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Journal articles on the topic "Ward councillor"
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Majola, Brian K. "Support Extended to Women Ward Councillors by Stakeholders in South Africa." Journal of Educational and Social Research 11, no. 3 (2021): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/jesr-2021-0053.
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The paper aims to explore how culture, family and community-women have shaped women councillors’ representation and participation in South Africa. It investigates the extent to which women ward councillors are gaining support from their male counterparts; other women councillors irrespective of political affiliation when women-related issues are raised in council meetings. The paper identifies reasons contributing to the non-support by key stakeholders when women-related issues are raised and when performing their duties. Post-1994 in South Africa, women’s participation in politics is still a struggle. The number of women ward councillors have been fluctuating since the local government was reformed between 1995/96. Ward councillors are elected by local communities to represent their respective wards, to be accountable to the community that elected them. The paper is exploratory and qualitative in nature. It focuses on 104 Ward and Proportional Representative (PR) councillors from local municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces. Face-to-face and telephonic interviews were employed. Findings were analyzed using content analysis and themes were induced from the data. The paper revealed that culture is gradually changing due to laws introduced. Also, family support depends on a woman marital status and family involvement in politics. However, males did not support women-related issues, but women ward councillors supported each other irrespective of political affiliation on gender issues. Community-women support councillors through women’s groups and community structures. The factors contributing to the non-support of gender-related matters include women competing with each other and political party influence.
 
 Received: 27 January 2021 / Accepted: 15 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021
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Koop, Royce, and John Kraemer. "Wards, At-Large Systems and the Focus of Representation in Canadian Cities." Canadian Journal of Political Science 49, no. 3 (2016): 433–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423916000512.
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AbstractProponents of both ward and at-large systems agree that these systems of election play a role in shaping the representational foci (that is, who representatives seek to represent) of city councillors and, in so doing, affect the quality of local democracy. Canadian cities employ both ward and at-large systems of election, and therefore provide an opportunity to explore the relationship between elective systems and focus of representation. We draw on data derived from both 52 interviews with and a survey of councillors in Canadian cities to test the proposition that cities' systems of election influence the representational foci of councillors. We find strong evidence that ward systems are related to a representational focus on geographically defined neighbourhoods, whereas councillors in at-large systems report prioritizing representation of their cities as wholes.
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Majola, Brian Kwazi. "Factors Affecting Number of Women Ward Councillors in South Africa." Journal of Reviews on Global Economics 9 (November 11, 2020): 366–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2020.09.35.
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Elliott, Ian Charles, Violetta Fejszes, and Mariola Tàrrega. "The Community Empowerment Act and localism under devolution in Scotland." International Journal of Public Sector Management 32, no. 3 (2019): 302–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-03-2018-0080.
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PurposeIn Scotland, the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act represents a significant development towards greater localism in the way public services are designed and delivered in Scotland. This also represents a different approach to that adopted in the rest of the UK. The purpose of this paper is to explore the stakeholder perceptions of localism within a council ward.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on an in-depth exploratory case study of a single council ward in East Scotland. The fieldwork involved 61 in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders including local councillors, public service managers and residents.FindingsThe findings highlight that, whilst the discourse of community empowerment represents policy divergence, there remain some significant structural and social barriers to meaningful community empowerment in practice. Finally, it is argued that there are three key factors to consider when developing community empowerment: a shared strategy, shared resources and shared accountability.Originality/valueThe research draws on extensive data from an in-depth case study to explore the realities of community empowerment within a single local authority ward. In doing so, it provides a rich contextual narrative of how the rhetoric of community empowerment is perceived within a council ward setting.
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Chikwature, Whatmore, and Emilia Chikwature. "Factors Contributing To Low Sanitation Coverage In Mutare Rural Ward 15 Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe." JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 14 (February 28, 2019): 3104–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v14i0.8163.
