Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Technology: Governance and Economic Development, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2015. / South African rural areas are amongst the poorest in the world, as there is still a wide gap in terms of development with their urban neighbours. With an estimated 6.4 million South Africans falling below the national poverty line in 2010, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) remains the province with the highest number of poor people. The majority of rural dwellers in South Africa and KZN rely on subsistence farming, while others depend on government grants or family members living and working in urban areas to sustain a living. However, the income received is often insufficient to cater for their daily needs. In consonance with the high prevalence of poverty and the stagnation of subsistence farming, this study aims to examine the role of water supply in rural agricultural development in the Ward 19 area of Mtubatuba Municipality, which is situated along the north eastern region of KZN. To accomplish this aim, a mixed research approach with elements of qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (questionnaire) research techniques was used to obtain relevant information. A total of 50 participants took part in this study, all of whom were subsistence farmers in Ward 19 of Mtubatuba Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with three senior officials from the regional office of the Department of Water Affairs in Durban; three staff members from the Mtubatuba Municipality; two individuals from Ward 19; two senior staff members from the Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development in Mtubatuba; as well as two senior staff members from Umkanyakude water services provider in Mtubatuba. The study revealed that water shortages have adversely undermined the development and growth of subsistence farming in this poor community. Furthermore, the difficulties experienced by the marginalised people of Ward 19 are typical of many rural areas which have not fully benefitted from transformation in a post-apartheid South Africa. In order to address the defunct subsistence iii farming in this community, the study proposed a well-tailored and effective water resource management approach with the intention of transforming subsistence farming into commercial farming, thus improving the standard of living and reducing poverty to a reasonable level. Furthermore, in recognition that the area under study is dominated by women, the study emphasised the imperativeness of empowering the women of the community as a strategy underpinning rural development.

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In 1994, South Africa adopted intergovernmental relations (IGR) to facilitate service delivery. Sections 40-41 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, link service delivery with normative aspects of IGR, which include cooperation, transparency, accountability, mutual support, and coherence. A coherent implementation of IGR was subsequently emphasised by the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act 13 of 2005. However, South Africa continues to experience service delivery challenges, especially in marginalised and poor communities in the current and former informal settlements. The selected Diepsloot was established as an informal settlement in 1995 and has been under an in situ upgrade programme. The study’s focus was on the provision of potable water in the City of Johannesburg with specific reference to Diepsloot. A case study approach was used to assess lived experiences among the actors within the intergovernmental context of cooperative government. A qualitative methodology was utilised to source data about intergovernmental interactions among actors from the public institutions by means of semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. Lastly, a focus group was utilised for members of the ward committees in Diepsloot. The study concluded that IGR system is not used adequately to support Diepsloot to access potable water in accordance with an established standard. In essence, the IGR system lacks an integrated approach to reverse a legacy of informality. To facilitate an IGR improvement, the study’s recommendations were three-fold: (i) provision of integrated support to the City of Johannesburg for Diepsloot despite erroneous assumption that metropolitan municipalities are self-sufficient, (ii) standardisation of potable water provision in Diepsloot by means of integrating IGR institutional responses, and (iii) institutionalisation of IGR engagements with other cities. To this end, the study proposed a model of integrated intergovernmental support to improve potable water provision and, by extension, other related services in Diepsloot. / Public Administration / D.P.L. (Public Administration)

Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-11-12T19:08:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ALCIDES LEITE DE AMORIM - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGECA 1990..pdf: 35306341 bytes, checksum: 58ca99353fdbe330c0375e0d09e45b9a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-12T19:08:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALCIDES LEITE DE AMORIM - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGECA 1990..pdf: 35306341 bytes, checksum: 58ca99353fdbe330c0375e0d09e45b9a (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990-12 / O presente trabalho constitui um estudo da região do nordeste brasileiro, objetivando a definição de regiões representadas pelos postos ou estações com características semelhantes em função de conjuntos de variáveis pluviométricas e fluviométricas. Utilizou-se técnicas de classificação automática aplicadas ao conjunto de variáveis que foram obtidas da combinação do período de referência (ano, semestre e trimestre) com os parâmetros (média aritmética, desvio padrão, coeficiente de variação e coeficiente de assimetria) e o valor máximo. Os dados pluviométricos são compostos por quatrocentos postos no intervalo de tempo entre 1337 e 1973, com trinta anos de registros e uma folga de cinco anos, enquanto os fluviométricos de noventa e sete estações com pelo menos oito anos de registros e que tenham seu inicio nas décadas de sessenta ou setenta ou seu término nas décadas de setenta ou oitenta. Foram aplicados os Métodos "Quick Cluster" e "K-Means" (técnicas de . classificação não hierárquicas) nos conjuntos de variáveis pluviométricas e os Métodos de, "Ward", Ligação Simples, Ligação Completa e Centróide (técnicas hierárquicas) nos conjuntos de variáveis fluviométricas. Foi também discutido a aplicabilidade de cada método. Os resultados decorrentes deste trabalho, ilustrados nos mapas, são úteis para o preenchimento de falhas, geração de dados, determinação da curva regional de probabilidade, determinação de um modelo determinístico tipo Chuva-Uazão, etc. / The present thesis constitutes a study of the north-east region of Brasil, with the objective of defining the groupings of raingauge stations and flow measuring stations, that have similar characteristics. Techniques of automatic cIassifiction as applied to a set of variables were utilised herein. These variables were obtained for a combination of reference periods (being a year, semester or trimester) among the parameters of the station data, such as arithmatic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation skewness coefficient and the maximum value. The rainfall data for 400 raingauge stations between the years 1937 to 1973 were utilized in the study. Thirty (30) years of data, with a superposition of atleast 5 years between the stations, were utilized for raingauge stations. The data for flow measuring stations, numbering 97, consisted of reliable data over an eight-year period. The Methods of "Quick Cluster" and "K-Means" (which belong to the techniques of non-hierarquic classification) were applied to the set of precipitation variables and the Methods of," U/ard", Simple Linking, Complete Linking and Centroid (which pertain to hierarquical techniques) were applied to the set of flow variables. The applicability of each of these methods is discussed here-in.

