Pretorius, Leon G.O'Connor, Christopher JosephSchool of GovernmentFaculty of Economics and Management Sciences2013-07-172026-06-102007/04/192007/04/192013-07-172026-06-102004https://hdl.handle.net/10566/23377Masters in Public Administration - MPAThis study considered the work of the Department of Community Development in the City of Cape Town, through the manner in which it implemented its developmental vision, its institutional consequences and the obstacles to its realisation.enCity of Cape Town (South Africa)Community developmentSouth AfricaManenbergSustainable developmentSocial conditionsA review of the developmental vision and work of the City of Cape Town's Community Development Department (February 1997 to December 2000) and its successor the Department of Community Services (January 2001 to June 2003) which was aimed at transforming socially dysfunctional communities such as ManenbergThesisUniversity of the Western Cape