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African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 30 April, 1990. Not to be quoted without the Auth... more African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 30 April, 1990. Not to be quoted without the Author's permission

This research report reviews and analyses South Africa’s planning and urban development policy do... more This research report reviews and analyses South Africa’s planning and urban development policy documents for the last twenty years, identifying the key ideas and policies that have shaped the delivery of public services, paying particular attention to education and healthcare. This report also presents city profiles for two of South Africa’s most populous cities: Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Section 1: Which crisis? While recently we have heard much about how problems on Wall Street are ... more Section 1: Which crisis? While recently we have heard much about how problems on Wall Street are a ecting innocen people on Main Street, we need to think about those people around the world with no streets. Wall Street, Main Street, no street: the solutions devised must be for all.

Pretoria, World Bank, 2005

South Africa has a rich history of community-based development which provides a strong foundation... more South Africa has a rich history of community-based development which provides a strong foundation for community-driven development (CDD). With the advent of the democratic era in 1994, Government has pursued an explicit strategy to formulate public policy, plan and establish fiscal frameworks that are directly supportive of community empowerment. The frameworks that have been put in place to allow the local sphere to support community empowerment are impressive. Local councils are subject to validation through regular access to free and fair elections. Local government jurisdictions now cover 100 percent of South Africa's land area and all residents of the country, and the 284 local governments are explicitly tasked with responding to most service and infrastructure demands of communities. The planning process of the public sector is driven by Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) that are intended to be based on extensive consultation with communities. The country's medium term planning process plays out in all local government jurisdictions and affords all citizens the opportunity to influence the allocation of public resources to meet community demands. The intergovernmental fiscal framework supports both the governance structure and the IDP process by making predictable and transparent allocations of both unconditional and conditional grants to local governments to meet community demands. In 2003/4 more than US$2 billion in grants were made available to local governments through the Division of Revenue Act (DORA). Local government own resources, derived from property taxes, user fees, licenses, etc, multiply DORA funding several times over. However, the development impact of the programs supported by these frameworks lags behind. One of the explanations for this lack of impact could be the lack of real community participation in these programs. The objective of this study was therefore to analyze CDD in South Africa since 1991, the year in which the race-based Group Areas Act was rescinded. The study covers the history, the development of the supporting institutions of decentralization, the degree of community empowerment and capacity development already achieved within that framework, and the obstacles still standing in the way of fully accountable community empowerment and scaling up. The analysis identifies the key policy constraints to improving the implementation of service delivery and development programs across sectors and spheres of government. Following best practice in Community-Driven Development, the design and supervision of this study was a co-production between four Bank units in the Africa Region. The CDD Steering Committee co-financed this review out of the Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development as part of its program to incorporate the CDD "lens" into government policies. The Water and Urban 1 Technical Unit used its supervision budget for the Municipal Finance Management Technical Assistance Project, because of the connection to the Municipal Finance Management Act, which allows for direct grants from local governments to community groups. The Human Development 1 Unit used its staff budget to promote community empowerment and participation as drivers for 'voice' and 'choice' for the poor to influence policy decisions and resource allocation in their thereby creating opportunities to improve their livelihoods. And the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Unit 1 used its Technical Assistance budget for support to rural development, land reform and the environment, because of the importance of making South Africa's land reform and environmental programs more beneficiary-driven. The World Bank team was composed of Aziz Bouzaher, David De Groot, Jacomina de Regt, Norbert Mugwagwa and Rogier van den Brink. The Peer Reviewers were Hans Binswanger, Jim Hicks and Ian Goldman. Rick Scobey and Jaime Biderman were the Sector Managers, and Ritva Reinikka was the Country Director. We all hope that this study will be thought-provoking and useful to policy makers, practitioners, and communities in South Africa.

Democracy, governance and human …, 2004

This report uses two case studies to critically review the complexities of creating partnerships ... more This report uses two case studies to critically review the complexities of creating partnerships between civil society organisations and local government structures that provide substantive benefits to the poor. The report also analyses how (if at all) things have changed in South ...

… state of social giving in South Africa …, 2005

Introduction ....................................................................................... more Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology.................................................................. ... ... Tables Table 1: Reported giving behaviour (all respondents) .............................................................. 5 Table 2: Religiosity (among ...

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

Johannesburg and the broader Gauteng City-Region in which it is located are considered to be the ... more Johannesburg and the broader Gauteng City-Region in which it is located are considered to be the economic powerhouse of South Africa. This has led to massive population growth in the region, as well as severe inequality. Given South Africa’s history of racially excluding black South Africans from urban areas, ongoing research in this area has to analyse land cover and define ‘sprawl’ in a context where the technical language has politically loaded overtones. This article tries to understand the scale of informality within a broader examination of urbanization and sprawl. It concludes that in the absence of a formally adopted urban edge and under massive pressure from population growth (natural and via migration), formal dwellings (residential and economic) have grown unchecked, and informality is now growing at high speed and also largely without regulation or control. With no apparent political will to stop urban sprawl, both informal and formal covers are steadily pushing towards ...