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The research was carried out to investigate the causes of low sanitation and hygiene coverage in Mutare rural ward 15 in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe. The study aimed at establishing factors contributing to low sanitation and hygiene coverage as well as determining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community members on sanitation and hygiene. The study was carried out in Mutare rural Ward 15. The community members and programme implementers were selected as study elements. Information was gathered using focus group discussion, interviews and observations. Data collected was presented quantitatively using tables and also qualitatively, providing facts. The stratified and purposive probability sampling was used to draw out household members in the study population. Other subjects in the research included 2 sanitation and hygiene programme implementers, one from Ministry of Health & Child Care and Mutare rural Ward 15 Councilor respectively. The research findings revealed that, low sanitation and hygiene was due to, the community’s negative attitude towards sanitation and hygiene programs, their cultural values, inadequate resources, lack of supervision, as well as the type of soil. This study concluded that knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community, inadequate supervision and resources as well as the type of soil contributed to low sanitation and hygiene coverage. The research therefore recommended that, the community be adequately educated and be provided with enough resources so as to increase coverage in sanitation and hygiene
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Molefe, Lebohang, and Nina Overton-de Klerk. "COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF WARD COUNCILLORS’ COMMUNICATION IN SERVICE DELIVERY PROTEST AREAS: THE DESIRABILITY OF A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION APPROACH." COMMUNITAS 24, no. 1 (2019): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150525/comm.v24.3.
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Unegbu, Vincent Enyeribe. "Citizens’ Most Used Media of Interaction with the Local Governments in Nigeria." Information Management and Business Review 5, no. 2 (2013): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v5i2.1029.
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Information is a powerful instrument to prevent crimes if properly disseminated. Sources and channels of information play important roles in its utilization. It is on this backdrop that this survey was carried out to ascertain the appropriate media and channels to convey local governments’ information to the citizens. Thirteen local governments in Imo State, one of the 36 states of Nigeria, were surveyed with the use of questionnaire. Out of 1840 selected respondents, 1785 returned their questionnaire. The data generated were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences and the results were presented in discrete figures, percentages, and graphs. The study revealed that over 60 percent of the respondents got information about their local government from verbal/oral sources, radio broadcasts, schools, churches or mosques, traditional rulers and ward councillors. The sources of information were mediated because they were from local government employees who dance to the tune of their employers. The paper recommended that village youth leaders and women leaders should be involved in information dissemination in the localities.
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Matongera, Trylee Nyasha. "The effects of relief food aid on food production and consumption patterns of communal farmers in Chigodora community, Case study: Zimbabwe." Review of Social Sciences 2, no. 3 (2017): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.18533/rss.v2i3.73.
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<p>The research study focuses on the effects of relief food aid on food production and consumption patterns of communal farmers in Chigodora Ward 15, Mutare District. The researcher adopted a descriptive research design. Data collection instruments used in this research study included questionnaires, interviews as well as published documents. Questionnaires targeted households in selected villages. The researcher used a cluster sampling strategy in selecting villages and random sampling technique was used to select households from the selected villages. Interviews targeted key informants such as the Agritex Extension Officer, Mutare Rural District Council Social Services Director, and Chitakatira Health Care leader, Ward 15 Councilor, Plan International Selection Director and The Village Heads. Key informants were selected using purposive sampling technique. The researcher found out that relief food aid beneficiaries in Chigodora Ward 15 receive maize, beans, cooking oil and porridge on a monthly basis. Plan international is the only humanitarian organization which supplies food in the community. Since the involvement of food aid agencies in Chigodora, production of indigenous crops such as finger millet, sorghum and rapoko decreased. New crops such as peas are now grown. The major factors driving the persistence of relief food are HIV and AIDS, climate change, lack of fair distribution of farming inputs, the restructuring of the agricultural system and dependency syndrome. Short term impacts of relief food aid on food production and access include impacts on local taste, promotes laziness and compromises access to local foods. Long term impacts mentioned were, overall decrease in food production, disincentives on farmers to produce and exposure to low quality and unsafe products. The suggest the government of Zimbabwe needs to adequately assist and empower communal farmers to produce enough food from their fields through modern technologies as well as providing farmers with loans for inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and equipment to improve productivity.</p><p> </p>
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Šiljković, Željka, and Marica Mamut. "Forest fires in Dalmatia." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 32, no. 32 (2016): 117–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bog-2016-0019.
