Browsing Journals by Subject "Service delivery"
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The Crisis Committee, post apartheid protest and political mobilisation in Phomolong Township, Free State.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)Often depicted in images of violence, burning tyres, destruction of property and looting of private businesses, service delivery protests have captured the imagination of many scholars interested in South Africa’s ... -
An examination of the challenges of quality water provision in Madibeng local municipality, North West province
(AOSIS, 2020)Like most municipalities in South Africa, Madibeng local municipality (MLM) is faced with the dual problem of access to water and provision of quality water services. Despite the constitutional responsibility bestowed ... -
Examining the interface between bureaucratic conflict and public interest in Africa
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: In every human organisation, there is bound to be conflict of ideas because everyone wants his or her viewpoint to take precedent over others. There are those who want to be on top of every situation irrespective ... -
A first generation African community grappling with urbanisation: the views of Platfontein’s San on water and sanitation service delivery
(2014)Since their relocation in 2004 to Platfontein near Kimberley in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, members of the !Xun and Khwe San, originally from the northern parts of Namibia and southern Angola, became a first ... -
Local service delivery enhancement – attitudes: a case study of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
(2010)In this article, the new developmental mandate assigned to local government is reviewed using the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (hereafter referred to as the NMBM) as a case study. The concept of developmental local ... -
Neighbourhood effects and household responses to water supply problems in Nigerian cities
(2008)Between 1990 and 2004, Nigeria’s urban population jumped to nearly half the national population, while access to improved sources of water in urban areas dropped by nearly 15 per cent during the same period. This paper ...