Wits University Press, Oct 1, 2016

In der Zeit nach der Apartheit blieben Jugendstudien politisiert. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet den H... more In der Zeit nach der Apartheit blieben Jugendstudien politisiert. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet den Hintergrund von Jugendstudien in Südafrika und benützt eine eben veröffentlichte nationale Studie zur gesellschaftlichen Stellung der Jugendlichen, die als "out-of-school" Jugendliche bezeichnet werden: junge Menschen, welche die Schule gegen ihren Willen vorzeitig verlassen mussten und nicht in der Lage sind, weiter zu studieren, obwohl sie den Wunsch äußern, dies zu tun. Genau ein Drittel der Befragten (33%) einer national durchgeführten Studie über 16-30jährige gehört zur Kategorie der "out-of-school" Jugendlichen. Übersetzt man das in Zahlen, so haben 3,5 Millionen junge Menschen nicht so lange zur Schule gehen können wie sie wollten; sie möchten wieder einsteigen, können dies aber aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht. Dieser Artikel behandelt die verschiedenen Gründe warum Jugendliche die Schule vorzeitig verließen, wieso sie ihre Studien nicht wieder aufgenommen haben...

UNDERSTANDING THE ISRDP: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS .............................3 THE ISRDP: PART OF... more UNDERSTANDING THE ISRDP: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS .............................3 THE ISRDP: PART OF LOCAL MANDATE? .........................................................4 CAPACITY GAPS AND CAPACITY BUILDING........................................................5 ... THE ROLES OF THE DPLG ...

This report is associated with an online interactive website which provides the State of the Gaut... more This report is associated with an online interactive website which provides the State of the Gauteng City Region review 2011 in full. Link to http://2011.legacy.gcro.unomena.net/

Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 2019

The city of Johannesburg offers insights into urban governance and the interesting interplay betw... more The city of Johannesburg offers insights into urban governance and the interesting interplay between managing the pressures in a rapidly urbanizing context, with the political imperatives that are enduring challenges. The metropolitan municipality of Johannesburg (hereafter Johannesburg), as it is known today, represents one of the most diverse cities in the African continent. That urbanization, however, came up hard against the power of the past. Areas zoned by race had been carved into the landscape, with natural and manufactured boundaries to keep formerly white areas ‘safe’ from those zoned for other races. Highways, light industrial plant, rivers and streams, all combined to ensure the Johannesburg landscape are spatially disfigured, and precisely because it is built into the landscape, the impact of apartheid has proved remarkably durable. Urban growth is concentrated in Johannesburg’s townships and much of it is class driven: the middle class (of all races) is increasingly be...

Throughout the 1950s the Liberal Party of South Africa suffered severe internal conflict over bas... more Throughout the 1950s the Liberal Party of South Africa suffered severe internal conflict over basic issues of policy and strategy. On one level this stemmed from the internal dynamics of a small party unequally divided between the Cape, Transvaal and Natal, in terms of membership, racial composftion and political traditon. This paper and the larger work from which it is taken , however, argue inter alia that the conflict stemmed to a greater degree from a more fundamental problem, namely differing interpretations of liberalism and thus of the role of South African liberals held by various elements within the Liberal Party (LP). This paper analyses the political creed of those parliamentary and other liberals who became the early leaders of the LP. Their standpoint developed in specific circumstances during the period 1947-1950, and reflected opposition to increasingly radical black political opinion and activity, and retreat before the unfolding of apartheid after 1948. This particular brand of liberalism was marked by a rejection of extraparliamentary activity, by a complete rejection of the univensal franchise, and by anti-communismthe negative cgaracteristics of the early LP, but also the areas of most conflict within the party. The liberals under studyincluding the Ballingers, Donald Molteno, Leo Marquard, and otherswere all prominent figures. All became early leaders of the

Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 1994

In this article we contest the widespread 1•iew that the social or political consciousness that d... more In this article we contest the widespread 1•iew that the social or political consciousness that developed among South African youth, as a result of their role in the uprisings of the 1980s,led them to reject the authority of the older generation, in their families and generally. Using the results of a national probability-sample survey amon& youth of the four main race groups in South Africa, we argue that an assumed political consciousness is not a helpful variable to use in understanding South African youth and their attitudes towards the \'Glues of their parents. We go on to disaggregate "youth" accordinf? to parental presence and roles during childhood; to find \'Grious and changing patterns of parenting , including the importance of grandmothers; and to argue that intergenerational attitudes among young people differ importantly according to these differing formatil'e experiences.