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Abstract Every year the Republic of Croatia, especially in its south part in Dalmatia, faces forest fire risks. The weather is exceptionally conducive to fires, so the main period of fire occurrences is between June and October, characterized by long lasting dry and warm weather with temperatures over 30°C. Research carried out by the authors in 1997 and 2012 have pointed to the fact that human impact is the main cause of ignition. This paper presents an overview of the total number of fires in the period from 1998 to 2012, with the emphasis on forest and woodland fires in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. Data on the situation in Dalmatia refer to the situation in the areas of responsibility of four Dalmatian Police Administrations. Analysis is based on official data of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior and the report of the National councillor for managing and controlling forest fires. The authors have analysed the frequency of forest fires in Dalmatia in a period of fourteen years (1998-2012) comparing it with the previous period, 1989-1996. The results that the authors have obtained reveal how forest fires most commonly (2/3) break out during the warm part of a day, from 09.00 until 18.00 hours in the warm period of the year. Particularly vulnerable are the forests of Aleppo pines and maquis being mostly thermal forests, whilst in the south of the country the forests of Holm oak (Quercus ilex) and English oak (Quercus robur) are at the highest risk. Reforesting of burned areas is very slow and Croatia has been far behind in reforesting in the continental part of the country.
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Armitage, N. P., K. Winter, A. Spiegel, and E. Kruger. "Community-focused greywater management in two informal settlements in South Africa." Water Science and Technology 59, no. 12 (2009): 2341–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.294.
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South Africa is struggling to provide services to the millions of poor people migrating to the major centres and living in informal settlements (shanty towns). Whilst the local authorities are generally able to provide potable water from the municipal network to communal taps scattered around the settlements, there is usually inadequate provision of sanitation and little or no provision for the drainage of either stormwater or greywater. This paper describes an investigation into ways of engaging with community structures in the settlements with a view to encouraging “self-help” solutions to greywater management requiring minimal capital investment as an interim “crisis” solution until such time that local and national government is able to provide formal services to everyone. The work was carried out in three settlements encompassing a range of different conditions. Only two are described here. It has become clear that the management of greywater has a low priority amongst the residents of informal settlements. The lack of effective political structures and the breakdown in communication with Ward Councillors and local government officials have contributed to the lack of progress. As the project progressed it became evident that greywater cannot be considered separately from stormwater, sanitation and refuse removal.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ward councillor"
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Maloba, Dieudonne Musenge. "Monitoring good governance in South African local government and its implications for institutional development and service delivery. A case study of the sub-councills and councillor support department." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4281.
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Masters in Public Administration - MPA<br>The empowering of local governments in South Africa as engines of national development has been plagued with problems and imbalance related to the ethic and
the functioning of the local government machinery itself. The said imbalances are being reinforced by a lack of understanding and consensus as to what democracy is and how
it should work. The consequences are widespread corruption and distortions of government priorities; both of which undermine the ability of governments to improve broad-based economic growth and social well-being. The central problem addressed in this study investigates the extent to what the City of Cape Town’s accountability mechanism support good governance and develop institutional development and service deliver. The researcher is of the opinion that municipalities in their daily endeavours should now be at the sustainable phase which would mean that all policies, systems and procedures are in place for good governance. The researcher further assumes that municipalities should be at this stage capacitated and therefore, are able to fulfil basic institutional mandate of providing basic services and facilitating economic development. This is a wide subject that different researchers will undertake and provide potential solutions. But for the purpose of this research the following are posited to prevent some developmental issues: Firstly, a wall-to-wall local government, i.e., a constitutional guarantee that there shall be local government through the jurisdiction of the country. This suggestion has waken up the importance to emphasize the distinction and independence of each local government. The only challenge within and between local government, is seen by a politico-administration dichotomy which historically has always been an issue in public administration. As a matter of facts, there is interpenetration between the role of political and the one of administrative leadership as one can’t separate them in practice since officials also play important role in policy development. The effectiveness of Ward Committees for institutional development in reflecting on the best practice at the operational level rests on the need to capacitate the said formed ward committees in terms of skills equipping to maintain a world class service standard. The author posits that, this will do away with incompetence at local level and will promote efficiency and effectiveness in the fulfillment of daily tasks. Furthermore the following should be considered: 1.There should be a provision of adequate resources; this will enable officials to perform their tasks. 2. There should be a display of less politics or noninterference from politicians in the administration; this will avoid encroachment and mismanagement while enhancing proper accountability principles. Secondly, local government should maintain democratic elections, i.e., an electoral system that mixes proportional representation with ward representation as the best basis for local government councils. A wide array of information collected on this level from respondents posited that local government should only have ward representation although full time councillors found it difficult to perform both functions because of high demand from the community and from their job. This should maybe be rated at 90% to 10% rather than 50%.Finally, emphasis should be on financial decision-making power i.e., municipalities should be creatures of the Constitution rather than creatures of statue. The formal local government only entrusted service delivery powers to local government. Municipalities were not developmental in nature. However, the current local government is expected to be developmental. This turns its focus on top of its daily routine, to economic development. It is only then that one can maintain that local government powers are relevant to the development mandate.
