In 1994, South Africa adopted the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) and emphasised the delivery of services to meet basic needs. Since then, great strides have been made to redress past social inequalities. However, analysis of these successes have been limited to national or provincial aggregates, when much of the responsibility for meeting the RDP commitment lies at the local government level. The need for closer investigation of basic service delivery is clear from continuing protests over poor service delivery. This paper aims to shed more light on delivery at a local level by using data from the 2001 Census and the 2007 Community Survey. The analysis involves the construction of a service delivery index for each municipality and analysis of variance to explain the changes in service delivery over the period 2001 to 2007. The results show that improved service provision may require further urbanisation and densi…cation. Also, local economic growth in itself may not be important, but it would contribute to the ability to pay for services, thereby aiding delivery.
Communicative action: the Habermasian and Freirean dialogical approach to participatory communication for social change in a post-1994 South Africa (cf. Jacobson & Storey, 2004;Chambers, 1994;Melkote & Steeves, 2001;Rogers, 1976;Lerner, 1964;Schramm, 1964;Servaes, 1995 (cf. Habermas, 1984;1987;1989 Jacobson & Storey, 2004;Chambers, 1994;Melkote & Steeves, 2001;Rogers, 1976;Lerner, 1964;Schramm, 1964Servaes, 1995 (cf. Habermas, 1984;1987;1989
Despite its almost four decade mainstay, the field of participatory communication for social change still experiences a definitional and pragmatic problem regarding what exactly participation is
This article explores, through a basic conceptual-theoretical analysis and a review of relevantliterature, the usefulness of employing the communicative action theory of Jürgen Habermasin theorising the elusive notions of participation and participatory communication theory asapplicable to project based development (Burnside-Lawry, 2012; Chang & Jacobson, 2010;Jacobson, 2003; Jacobson & Storey, 2004; Ramella & De La Cruz, 2000; Servaes, 1999). Theproblem with defining participation is that it is ambiguous – both notionally and in actual contexts– as the concept comprises a myriad of dissimilar epistemologies, methodologies and imaginedgoals, while also representing disparate evaluative measures in thinking about and determiningwhether or not participation has actually occurred in its various applied settings (Chitnis, 2005;Huesca, 2008; Jacobson & Storey, 2004; McAnany, 2012; Melkote & Steeves, 2001; Morris,2003; Wilkins, 2000).
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