Quo Vadis Local Governance and Development in South Africa since 1994 Public Administration Today - Administration publique aujour Series

This book critically reviews the development of the post 1994 local government dispensation in South Africa over the past two decades, highlighting the key challenges and possible solutions in terms of improving this sphere of government.

About the editors
About the contributors
I – Local Governance and Development in South Africa, M.S. de Vries
II – The South African local government system and the study of Public Administration, P. Pillay, P.S. Reddy and C. Mohamed Sayeed
III – Local government typical organizational structure, T.I. Nzimakwe
IV – Management of intergovernmental relations, I.G. Govender
V – Democracy and service delivery in practice, C. Thornhill
VI – A historical account of local government elections and outcomes, K. Phago
VII – The increased politicisation of human resources recruitment, N. Tshishonga
VIII – Corruption Needs to distinguish between facts and solutions, T.R. Mle
IX – Bring in the experts, N. Tshishonga
X – Connecting with local culture: Women and traditional leadership, R.N. Ndlela
XI – Getting budgets right, K. Kumar and J. Balwanth
XII – Towards solid intergovernmental relations for Disaster Risk Reduction, F. Ruffin and M. Reddy
XIII – Involving SMME's, P.S. Reddy and M. Wallis
XIV – Cooperatives and the promotion of locadevelopment, R. Thakhathi
XV – Towards Better Monitoring and Evaluation, I.G. Govender
XVI – Towards professionalization, J. Bardill and E. Hamza
XVII – Post 1994 local governance and development in South Africa: quo vadis?, P.S. Reddy
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