13 Most of the community members who attend meetings participate and contribute meaningfully to the IDP process. 7 The ward committees always put the interests of the ward before all other considerations during IDP meetings. 8 The ward committees always report on time to the council on all the different stages of the projects.
INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- BROAD PROBLEMS AND ISSUES TO BE INVESTIGATED The broad problems to be investigated included the following
- KEY QUESTIONS OF THE STUDY
- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Literature review
- STRUCTURE OF THE DISSERTATION
- THE BIG FIVE FALSE BAY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
- The demographics of the Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality
- Population
- Economic analysis
- Local governance
- CONCLUSION
What is the active role, involvement and participation of local communities in the affairs of the municipality and development in general. What is the involvement and participation of local communities in the affairs of the municipality. On the eastern side of the area are the Isimangaliso Wetland Park and False Bay.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
In general, the above picture reflects that state of affairs in many, if not all, rural municipalities in South Africa. It will attempt to prove the fact that any local municipalities in South Africa have not yet developed the necessary management. This chapter therefore aims to analyze the pieces of legislation that relate to local government in South Africa.
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK GOVERNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
- The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act No 108 of 1996)
- White Paper on Local Government of 1998
- The Municipal Structures Act (No 117 of 1998)
- The Municipal Systems Act No 32 of 2003
- The Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003
- The Tra ditional Lea dership a nd Governance Fra mework No 41 of 2003
It is the precursor and serves as a framework for the development and promulgation of current legislation. The purpose of the Municipal Structure Act (No. 117 of 1998) is to provide for the establishment and categorization of municipalities in South Africa. Report annually on the involvement of communities and community organizations in the affairs of the.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND STRATEGY OF 2009
However, it goes without saying that traditional leaders and their councils are one of the mechanisms that local governments and municipalities can use as participation mechanisms for local communities. Led by the national Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the strategy aims to ensure that local government becomes responsive, accountable, effective and efficient (Koma 2010:119). The key to the development of the strategy is the realization of local development governance.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MAYOR
It highlighted the fact that municipalities in South Africa are failing the poor, dysfunctional, unaccountable to citizens, characterized by excessive levels of corruption, fraud, mismanagement, and have become centers of factional conflict, political infighting and patronage. Preference will be given to rural municipalities such as the Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality. This is the result of severe poverty and underdevelopment, which has become synonymous with weak municipal capacity.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPEAKER
However, in the case of the Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality, the functions of mayor and chairman are held by one councilor.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
To bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality, community stakeholders as local experts should be part of the process of planning and defining appropriate public participation strategies. Second, by involving the leaders of legitimate organizations that represent the interests of the community (civil, cultural and other organizations). These individuals can influence opinions if they represent the community; and finally, with the direct participation of ordinary members of the community.
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- Legal status of the Integrated Development Plan
- District Integrated Development Plan Framework
The development of the IDP must be aimed at realizing the objectives of local government as set out in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The IDP must link, integrate and coordinate plans and proposals for the development of the municipality. The Municipal Systems Act (2000) states that an integrated development plan for the municipality is the most important strategic planning instrument that controls and informs all planning and development as well as all decisions regarding planning, management and development in the municipality.
WARD COMMITTEES
- Functions of the ward committee
A municipal councilor is chairman of the neighborhood committee and such a committee may not consist of more than ten members. In his speech to the National Assembly on the presidential budget vote on 23 June 2004, former President Thabo Mbeki said that 'we need to engage each other in a similar way on a whole range of important specific issues, such as improving service delivery and strengthening local government, including neighborhood committees. It is further emphasized that the importance of neighborhood committees is to strengthen participatory democracy in local government.
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- INTRODUCTION
- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS The main objectives of the study are to
- RESEARCH DESIGN
- ETHICAL CLEARANCE
- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
A population is a group of participants to whom the researcher wishes to generalize the results of the study. Reliability is therefore concerned with the findings of the research and relates to the credibility of the findings. It is important to highlight the fact that this study was not carried out in the entire Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality area.
