Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Public Administration)

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    E-public participation strategies effectiveness during the implementation of integrated development plans (idp)processes: a case study of the selected South African municipalities
    (Universty of the Western Cape, 2024) Ncwana, Thandile; Makiva ,Msuthukazi
    One of the most important elements of integrated development planning is public engagement, which focuses on local demands and goals. The new technology shifts in local governments offer an opportunity for communities to engage with the government in determining their most pressing needs using electronic participatory venues. Technological methods of participation aim to empower citizens in shaping their communities, a longstanding objective for governments to effectively address citizens’ needs and aspirations within their environments. Existing research has yet to focus on e-public participation strategies for effective implementation of the integrated development plan in South Africa. As a result, this research investigated the e-public participation strategies for the effective implementation of the integrated development plan. To achieve this, the study investigated three South African metropolitan municipalities: the City of Cape Town, Ekurhuleni and Nelson Mandela Bay. A mixed methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, was employed to provide extensive information by possibly revealing features that may have gone undiscovered if a single method was used.
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    Integrating indigenous and contemporary local governance: issues surrounding traditional leadership and considerations for post- apartheid South Africa
    (Universty of the Western Cape, 1999) Ismail, Nazeem
    With the possible exceptions of Ethiopia (before the overthrow of the empire in the 1970s), Lesotho and Swaziland, the engagement of indigenous African leaders and institutions of governance in modern political structure sand processes has been an elusive one. This study describes' analyzes and assesses efforts by colonial' post colonial and apartheid regimes incorporate indigenous leaders and institutions in their governmental structures and processes Based on this examination' the study presents a multi-element model of how post-apartheid South Africa could integrate indigenous leaders and some features of governance in current liberal democratic structures, especially in rural local authorities. Study material consisted of government documents' policy statements and laws, anthropological sources, critical articles and books on both indigenous leadership and forms of governance, and colonial, apartheid, postcolonial and post-apartheid eras. Some comparative analysis was made of African experiences generally, and those of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe in particular' and their Implications for the South African indigenous leaders project spelt out.