Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africans are familiar with apartheid principles and practices. Apartheid
principles were not only used as a mechanism that robbed people of their
human rights, but it also gave rise to limited or no community participation in
government decision-making. South Africa's democratic regime (after 1994) is
striving to increase community participation in government decision-making.
In this regard, the South African national government is initiating community
development policies and programmes such as the Reconstruction and
Development Programme (1994), Masakhane programme (1998) and
Integrated Development Planning (1997).
This research focuses on Integrated Development Planning (lOP) and local
government's role in stimulating community participation. Various participation
models are highlighted, and the Wellington case is used to illustrate that
communities will participate optimally in development activities if their
participation will bring about their own empowerment.
The research methodology includes interviews, television news programmes,
newspaper articles and focus group sessions. Responses from the focus
group interviews indicated that the community is easy-going and they expect
activities to be undertaken for them. It was also noted that meaningful
mechanisms for enhancinq community participation are limited. The
community-empowerment model and recommendations are presented to
optimise community participation. The following recommendations are made,
namely accessibility of development initiatives, mobilising the community,
relevant administrative skills of public officials, democratic constitution and
legislation, concrete policy relating to community participation, meaningful
empowerment of the community, explaining the content of concepts,
programmes and projects, training for public officials, awareness of policy
implications with regards to community participation and municipal planning in
co-operative government. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrikaners is vertroud met apartheidsbeginsels en praktyke.
Apartheidsbeginsels is nie net as 'n meganisme gebruik om groepe van hul
menseregte te ontneem nie, maar dit het ook aanleiding gegee tot gebrekkige
of geen gemeenskapsdeelname in owerheidsbesluitneming. Suid-Afrika se
demokratiese regeringstelsel (na 1994) streef daarna om
gemeenskapsdeelname in owerheidsbesluitneming te verhoog. Binne hierdie
hoedanigheid het die nasionale regering gemeenskapsontwikkelingsbeleide
en programme soos die Heropbou-en Ontwikkelingsprogram (1994),
Masakhane-program (1988) en GeTntegreerde Ontwikkelingsbeplanning
(1997) daargestel.
Die navorsing fokus op Ge"integreerde Ontwikkelingsbeplanning (GOB), en
plaaslike owerhede se rol ten opsigte van die stimulering van
gemeenskapsdeelname. Verskeie deelname-modelle word uitgelig en aan die
hand van die Wellington-geval, word aangetoon dat gemeenskappe optimaal
sal deelneem aan ontwikkelingsaktiwiteite indien hul deelname sal bydra tot
hul eie bemagtiging.
Die navorsingsmetodologie sluit in onderhoude, televisie-nuusprogramme,
koerantartikels en fokusgroep-sessies. Terugvoering van die fokusgroeponderhoude
dui aan dat die gemeenskap gemaksugtig is en verwag dat
aktiwiteite vir hulle onderneem word. Daar is waargeneem dat betekenisvolle
meganismes om gemeenskapsdeelname te optimaliseer gebrekkig was. Die
kommunikasie-bemagtigingsmodel en aanbevelings word aangebied ten
einde gemeenskapsdeelname te optimaliseer. Die volgende aanbevelings
word gemaak naarnlik, toeganklikheid van ontwikkelingsinisiatiewe;
mobilisering van die gemeenskap; relevante administratiewe vaardighede van
openbare amptenare; demokratiese grondwet en beleide; konkrete beleide
rakende gemeenskapsdeelname; betekenisvolle bemagtiging van die
gemeenskap; verduideliking van die inhoud van konsepte, programme en projekte, opleiding van amptenare; bewuswording van beleidsimplikasies
rakende gemeenskapsdeelname en munisipale beplanning in 'n
samewerkende regering.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52388 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Smit, Jacobus Francois |
| Contributors | Davids, I., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Political Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | af_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 97 p. : ill., maps |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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