Despite stipulations in local government legislation that Municipalities should build the
capacity of the local communities to enable effective public participation and to foster
community participation in local government, little is known on how municipalities
capacitate their people staying in the rural areas to participate effectively in the IDP
process. This research study investigated, explored and analyzed capacity building
programmes used by Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality to capacitate its people staying
in the rural areas to participate effectively in the IDP process. The study was conducted
through qualitative interviews with officials working and people living in two rural
wards.
An analysis of the interviews yields that Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality does not have a
capacity building policy or strategy for promoting effective participation of people in the
IDP process. The capacity building programmes used by the municipality are more
focused on ward committees, ward councilors and project steering committee members
than on traditional leaders, small businesses and other people staying in the rural areas.
The municipality has planned training programmes for ward committees, ward councilors
and project steering committee members and none for other people. Information sharing
is done through ward committees, municipality and council meetings for all categories of
citizens. People who practise subsistence farming are capacitated through agricultural
research based interventions. Skills development programmes are used to enhance
participation of project steering committee members in monitoring the implementation of
IDP projects. The capacity building programmes are effective in making people aware of
structures they can use to participate in the IDP process and to participate during IDP
project implementation and to a minimal extent enhances people’s participation in
monitoring the implementation of IDP projects. The Municipality’s capacity building
programmes enhances people’s skills to participate effectively during implementation of
IDP projects and not in the decision making during analysis, strategies and approval
phases of the IDP process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/4757 |
| Date | 11 April 2008 |
| Creators | Mogaladi, Ramatsobane Shoky |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 376909 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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