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Ngeni, Siphiwo Christopher. "Enhancing the accountability of ward councillors through public participation in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d10186906.
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In terms of section 152(1)(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 local government should provide a democratic and accountable service to local communities. Therefore, elected representatives and municipal officials must be accountable for their actions. This study investigates the influence of public participation in enhancing the accountability of ward councillors in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM). For the purpose of the study, the hypothesis was formulated that accountability of ward councillors is hampered by improper public participation mechanisms in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM). In order to achieve the goal of this study and to test the hypothesis, it was essential to review literature on the accountability of ward councillors and public participation in local government. Primary data was obtained by interviewing ward committees and ward councillors from Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. Interviews were conducted with ward councillors and ward committees in wards 13 and 14 of BCMM. The major findings of the study, inter alia, are that ward councillors give feedback to their constituencies. Ward committees are instrumental in encouraging members of the public to attending these meetings. The most popular forum for public participation is the Independent Development Planning (IDP). It was established that approachability, accessibility and visibility of both ward councillors and ward committees in the community enhance public participation. The study concludes with recommendations that will assist the BCMM to enhance the accountability of ward councillors through public participation.
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Mfene, Primrose Nompendulo. "Leadership and accountability of ward councillors in South African municipalities: a case study of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1010954.
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The aim of the study is to critically examine the leadership and accountability of ward councillors in South African municipalities: A case of Buffalo City Municipality. The theory of communicative action by Jürgen Habermas was used to interpret the manner in which ward councillors are expected to interact with the members of the community when performing their leadership and accountability roles. The study adopted a case study design that assisted in establishing what is required from ward councillors with regard to their leadership and accountability roles in local governance. Qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments were used to collect data. The focus group interviews with ward committee members (n=100) from twenty-five (25) wards identified themes that relate to leadership and accountability constructs. The identified themes were verified in the quantitative phase in which questionnaires were administered to fifty (50) ward councillors. The qualitative data was analysed thematically using NVivo and quantitative data was analysed using MS Excel. Generally, the views of the ward councillors regarding their leadership and accountability were positive. However, their leadership and accountability were largely dependent on their individualised communication skills and emotional intelligence. Hence the study established that unless ward councillors are equipped with skills and knowledge in communication and emotional intelligence respectively, their leadership and accountability roles will not be able to contribute effectively to local governance. Subsequently, the study made a set of recommendations in this regard.
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Mpungose, Muzi Sylvester Cyril. "Assessing the role of traditional leaders and ward councilors in promoting community development in Umlalazi municipality." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1842.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Administration in the Department Public Administration at the University of Zululand, 2018.<br>The South Africa government and various interested parties have extensively debated the relevance and place of traditional leadership in our democracy. The core of the debate is the notion of incompatibility of this institution with democracy and human rights. The 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa set the tone for the recognition of traditional leaders in a democratic dispensation. The study assessed the role of traditional leaders and ward councillors in promoting community development in uMlalazi Municipality. The aim was to identify the limitations in community development programmes and how much does traditional leaders observe government regulations in service delivery and the impact that it has created. Questionnaires were administered to a sample of 82 participants, but only 72 questionnaires were returned. The research participants were businesses, churches, ward committee members, ward councilors, traditional leaders, and community members. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used to analyse the data. The study revealed the challenges facing communities regarding development. It also became apparent that the South African Constitution does not clearly define the roles and responsibilities traditional leaders should play in society. Possible solutions were identified in a form of recommendations, that in the implementation of the Integrated Development Planning programmes they should consider Batho Pele principles.
