Policy documents guiding the departments on poverty reduction The province's strategic focus on poverty reduction. This research describes the results of the results of the poverty reduction program in KwaZulu-Natal.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY
INTRODUCTION
PROBLEM STATEMENT
This makes it easy to justify value for money, pick up inefficiencies and manage them. Such planning should show evidence of partnership with other sectors, as the Constitution also emphasizes the need for intergovernmental relations in the three spheres of government as well as horizontally [between government departments].
FOCUS OF THE STUDY
It reviewed the past three-year funding cycle for poverty alleviation and its management. Conclusions were drawn on the findings, recommendations made to help the province improve poverty alleviation implementation.
BEN' EFITS OF THE STUDY
Both definitions about standards and poverty with a lack of something and of course will vary from urban to. It involves a lack of individual(s) or a household's access to income, work and/or infrastructure, social, spatial and political isolation or environmental degradation, which exacerbates poverty.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Data analysis
The target area and scope of this was to cover government departments involved in poverty alleviation as well as the intent of the programme. This involved key stakeholders to gather their descriptions of the poverty alleviation program's objectives and rationale and to identify actual program activities.
Limitations
It is hoped that by using this method researcher could evaluate the programs from the beneficiaries' perspective. Information from the documents and reports was analyzed by comparing it with planning and management literature.
CONCLUSIONS
LITERATURE REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL AND AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY
Introduction
- Rwanda
- Strategies of poverty alleviation in Rwanda
Urban poverty is characterized by higher living costs, the vulnerability of the poor to changing incomes, shortages. Some of the causes of poverty in Lesotho include unemployment, environmental disasters [including drought, floods and hailstorms as well as loss of soil fertility productive grasslands], lack of adequate agricultural land and inputs, poor health or disability.
CONCLUSION
It is clear that Africa is a vast continent that includes a wide range of countries that vary in physical characteristics, demographic patterns, political structures, and economic and social development. Human deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, is very high.
POVERTY 'IN SOUTH AFRICA
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS TO DEAL WITH POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KWAZULU-NATAL
- Programme management
The Constitution is the law of the Republic and provides a general framework to ensure that people have access to services as guaranteed in the Constitution. Chapter two of the constitution focuses on the Bill of Rights for all South Africans. It can involve community participation and contribute to, and benefit from, economic, cultural and social development.
The main focus of the reconstruction and development program is to ensure that the economy is built up and that all South Africans, including women, have a role to play in economic development. It also recognizes the role of the public sector and business for sustainability projects. It is based on a notion that the government alone cannot deliver or deal with challenges and those of the people, because the problems are multifaceted and that these problems are interdependent.
Against this background, it is the role of the state to provide and secure neIGe~;sa. mechanisms and structures for communication and consultation. This showed some of the managerial challenges faced by this department in the implementation of government policies.
POVERTY IN KWAZULU-NATAL
- Characteristics of KwaZulu-Natal
Rural people reside in areas under the control of tribal authorities within the meaning of l. To ensure sustainability, this document says that this can be done in four ways: Social: everyone in the countryside must have access and be. It should be understood that this needs to be explained in light of the fact that the ISRDS places coordination at the provincial level. This could be a potential area of conflict.
Natal is one of the provinces with a high rate of political intolerance between the two major political parties in the province, namely the African National Congress [ANC] and the Inkatha Freedom Party [I FP], especially in the early 1990s. Mabuyakhulu said job creation is a key objective and women's involvement is a prerequisite to ensure equality in the economy. The parliamentary legislature to address on according to the Mercury he who slow progress of poverty reduction in the He blamed it on the of coordination nQr'AlQ,:;>r departments and other spheres of the government.
The 1998 Wilson House Conference Report "Close links between the institutions of representative democracy were seen as critical to national success in the next millennium. The Constitution also establishes a model of governance that regards cooperation and partnership as pillars of government. Government is established in
CONCLUSION
In 2001/2, individual funding was provided, and in the financial year clustering of projects was introduced. Figure 1: Poverty reduction projects in the Department of Social Welfare and Population Development in terms of sustainability. Department of Water Affairs - by helping local authorities and communities to access affordable and portable water and sanitation.
