipality is afforded the right to govern autonomously with regard to the local affairs of the community. The context of the research is Knysna Municipal area and its ageing and inadequate infrastructure. Tourism is one of the key drivers of Knysna’s economy and this industry provides job opportunities for labourers, non-skilled and skilled people. Adequate infrastructure is crucial for tourism and local economic development. Over the years Greater Knysna has been faced with an infrastructure challenge. The most affected area is water followed by roads infrastructure. The discussion in this research focuses on funding challenges and how funding could be sourced and allocated to improve the ageing and inadequate infrastructure in the town. The theoretical base that underpins this research centres around relevant local government legislation, local government revenue trends, public finance investments, government fiscal sustainability and local economic development and skills shortages. A quantitative research method was chosen for this study. The data collected in this study revealed that the Knysna municipality is faced with serious infrastructure challenges due to various reasons, such as (not limited to), funding problems, poor planning, lack of political will and population growth. In conclusion, this paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge in the field and was the first study of this nature conducted for the Knysna Municipality.
- Format
- xi, 65 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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