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Thabanchu, Osebelwang Rosy. "Enhancing participatory democracy through the ward committee system in Matlosana local municipality / Osebelwang Rosy Thabanchu." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8289.
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The Constitution of South Africa, 1996, requires local government to be democratic and
accountable to local communities. Municipalities are also constitutionally bound to
encourage the involvement of the communities in the affairs of local government. Section
152 of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996, sets out the rights of communities to be
involved in the affairs of local government.Participation is not only about communicating
information and addressing the needs of the community. Participation is also about building
partnerships with the community, being accountable to the community, allowing the
community to take part in policy decisions, capacitating the community to understand their
rights and obligations as citizens, and allowing the community to participate actively in
social, political and economic affairs.
Local government as a sphere of government closest to the peopleplays a critical role in
advancing the participation of the community. Chapter 4 of the Municipal Structures Act of
1998 requires that municipalities should establish ward committees in order to enhance
participatory democracy. Ward committees were therefore established, as community
structures, to play a role in advocating needs, aspirations, potentials and problems of the
community. However, studies appear to be critical on the functionality of ward committees
and argue that most ward committees are not functioning as intended.
The purpose of the study is to establish whether MatlosanaLocal Municipality has created
the environment for active participation through the ward committee system in order to
enhance participatory democracy. Thestudy further investigates whether the ward
committees are functioning as intended and according to what the law requires. The
researcher used a qualitative method to determine how Matlosana Local Municipality uses
the ward committee system to enhance participatory democracy. The investigation revealed
a number of challenges facing the ward committees which hinder their effectiveness.
However, recommendations are recommended to assist the management of the
municipality in making the system more effective.<br>Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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Mhlanga, Fezeka. "An assessment of the relationship between traditional leaders and ward councillors and its impact on service delivery: the case study of Mnquma Local Municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007132.
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This study was researched at Mnquma Local Municipality of Amathole District Municipality in Eastern Cape Province, in the Republic of South Africa. The study is about: The assessment of relationship between the traditional leaders and ward Councillors and its impact on service delivery: A case of Mnquma Local Municipality. This municipality consists of 61 wards and 41 ward Councillors. The purpose of this study was to investigate what causes tensions in the relationship between traditional leaders and ward Councillors and also how can it be managed and or be improved as it affects production in service delivery and development. Furthermore, the study seeks to find ways through which the relationship between traditional leaders and ward Councillors could be managed to harmonize the relationship between them in order to improve service delivery in Mnquma Local Municipality. Most municipalities which are based in rural areas in South Africa are faced with a lot of challenges which has left development staggering and thus in long run inefficiency in service delivery is caused. As a result of poor service delivery Mnquma Municipality is faced with the challenge of instability towards its management, whereby several Mayors have been chased away through protests, as result service delivery has been hampered and delayed. These challenges are the results of the poor relationship between traditional leaders and ward Councillors over land ownership, control and authority of resources for development. The legislations that govern traditional leaders are ambiguous or rather vague when it comes to their roles and functions in development and service delivery in the new democratic government of South Africa and thus cause the traditional leaders to feel that they are undermined by the ward Councillors whom according to traditional leaders feel they that ward Councillors are more recognized than them. It is in this context that this study seeks to investigate the causes of conflict between the traditional leaders and ward Councillors and how the conflict impacts on service delivery and development and also can it resolved to harmonize the situation. The researcher used a qualitative method to collect data, the questionnaires and interviews were conducted to Municipalities, Traditional Leaders, Municipal Managers, Ward Councillors, Ward Committees and the community. Data was collected and analysed using descriptive method. The researcher came out with the following summary of the findings: The management of relationship between traditional leaders and ward Councillors over ownership of projects, control, land distribution and authority is very poor. Traditional leaders felt that the present democratic government has given too much power to the ward Councillors for most development programs. There is no absolute proper consultation of traditional leaders by neither local government officials, municipalities and ward Councillors before any development is done in their areas. Poor recognition of traditional leaders by ward Councillors and other politicians. There is allegation by the community members and traditional leaders that ward Councillors are bias in delivering services, preference is given to the group that belongs to their party of interest. When there is development projects employment opportunity is not given to the local communities of that area. Traditional leaders are not allowed to actively participate in council meetings.