Department of Land Affairs - distributes redistributed land subsidies to households to buy back other land and engage in productive and/or subsistence agriculture. It should be noted that it was discovered that CI coordinators were hired during this period for project implementation. The Department of Social Development in the Department of Social Welfare this strategy, the Prime Minister's office and the Department of Labor were part of the core team to support and guide.
Two officials from the Social Welfare department worked closely with the MEC Social Welfare, in particular, who was the political champion who had to draw up the strategy on behalf of the provincial government. The other crucial point is the definition of poverty in or as a province, which clarifies the key performance indicators in the table below.
RESULTS OF CASE STUDIES
INTRODUCTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF PONDENTS
POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT GUIDE POVERTY ALLEVIATION
The province has not yet integrated all these policies into one comprehensive and user-friendly document that specifically guides it as a province.
FUNDING ISSUES ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION
MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRMMES
It has changed in the sense that departments are directly involved in managing the program. Respondents indicate that the following officials (by designations and not by names) serve on the screening committee: However, there are concerns about the projects taking more than six months to be screened as this could lead to delays in implementation .
This causes concern especially in light of the poverty in the province. However, it was of great concern to note that 39% of the respondents did not agree that there is a policy that is followed in cases of financial management. Those respondents who agree indicated that the following key aspects of this policy/procedure are in the table below:.
The fraud unit especially in the Department The contractor submits claims and from Social Welfare and Population supporting documents to the cluster Development is called in for investigation manager, which ensures that there is a true gross mismanagement balance in terms of delivery and the place of claim. and cannot be handed over by the district. It is noted that the group that reported good management of finances indicated that finances are managed in the following manner:. i) Finances are managed by implementing agents not communities. ii).
MECHANISMS EMPLOYED BY DEPARTMENTS IN ENSURING COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE IN THE POVERTY ALLEVIATION
LIST AND ROLES OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT PARTICIPATE
FORUMS EXIST FOR FUNDED OR UNFUNDED PROJECTS
Linking to HIV/AIDS is also crucial, especially in this era of the AIDS epidemic, as it is likely to mitigate the negative impact of HIV/AIDS. There is also a need to focus on skill development, especially among the youth.
UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAMME
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROGRAMME UTIUZE PEOPLE'S EXISTING SKILLS AS OPPOSED TO ALWAYS TEACHING NEW
CONSTRAINTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST IN
STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH CONSTRAINTS EXPERIENCED TO REALIZE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT
It is important to have a structure that ensures avoiding their duplication. vii) sectors have been formed but. viii). The effect of this program on other programs in the community. were according to subjects as community:. Women's empowerment, skills development Doubling i. of the program in. vi) Networking and integration with the program.
CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
This may be due to poverty alleviation programs and all mandates emphasize women empowerment. This may be related to the fact that the committee, especially the chairman of any organization is usually the spokesperson of the committee. This may be due to the fact that more lime is needed to increase profits.
For the one answer where the respondent indicated that she earns money every month, she said that this depends on the profit of the project at the end of the month and sometimes they get R250.00 a month. This is critical, especially in light of the fact that awareness of finances is important to any business and therefore members must have full understanding if they are to develop into business. With the dissolved project, they met in 2000 and the financial status of the project was presented to the meeting.
In most cases, membership has declined because people now want money. The remaining 10% may be the result of one project handling no funds.
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION OF NDINGS
Programme implementation .1 Top-Down planning
The results show that officials believe that there is a top-down approach in terms of planning. This is contrary to the intent of the ISRDS, which places planning at the local level to ensure that it is integrated, demand-driven and coordinated with other development initiatives taking place in the area. This type of planning affects the ownership and sustainability of the project.
This is also evident from the finance department's monitoring, which apparently takes place on a monthly basis. However much this may be necessary, it can create confusion about the project's independence, especially in light of the fact that the Institute for Social Welfare and Population Development, for example. have new organizations under social assistance, for example in the department of but are not treated in the same way as the projects.