Text in Afrikaans / This dissertation is focused on questions on how the metropolitan municipalities, with specific reference to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM), originated and developed. Against this background, the study consists of a theoretical exploration of the nature of the metropolis as a feature, as well as specific concepts related to it, an investigation into the most important metropolitan problems and an outline of the historical complications regarding the origin of metropolitan municipalities. In addition to this, personnel matters, financial relations and systems, the integrated development plans, ward committees and the role of councillors within the context of the CTMM were also investigated. / Public Administration and Management / M.P.A.

This study deals with the role of the unit sister in teaching student nurses in KwaZulu hospitals. The aim of the study was to identify the extent of her involvement in managing the unit to ensure clinical teaching and her involvement in the clinical teaching process. The role theory and the clinical teaching process formed the conceptual framework. Data was collected from sisters in charge of units by means of a questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that:- unit sisters regard good management of the unit as essential for effective clinical teaching. unit sisters regard clinical teaching as one of their important roles and functions as they said they were involved in all activities of the clinical teaching process however the responses were confined to what the unit sisters said they do which might not be what they actually do / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)

The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of unit managers towards the training of student nurses coming to their units for clinical practica. The sample consisted of students training in the four nursing colleges in the Cape Peninsula, and unit managers working in health services accommodating students for clinical practica in the same area. The findings revealed that the majority of unit managers were teaching students whenever they had the opportunity. Generally unit managers were prepared for their teaching function, but many students were not satisfied with some clinical learning opportunities presented to them, for example drawing up patients' care plans, discussing patients' treatment plans when handing over report, giving assistance regarding patient care decisions and lending support when students are confronted with patient care problems. There appears to be a need to educate unit managers regarding these and other aspects of the students' training programme. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing Science)

The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of nursing auxiliaries towards health care services against their scope of practice. Nursing auxiliaries practising within the Elim, Letaba, Malamulele, Nkhensani, Shiluvana and Tintswalo hospitals in the Gazankulu Health Administration, in the Northern Transvaal Province, constituted the target population. The findings revealed that nursing auxiliaries are not functioning strictly according to their scope of practice. They are an essential component of nursing services in Gazankulu by rendering a major contribution towards health care services in fulfilling their scope of practice-role. Apart from their prescribed practice-role, they are also engaged in activities that should be performed by enrolled and professional nurses as well as doctors and general assistants. There appears to be a need for education for all categories of nursing staff regarding the scope of practice of nursing auxiliaries for improving the effective utilisation of this category of nursing personnel / M.A. (Nursing Science) / Health Studies

This is a comparative study of the spatial patterns of peasant crop farming in Chibombo District between the 1980s and the 1990s. The study lists and discusses the agricultural support system, communication infrastructure and the crop production and patterns of the 1980s within the environment of centralised planning and then compares these to the structures and patterns of the 1990s in an atmosphere of economic liberalisation. This comparison in crop production, cropping patterns, institutional support systems and the communication infrastructure in five sampled farming wards of Chibombo District, leads to the conclusion that there is a marked change in the structures and patterns of the 1990s from those of the 1980s. Thus, in Chibombo District, the state of the communication infrastructure in the 1990s is generally poorer than the communication infrastructure of the 1980s, the agricultural support system of the 1990s is largely privately owned and found in fewer farming areas while the agricultural support system of the 1980s was state controlled and more widely spread, and crop patterns in some farming wards are different in the 1990s from those of the 1980s. In the 1990s, crop production in farming wards with a supportive environment has increased than it was in the 1980s but decreased in those where a conducive environment lacks. In this line, the study makes several recommendations for consideration on how to mitigate the problems that the peasant farmers are facing or how to enhance the positive changes that have occurred in Chibombo District. / Geography / M.A. (Geography)