- Title
- Role of councillors in the roll-out of the national development plan: the case of Chris Hani District Municipality
- Creator
- Fololo, Ncumisa Kanyisa
- Subject
- Political leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Municipal officials and employees -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/42129
- Identifier
- vital:36628
- Description
- The study wants to establish the level of awareness of councillors of their role and responsibility in the National Development Plan as public representatives who are required to provide sustainable ways to meet the socio-economic needs of communities and improve the quality of life. The interest was triggered by the fact that even though the National Development Plan is a national document but its implementation and success will be gauged through the improved lives of community that are led by councillors. All the envisaged programmes and activities that are reflected in the NDP will be implemented in the municipal areas hence councillors as community leaders should be the champions of such. Their contribution as public representatives in the implementation of the NDP is vital and key. The study adopted a case study design that assisted in establishing what is required from councillors in the implementation of the NDP as they plan for communities and municipal officials as a supporting and implementing arm of the council. Qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments were used to collect data. Data collection tools used to obtain information from the councillors and municipal officials were written self-administered questionnaires for councillors and face to face interviews for municipal officials. For councillors the study reflected on their lack in carrying their fiduciary duties in providing leadership and guidance through proper planning and oversight. They have to a certain degree viewed the NDP as political document rather than a government planning framework tool. For municipal officials, the study highlighted their lack of ownership of the NDP which they view it as a separate document rather than considering that the national developed the National Spatial Development Perspective, Provinces, the Provincial Development and Growth Strategies and local government had to develop their Integrated Development Plans and all those were the strategic planning documents to drive development forward, however without having a long term vision which is called by many countries, National Development Plan to provide framework for all these documents. Subsequently, the study made a set of recommendations in this regard.
- Format
- ix, 81 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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