Thesis (MPA (Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT:
Swartland Municipality is situated in the West Coast of the Western Cape Province
as one of the thirty municipalities in the province. Swartland Municipality, like other
municipalities, is faced with socio-economic challenges such as crime,
unemployment and low levels of education. although the unemployment rate is not so
high when compared with some of the municipalities in the province, Swartland
amongst other challenges is faced with the problem of access to tertiary education.
As a result the agricultural sector dominates as the main economic activity.
As part of the effort to address some of its socio-economic challenges, Swartland
Municipality’s Youth Development programme was established in partnership with
Umsobomvu Youth Fund and named Youth Advisory Centre (YAC). It was
established mainly to uplift the living conditions of youth in Swartland by assisting
them with career guidance advice, CV writing, and to start own businesses. To
achieve this two officials were employed, one as Career Guidance Advisor, and the
other one as an Outreach Officer. These two officials had the same duties but the
Outreach Officer was appointed mainly to bring services to Swartland areas which
are far from where the Youth Advisory Centre is located.
However, to ensure that the programme achieves its goals, programme evaluation
has to be carried out. Programme evaluation assists in determining the programme’s
shortcomings and the areas that need improvement. In this study programme
evaluation has been carried out to determine if what is planned gets implemented,
and the extent to which programme plans are achieved. In doing so, the researcher
used the YAC’s plans, reports, Swartland Municipality annual reports and held semistructured
interviews with two senior officials of Swartland Municipality who are
involved in the YAC and with the two appointed YAC officials mentioned above.
These data collection instruments provided the researcher with the information on
what the YAC planned and what it achieved from July 2006 to April 2009. The
researcher analysed this data and found that not all YAC plans and reports were
available and some contradictions existed in targets between YAC plans, the
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Swartland Municipality and
Umsobomvu, and Swartland Municipality’s Annual reports. Despite these findings, it
was found that the YAC plans correspond with the YAC results reported; therefore
the YAC has been implementing its plans. Although the YAC did not meet all of its
targets, the difference between the planned outputs and achieve outputs was not big.
On the basis of these findings, the researcher recommended that there should be an
integrated planning process to set up YAC’s performance standards and the YAC
has to improve its performance in most of its key outputs, especially in supporting the
youth in business development and opportunities. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:
Swartland Munisipaliteit is aan die Weskus van die Wes-Kaap Provinsie as een van
die dertig munisipaliteite in die provinsie. Soos ander munisipaliteite, staar Swartland
Munisipaliteit sosio-ekonomiese uitdagings soos misdaad, werkloosheid en lae
vlakke van opvoeding in die gesig. Swartland staar, onder andere, die uitdaging van
toegang tot tersiêre opvoeding in die gesig, alhoewel die werkloosheidsyfer nie so
hoog is as dit met dié van ander munisipaliteite in die provinsie vergelyk word nie.
Gebrek aan toegang tot tersiêre opvoeding veroorsaak dat die landbousektor
oorheers as die hoof ekonomiese aktiwiteit wat die meeste van die mense in die
Swartland gebied in diens neem.
Swartland munisipaliteit se Jeugontwikkelingsprogram is in samewerking met die
Umsobomvu Jeugfonds as deel van die inisiatief om van die sosio-ekonomiese
uitdagings aan te spreek gestig en die Jeug Raadgewende Sentrum (JRS) het tot
stand gekom. Dit is hoofsaaklike gestig om die lewensomstandighede van die jeug in
Swartland te verbeter deur hulle by te staan met loopbaanvoorligting, die skryf van
CV’s en om hul eie besighede op die been te bring. Twee beamptes is aangestel om
hierdie doelwit te bereik, een as Loopbaan Voorligting Raadgewer en die ander as
Uitreikbeampte. Hierdie twee beamptes het dieselfde pligte, maar die uitreikbeampte
is hoofsaaklik aangestel om dienste wat ver vanaf die Jeug Raadgewende Sentrum
geleë is, nader aan die Swartland areas te bring.
’n Evaluasie moet uitgevoer word om te verseker dat die program sy doelwitte bereik.
Programevaluering het ten doel om die program se tekortkominge en die areas vir
verbetering te bepaal. Programevaluasie is in hierdie studie uitgevoer om te bepaal
of dit wat beplan is, geïmplementeer word, en in watter mate die program planne
verwesenlik word. Die navorser het gebruik gemaak van JRS planne, verslae en
Swartland Munisipaliteit se jaarverslae. Semi-gestruktureede onderhoude is met
twee senior beamptes van die Swartland Munisipaliteit wat by die JRS betrokke is,
en die bogenoemde aangestelde JRS beamptes gevoer.
Hierdie data insameling instrumente het aan die navorser die inligting gegee oor wat
die JRS beplan en wat dit vanaf July 2006 Tot April 2009 vermag het. Die navorser
het hierdie data ontleed en gevind dat nie alle JRS planne en verslae beskikbaar was
nie. Daar was ook teenstrydighede in doelwitte tussen JRS planne, die Oorenkoms
Memorandum tussen Swartland Munisipaliteit en Umsobomvu en Swartland
Munisipaliteit se Jaarverslae. Ten spyte van hierdie bevindings is daar bevind dat die JRS planne met die JRS resultate soos gerapporteer in die verslae ooreenstem, dus
het die JRS hul planne geïmplementeer. Die JRS het egter nie al die doelwitte bereik
nie, maar die verskil tussne die beplande en werklike uitsette was nie groot nie.
In die lig van hierdie bevindings stel die navorser voor dat daar geïntegreerde
beplanning moet wees om die JRS se prestasie standaarde op te trek, en die JRS
moet hul prestasie in die meeste van die sleutel uitsette verbeter, veral in die
ondersteuning van die jeug in besigheidsontwikkeling en geleenthede.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/5174 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Sogwagwa, Manelisi |
| Contributors | Burger, A. P. J., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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