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Mkata, Goodwin Pumelele. "An assessment of the impact of traditional leaders and ward councillors relations on service delivery: the case of Mnquma local municipality in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/333.
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The aim of the study was to assess the impact of traditional leaders and ward councillors‟ roles on service delivery in Mnquma Local Municipality. Not much research has been conducted in this field. The researcher wanted to ascertain the extent of conflict between traditional leaders and ward councillors in providing services to the communities and provide mechanisms to harness these. In this study relevant literature and legislative frameworks were reviewed. From the literature review, it was evident that service delivery is essential to the communities, and as such, municipalities have a critical role to play. The data collection instruments used, were questionnaires and interviews. In order to achieve the objectives, questionnaires were distributed to the participants and interviews were conducted. After analysing the data, the researcher formulated conclusions and from those conclusions, some recommendations were made.
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Mbusi, Pamela Boniwe. "An investigation of the role of the ward councillors in relation to the National Urban Renewal Programme : a case study of the Motherwell, Nelson Mandela Bay." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019706.
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This study sought to investigate the extent to which Ward Councillors executed their Constitutional and developmental mandate to enhance basic service delivery in relation to the National Urban Renewal Programme (NURP). For practical purposes, a case study approach was chosen, using Motherwell in Nelson Mandela Bay as the specific area of focus. Motherwell was declared by the national government as one of eight nodal zones for urban renewal in South Africa. The Preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, states that the injustices of the past have to be addressed and those who suffered for justice and freedom in the country should be honoured. The results of the 1994 national and 1995 local government elections marked a political breakthrough in South African politics. The new democratic and social reconstruction agenda necessitated the transformation of the legislative framework in various areas. In this study, the role of Ward Councillors was interrogated and investigated to establish whether the Urban Renewal Programme had benefited the Motherwell community in Nelson Mandela Bay in accessing basic services. In this regard, a legislative framework regulates and guides municipal Councillors in performing their developmental duties to achieve local government developmental outcomes. The legislative prescriptions that underpin the operations and activities of municipal Councillors in delivering public services to citizens and in ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of government policies generally, and the Motherwell Urban Renewal Programme in particular, were examined and interrogated. An overview of the National Urban Renewal Programme was presented. The legislative framework underpinning the Urban Renewal Programme was also reviewed. The study concluded with a number of recommendations based on the findings of the literature, legislative reviews and an empirical survey.
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Selokela, Thulaganyo Goitseone. "The representation of women in municipal councils and executive structures - analysing the trends in the implementation of the Municipal Structures Act from the results of the 2006 and 2011 South African local government elections." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3560_1370595210.
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Mporetji, Simon. "The deterioration of the life support base: the perceptions of people in informal settlements towards limiting pollution in their environment." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/5573.
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Diepsloot, a township in Johannesburg, South Africa, was used as a case study to explore
the perceptions of people in informal settlements towards their role in limiting pollution
in their environment. The method followed was qualitative, and primary data were
collected through the use of key informants (Ward Councillor and Environmental Health
Officer), and three focus groups. Diepsloot is a marginalised residential area located in
the Northern perimeter of the City of Johannesburg. The settlement is spatially
fragmented, reflects a high residential density and is plagued with high levels of
unemployment and poverty. Compounded by poor municipal service delivery, these
challenges lead to a range of environmental problems such as overflowing solid waste on
the streets, water pollution, and high levels of indoor air pollution. The study found that
there were varying levels of commitment to limiting pollution by people in the informal
settlement. This (commitment to limiting pollution) was largely dependent on community
action through the formation of street committees. In streets where there was community
cohesion, street committees were stronger and environmental conditions were better. In
contrast, environmental problems were worse where street committees were weak or not
operating. Regarding the role of government, the major constraints leading to
unresponsive interventions were the limited scale of municipal operation and their poor
communication with residents. Suggested corrective measures include recycling,
education on pollution and the need for institutional strengthening. Further research
aimed at identifying a set of appropriate partnerships and institutions needed for
responsive interventions in informal settlements is required.
