Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province
Background: The Sphere of Local Government in South Africa serves a pertinent role of realising the provision of basic municipal services. In this case, the legislative interventions consider it mandatory for every municipality to develop integrated development plans (IDPs) to facilitate their devel...
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| author | Pandelani H. Munzhedzi Kedibone Phago Betty Mubangizi |
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| description | Background: The Sphere of Local Government in South Africa serves a pertinent role of realising the provision of basic municipal services. In this case, the legislative interventions consider it mandatory for every municipality to develop integrated development plans (IDPs) to facilitate their developmental agendas. These municipalities are required to undertake approval process of IDPs to eventually generate measurable municipal agenda as the basis for basic municipal service delivery.
Aim: This empirical study sought to analyse contentious issues regarding the structural design and operational features of the IDP process.
Setting: Some municipalities in the Limpopo Province were selected for case study purpose where data were collected. This was in two district municipalities.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews with adept municipal officials and councillors as well as surveys with some members of the community were conducted to gather relevant data so that informed analysis could be generated.
Results: The findings highlight that the fundamental challenges of designs and features manifest on both the development and the implementation parts of the IDP process.
Conclusion: It is therefore proposed, on the one hand, that there is a need to strengthen municipal capacity building for officials to facilitate an effective IDP process. On the other hand, municipal councils are considered necessary to have the capacity to undertake their oversight role over the municipal executive and functions in driving the IDP process agenda. In this way, a remedial consideration suitable for various categories of municipalities should be introduced.
Contribution: No contentious issues regarding the structural design and operational features of the integrated development planning process was discovered and also demonstrates that there is no one-size-fits-all regarding municipal planning and implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4657908e39e41ad8234a44ba22e013c2022-12-22T03:56:04ZengAOSISJournal of Local Government Research and Innovation2709-74122788-919X2022-10-0130e1e1110.4102/jolgri.v3i0.7729Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo ProvincePandelani H. Munzhedzi0Kedibone Phago1Betty Mubangizi2Department of Public and Development Administration, Faculty of Management, Commerce and Law, University of Venda, ThohoyandouSchool of Government Studies, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, PotchefstroomSchool of Management, IT & Governance, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, WestvilleBackground: The Sphere of Local Government in South Africa serves a pertinent role of realising the provision of basic municipal services. In this case, the legislative interventions consider it mandatory for every municipality to develop integrated development plans (IDPs) to facilitate their developmental agendas. These municipalities are required to undertake approval process of IDPs to eventually generate measurable municipal agenda as the basis for basic municipal service delivery. Aim: This empirical study sought to analyse contentious issues regarding the structural design and operational features of the IDP process. Setting: Some municipalities in the Limpopo Province were selected for case study purpose where data were collected. This was in two district municipalities. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with adept municipal officials and councillors as well as surveys with some members of the community were conducted to gather relevant data so that informed analysis could be generated. Results: The findings highlight that the fundamental challenges of designs and features manifest on both the development and the implementation parts of the IDP process. Conclusion: It is therefore proposed, on the one hand, that there is a need to strengthen municipal capacity building for officials to facilitate an effective IDP process. On the other hand, municipal councils are considered necessary to have the capacity to undertake their oversight role over the municipal executive and functions in driving the IDP process agenda. In this way, a remedial consideration suitable for various categories of municipalities should be introduced. Contribution: No contentious issues regarding the structural design and operational features of the integrated development planning process was discovered and also demonstrates that there is no one-size-fits-all regarding municipal planning and implementation.https://jolgri.org/index.php/jolgri/article/view/77integrated development planningparticipationimplementationcapacitylocal communities. |
| spellingShingle | Pandelani H. Munzhedzi Kedibone Phago Betty Mubangizi Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation integrated development planning participation implementation capacity local communities. |
| title | Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province |
| title_full | Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province |
| title_fullStr | Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province |
| title_short | Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province |
| title_sort | contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in south africa an empirical analysis of the limpopo province |
| topic | integrated development planning participation implementation capacity local communities. |
| url | https://jolgri.org/index.php/jolgri/article/view/77 |
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