Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2012 / The study has been prompted by the initiative of the Local Government of South
Africa in introducing the Integrated Development Plan in local municipalities in 1998
as an interim integrated plan. Local Municipalities in South Africa have to use
“integrated development planning” as a method of planning for future developments
in their areas. Apartheid planning left South Africa with cities and towns that have
racially divided business and residential areas; are badly planned to cater for the
poor; have long travelling distances to work and poor access to business and other
services; have great differences in levels of service delivery between rich and poor
areas; have sprawling informal settlements and spread-out residential areas that
make cheap service delivery difficult. Rural areas were left underdeveloped and
largely unserviced.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the IDP on service delivery in
Emfuleni Local Municipality. The objectives of this study were: to evaluate the
effectiveness of the IDP on service delivery and its implementation; to assess the
capacity of the municipality to meet the IDP objectives and targets; to investigate the
perceptions of the Emfuleni Local Municipality ward and Proportional Representative
(PR) Councillors on their mandate and service delivery; and to identify and
recommend strategies to enhance the effectiveness of the IDP on service delivery.
The study was qualitative in design and collected data using interviews.
The study found out that the public participation process, the Integrated
Development Plan, service delivery protests and state of service delivery in Emfuleni
has clearly shown that the Emfuleni Integrated Development Plan does not have
significant impact on service delivery.
Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations are made: that
there should an alignment of projects with community needs, establishment of a
monitoring and evaluation unit, strengthen the intergovernmental relations system
and regular feedback, communication and interaction with communities. These
systems and structures will ensure that there is regular and coherent participation
and involvement of the community as far as possible.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/711 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Mukwevho, Hulisani Cedric |
| Contributors | Mtapuri, O. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xi, 79 leaves : col. ill. |
| Relation | Adobe acrobat reader, version 8 |
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