- Title
- Local economic development in Bhofolo location in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality
- Creator
- Manqunyana, Siyabulela
- Subject
- Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/40922
- Identifier
- vital:36270
- Description
- This study explored Local Economic Development (LED) in Bhofolo Location at Raymond Mhlaba Municipality. The purpose of local economic development is to build up the capacity of a local area in order to improve its community future and the better quality of life for all. It is a process by which communities, private sector and non-government sector partners work collectively to create better conducive environment for economic growth and employment generation. The successes of the community today depends upon its ability to adopt to the dynamic local, regional, provincial, national and international market economy. The ability of communities to improve quality of life, create new economic opportunities and fight poverty that depend upon them being able to understand the LED processes. Local Government in South Africa faces several cogent development challenges. A number of interventions, such as legislations, strategies and policies have been introduced by national, provincial and local spheres of government to confront challenges of unemployment, food security and skills shortage, with partial success. The literature review included an analysis of legislative frameworks for LED, definitions and theories of LED and a case study of Raymond Mhlaba Municipality. In this regard, an explanation of the concept of LED was provided so as to contextualise the study. Apart from the lack of funding, LED appears to suffer from the lack of stakeholder participation as well as monitoring and evaluation. To further contextualise this study, the debate on LED challenges in South Africa’s local government sphere was presented to highlight the current challenges. Drawing from the presented context and discussions, a conceptual framework was articulated and recommendations presented, which were intended to assist municipalities to ensure that viable LED strategies are developed and implemented.
- Format
- xii, 55 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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