In South Africa, certain areas are well developed with infrastructures that
compare with first world standards, while in others, people live in abject poverty
without basic services being rendered
Poverty is the single greatest burden of South Africa's people. It is defined as the
inability to meet a specified set of basic needs. This means that apart from low
income levels, malnutrition and hunger, poverty manifests itself in poor people's
lives in many other ways, including lack of access to basic social services.
Poverty is characterized by the inability of individuals, households or
communities to command sufficient resources to satisfy a socially acceptable
minimum standard of living. It is perceived by poor South Africans themselves to
include alienation from the community, food insecurity, crowded homes, usage of
unsafe and inefficient forms of energy and lack of jobs that are adequately paid
and I or secure.
Because the government doesn't want to alienate those it is trying to serve,
public services are being brought closer to people, so as to improve the quality of
community life. The underlying reason for the implementation of Multi-purpose
Community Centres (MPCCs) is to bring government services closer to people
and to provide the community with the opportunity to communicate with
government. Multi-Purpose Community Centres have been identified as the
primary approach for the implementation of development communication and
information programmes. MPCCs also serve as a base from which a wide range
of services and products can reach communities. The aim is for communities to
access such services and engage in government programmes for their own
empowerment. As a result, MPPCs are a necessary poverty alleviation strategy
that needs to be promoted for the improvement of the quality of community life. / Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/985 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Rabali, Hahangwivhawe |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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