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
INTRODUCTION
FORMULATION OF THE STUDY .1 The Goal
- Dependent Variable
- Independent Variable
- Hypothesis
- Measuring Instrument
- Procedures
- Data Analysis
The community questionnaire assesses the competencies of the neighborhood representatives where the community is the target group. The neighborhood representatives questionnaire assesses the competencies of municipal officials, the effectiveness of the IDP forum and the level of community participation in community affairs where neighborhood representatives are the target group. The third questionnaire is the council questionnaire that assesses the competencies of the neighborhood representatives who work directly with displaced persons, with council officials being the target group.
Subscale B: community perceptions about the ward representatives' ability to manage community GOP planning meetings to deliver possible community submissions: Items. Subscale C: community perceptions about the ward representatives' general ability to understand and implement IDP and to manage projects: Items 13,14 Subscale D: community perceptions about the ward representatives' ability to promote the community's interests and place them above other considerations: Items 14, 17, 18. Subscale A: ward representatives' perception of fair treatment of all ward submissions, transparency and fairness of the prioritization process of projects and compliance with rules regarding a dopsy, modification of decisions: Items 5,6,7,8.9.
Subscale B: ward representatives' perception of the technical departments' competences in relation to selection, remuneration and monitoring of service providers as well as a placement of budgets: This ems. Subscale C: ward representatives' perception of the extent of community participation in community affairs, including IDP, their level of IDP understanding, willingness to cooperate with ward representative and the extent to which the community takes ownership and protects projects: It ems. Subscale A: officials' perception of ward representatives' understanding of IDP process from legislation, technical knowledge of IDP to contribute meaningfully to IDP dialogue, attendance at IDP council meetings and articulation of reasonable community proposals/submissions.
Subscale B: officials' perception about ward representatives' project management skills, ability to understand project documentation, provision of regular and reliable feedback on all stages of projects.
Section A
The IDP planning meetings take place at convenient times to ensure that most members of the community are able to attend. The councilor ensures that the service providers, where possible, employ members of the local community to work in the community projects. Most of the community members who attend meetings participate and contribute meaningfully to the IDP process.
The parish committees always put the parish's interests before all other considerations during IDP meetings. The parish committees always report back to the council all the different phases of the projects on time. The ward committees always present fair, accurate and reliable reports to the council on the various stages of the community projects.
None of the municipalities has a positive score greater than 50% and Jozini has the worst negative score for point 3. None of the municipalities has a positive score greater than 50% and Jozini has the worst negative score, Jozini has the greatest negative score which is more than 50%. None of the municipalities has a positive score of more than 50% and Jozini has the worst negative score far greater than 50%.
All the municipalities are of the opinion that municipalities choose substandard service providers with the exception of Mtubatuba municipality. All five municipalities are of the opinion that the municipality's officials choose incompetent service providers, except the Mtubatuba municipality. The IDP guidelines provide that the ward representatives and the communities they represent must determine and prioritize the community development requirements through consensus under the guidance and leadership of the council member.
The ward representatives are also not satisfied with the levels of community understanding of the IDP process and as a result, according to the findings, the community members tend to make unreasonable IDP submission. The ward representatives in all the municipalities are of the opinion that the community members do not value or regard the community projects as their own.
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What is the municipality's ability to comply with the plethora of provincial and national legislation governing local government.
CONCLUSIONS
The legislation also states that the local government must strive to achieve the above-mentioned objectives using the limited resources available to it. This allocation and utilization of the municipality's resources could be properly allocated and utilized through the development and effective implementation of institutional and financial plans. The institutional plan refers to human resources, structures and systems, while the financial plan refers to short, medium and long-term financial planning on how the municipality will increase revenues, spend them and ensure the financial sustainability of the municipality.
It can be said that the successful implementation of the IDP and the municipality's budget largely depends on how well the municipality implements its institutional and financial plans. The municipal government will also need the support of political office holders to achieve their objectives. It can be logically argued that the socio-economic development of the Big 5 False Bay Local Municipality, like many, if not all, rural-based municipalities in South Africa, requires committed and well-focused attention from development agencies. .
The rural people themselves should be at the heart of the development agenda of a rural municipality with the government and other agencies providing support. This education will encourage and build confidence and empower rural people like those of the Big 5 False Bay to participate meaningfully in determining development needs. However, the reality of the matter is that municipalities, given the limited resources available to them, are bound by the state constitution to meet the legitimate expectations of their communities.
There is still a need for further research in this area of local governance, with the aim of proposing concrete solutions that can help accelerate service delivery.
