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The National Framework for Local Economic Development in South Africa aims to support the development of sustainable local economies through integrated government action. The Framework comprises four main strategies, which the article discusses in details.
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- Municipalities
- Local Government Turnaround Strategy
- Municipal Infrastructure Grant
- Community Work Programme
- Local Economic Development
South Africa has 257 metropolitan, district and local municipalities. This number comprises eight metropolitan, 44 district and 205 local municipalities. They are focused on growing local economies and providing infrastructure and service. As directed by the Constitution, the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act of 1998 contains criteria for ...
The Local Government Turnaround Strategy was introduced as a government programme of action and a blueprint for better service delivery aimed at responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government. Five focus areas aimed at fast-tracking implementation of the strategy have been identified. These are service delivery, governance, finan...
The grant aims to eradicate municipal infrastructure backlogs in poor communities to ensure the provision of basic services such as water, sanitation, roads and community lighting. The Deparment of Cooperative Governance is responsible for managing and transferring the Municipal Infrastructure Grant, and provides support to provinces and municipali...
This is a key government initiative aimed at mobilising communities to provide regular and predictable work opportunities at the local government level. The purpose of the programme is to provide an employment safety net for those without access to opportunities designed to lift them out of poverty. The programme recognises that policies to address...
LED is an approach towards economic development that allows and encourages local people to work together to achieve sustainable economic growth and development, thereby bringing economic benefits and improved quality of life to all residents in a local municipal area. LED is intended to maximise the economic potential of municipal localities and en...
Nov 26, 2023 · Since 1994, significant strides have been made by the local sphere of government with both successes and failures since South Africa’s legal and policy framework from 1993 to 2000 through changes in legislation, proclamations, white papers and by-laws.
Local government, by contrast, was a product of conscious policy and institutional design by the new democratic government to give effects to the precise objects for this sphere as specified by the Constitution.
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this article is to examine the current state of local government in respect to its developmental mandate, service delivery and institutional capacity. Further, the article reflects on the cardinal elements integral for the viability, sustenance and excellence pertinent to the local sphere of government in South Africa.
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South Africa’s national growth strategy? • Is there a need to look at a new way of localising development and to move to a single-tier system of government, which could be differentiated or applied across the board to all municipalities? • What does a more differentiated approach to local government mean? What would be the best vehicle to
This framework aims to regulate policy management processes in South Africa. It will codify policy-making practices and entrench evidence-based policy-making. Further it seeks to guide officials, on policy analysis, policy development, policy authorisation, policy implementation and policy reviews. In doing so, policy-