Incomprehension follows the comprehensive rural development programme

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart, P.Jacobs
KEYWORDS: LAND REFORM, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL COMMUNITIES
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-september-2013/incomprehension-follows-the-comprehensive-rural-development-programme
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7914
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2797
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2797

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Abstract

In mid-2009, when the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme was unveiled, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti, stressed this as 'a novel approach to rural development in South Africa', ringing in a new dispensation that would transform the rural landscape. But three years down the line, local interventions and the participation of local communities remain a concern as the programme seemingly repeats many of the mistakes of previous initiatives, write Tim Hart and Peter Jacobs.