The Integrated Development Planning is regarded as a tool for bridging the gap
between the current development reality and the vision of equitable, sustainable
development and service delivery. This new planning approach is meant to enable
municipalities to develop strategic policy capacity, to mobilise resources and to
target its own. activities. It is a tool that municipalities can use to become
developmentally oriented, as well as to mobilise participation of local communities
with the intention of meeting local citizens' social, economic and material needs. It
guides and informs all planning, development, management actions and decisions.
This study has attempted to analyse the implementation of the Integrated
Development Plan using the Bophirima District Municipality as a case study. The
critical question that the study attempted to answer was whether there was any
progress made in the implementation of the district municipality's plan to uplift the
living conditions of local citizens. The study also focused on whether local citizens
participated in the planning process of their own development.
The primary instrument for data collection used in this study was questionnaires.
The findings of the study revealed that municipalities lacked high quality technical
skills to manage, administer and source finances to implement sustainable
projects. It is therefore recommended that:-
a) For development to be sustainable, all municipalities in the district should
design and implement a full participation strategy by all municipal
stakeholders and mobilise financial resources to implement projects
identified to improve the living standards of communities.
b) Municipalities should expedite the implementation of local economic
development strategy to attract sustainable businesses to the area to create
jobs and markets for internal and outside suppliers. / (MBA) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2006
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11206 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Monye, Mmapula Dorcas |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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