The state of local government: third-generation issues
SOURCE: State of the nation: South Africa 2003-2004
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Atkinson
SOURCE EDITOR(S): J.Daniel, A.Habib, R.Southall
KEYWORDS: GOVERNANCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2499
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8114
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8114
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): D.Atkinson
SOURCE EDITOR(S): J.Daniel, A.Habib, R.Southall
KEYWORDS: GOVERNANCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2499
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8114
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8114
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Abstract
The South African local government sphere has seen vast changes since 1990. During this tumultuous periods, a phase of community-based resistance was followed by a complete redesign of local government. The heady period of constitutional negotiations (1992-1996) has been followed by a more businesslike concern with municipal delivery, especially to address questions of poverty, infrastructure backlogs, the need for economic development, and the consequences of HIV/AIDS. This paper will argue that the creation of developmental local government, as envisaged in the White Paper on Local Government, has created unforeseen challenges and difficulties. The requirements of local development are only gradually becoming understood and it is likely that the entire intergovernmental order will have to make developmental municipal government a key priority.-
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