Factors affecting the performance of South African municipal officials: stakeholders’ perspectives

Masiya, Tyanai; Davids, Y.D.; Mangai, Mary S.

doi:10.5130/cjlg.vi25.7701

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“…Upon the official downfall of apartheid in 1994, a new democratic government was instated yet the social inequalities remain to this day. In 2010, approximately 66% of municipalities across the country faced a service delivery crisis, while Masiya et al (2019) found that 44% of individuals were dissatisfied with service delivery nationally 2,33 . This has been blamed on skills shortages, lack of accountability, corruption and dubious decision-making at local government level.…”

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Service delivery inaccessibility as a predictor of teenage pregnancy in South Africa

Sibusiso

2023

Afr H. Sci.

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Background: With the onset of the South African democracy in 1994 it was hoped that many social inequalities would beaddressed urgently. However, studies have shown that service delivery inaccessibility remains a challenge and investigating thesocial implications of such injustices remains important. Objective: This study determined to establish the association between service delivery inaccessibility and adolescent pregnancyin South Africa. Methods: Using data from 2019 and 2021 general household surveys, 7 737 teenage females were included. The study applieddescriptive statistics, chi-squared testing as well as multilevel binary logistic regression. Results: Random-intercept multilevel binary logistic regression revealed that the risk of adolescent pregnancy independently increased as the level of service inaccessibility increased at household level (no services: OR=1.73, 1 service: OR=1.40, 2 services:OR=1.28) and community level (medium: OR=1.22, high: OR=1.38) at a P-value of 0.05. Conclusion: Findings highlight the need to guarantee universal service delivery urgently not only for development, but also toprevent adolescent pregnancy. Furthermore, the findings present evidence of structural factors driving adolescent pregnancy inSouth Africa, which renders continued cycles of poverty, injustice and early pregnancy amongst the majority of Blacks. Keywords: Teenage pregnancy; service inaccessibility; multilevel modelling; South Africa; structural inequality; teenagers.

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Service delivery inaccessibility as a predictor of teenage pregnancy in South Africa

Sibusiso

2023

Afr H. Sci.

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“…On one hand is a group of scholars such as Cloete (2009) as well as Kariuki and Reddy (2017) who attribute poor performance in South African municipalities to inadequate use of evidence for decision-making owing to a fragmented approach to performance management. On the other hand, another group of scholars identifies political interference as the main reason for poor performance (Ndevu, 2022;Maqoko, 2015;Masiya, Davids & Manga, 2021). In corroborating this view, Kgatle (2017) attributes poor performance in Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to interference of the ANC in the administration of the Municipality.…”

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Democratic centralism: The root cause of poor municipal performance in South Africa

Bless

2023

ecrm

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This paper is a product of a Doctoral study that applied grounded theory to derive a performance improvement model for a particular Municipality in South Africa. Drawing from this study, this paper argues that democratic centralism, which manifests in politicised bureaucracy and implemented through the ANC policy of cadre deployment, is the root cause of poor performance across South African municipalities. In advancing this argument, the paper interrogates public management literature to conceptualise poor municipal performance and justify the relevance of the politics-administration dichotomy as a framework for positioning democratic centralism as the root cause of poor performance in South African municipalities. In addition, interrogating public management literature allowed the author to identify methodological limitations of past studies and select grounded theory as the most appropriate research design to address these limitations. In applying grounded theory, the author used purposive sampling to identify research participants who were subsequently interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. In preparation for data analysis, the author recorded and transcribed the information obtained from the interviews. Thereafter, the author used open coding with particular emphasis on constant comparative analysis and theoretical sampling. The use of these techniques allowed the author to move the level of abstraction from open codes through to empirical categories leading to generation of empirical explanations that link democratic centralism to poor performance in South African municipalities. To this end, the paper empirically linked poor municipal performance, often displayed through violent protests, to democratic centralism, a phenomenon entrenched into the South African public service through the ANC policy of cadre deployment.

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“…Regarding education and upskilling, it is impossible for a single governmental body to effectively cater to all its citizens' needs (Masiya, Davids & Mangai 2019). Local government, including rural municipalities, and rural municipalities cannot operate optimally without provincial and national governments.…”

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The Influence of Infrastructure Financing on Rural Municipalities in Limpopo Province, South Africa: Issue for Consideration

Magdeline Mmako,

Plaatjie Maribe

2024

IJSSRR

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Infrastructure financing in an important source of funding for rural municipalities. The introduction of private financing in the South African region is a significant paradigm from which the rural municipalities pursue infrastructure investments. However, rural municipalities find it increasingly complicated to secure infrastructure funding from the private sector. Infrastructure financing constraints, including those exacerbated by economic, educational, social and political factors, are some of the many accelerating challenges facing rural municipalities in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. This analysis aims to identify and investigate the root cause of the lack of infrastructure financing and the challenges related to infrastructure financing at rural municipalities in South Africa. The challenge is to design ways to manage these constraints with infrastructure development effectively. Rural municipalities in South Africa face a significant infrastructure finance and investment gap. The study adopted a conceptual approach to analyse the effects of infrastructure financing on rural municipalities in the Limpopo Province. A literature study revealed that some of the challenges were linked to infrastructure development and financing mechanisms. Specific constraints include issues of transparency and autonomy and key provincial transitions. This study concludes with the mechanisms that can be applied to raise external funding for infrastructure development.

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Factors affecting the performance of South African municipal officials: stakeholders’ perspectives

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Service delivery inaccessibility as a predictor of teenage pregnancy in South Africa

Service delivery inaccessibility as a predictor of teenage pregnancy in South Africa

Democratic centralism: The root cause of poor municipal performance in South Africa

The Influence of Infrastructure Financing on Rural Municipalities in Limpopo Province, South Africa: Issue for Consideration

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