Books on the topic "Ward councillor"
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Justin, Steyn, Diwouta Tiki Christele, Kankinza Njinga, and Institute for Democracy in South Africa, eds. AIDS and local government in South Africa: Examining the impact of an epidemic on ward councillors. Idasa, 2009.
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Binder, John Coleman. Day by day through the Great War in a Northamptonshire market town: The diary of John Coleman Binder : grocer, baker and town councillor in Oundle, July 25, 1914 to November 12, 1918. Published by Oundle Museum Trust, 2013.
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The Stewardship of James F.P. Gomez as councillor and as mayor of Banjul: P.P.P. candidate, Purtuguese [sic] town ward, Banjul South. People's Progressive Party?, 1987.
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A By-law: Appointing returning officers for the several wards in the municipality of Etobicoke to president the election of the councillor and one inspector of houses of public entertainment for each ward in the said municipality for the year 1854. s.n., 1986.
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Scott, Tom. The Burgundian Wars. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198725275.003.0016.
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Debate over the origins of the Burgundian Wars now recognizes that the imperial cities of Alsace alongside Bern, Fribourg, and Solothurn, encouraged by Emperor Frederick III’s declaration of the hostilities as an ‘imperial war’, launched a pre-emptive strike against Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy in 1474/5. At the same time the western Swiss cities were equally keen to deter participation by the eastern cantons which might simply be an excuse for plunder. The early campaigns were led by the Bernese councillor and diplomat Niklaus von Diesbach, but after his death (August 1475) the campaigns continued, directed against the Savoy governor of the Vaud (a Burgundian partisan). Only then did Charles the Bold retaliate, leading to the famous Swiss victories at Grandson, Morat, and Nancy. A principal beneficiary were the Valais communes who annexed the Savoyard Lower Valais, while Bern and Fribourg took temporary control of the Vaud.
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Scott, Tom. The Troubled Inheritance of Duke Charles II of Savoy. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198725275.003.0018.
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Weakness of Savoy in the face of minorities and premature deaths from 1478 to Charles II’s accession in 1504 bequeathed grave political and financial problems, alongside growing tensions between the Estates of Savoy (capital Chambéry) and the Estate of Piedmont (capital Turin), with the latter far outstripping the former in granting the duke much needed subsidies. Difficulties were compounded by Charles’s own irresolution and procrastination, as well as his appointing favourites as councillors. Charles was further handicapped by the onset of the Italian Wars, with Savoy harried and plundered by foreign armies. Despite an advanced fiscal administration, Savoy was constantly in financial straits, forcing the duke to raise loans on foreign capital markets.
Book chapters on the topic "Ward councillor"
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"Katō as Supreme Military Councillor, and TreatyRatification." In Military Intervention in Pre-War Japanese Politics. Routledge, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203641798-18.
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Tshishonga, Ndwakhulu Stephen. "Grounding Community and Urban Governance Through Ward Committees at eThekwini, Durban, South Africa." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch001.
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South Africa is premised on the democratic principles of local governance, decentralized service delivery, and development. Although ward committees do not have any executive power, they are regarded as key linking micro structures between communities and the municipality, respectively. In this chapter, ward committees are perceived as the community elected and legislated structures institutionalized to entrench local governance and accelerate decision making more particularly in services delivery and development at ward community level. The author argues that the effectiveness of ward committee structures depends on the interface of five elements: participation, representation, accountability, deliberation, and collective action. This is a qualitative empirical chapter and the data are solicited through the use of research instruments such journals, government documents, and some selected interviews with ward councilors and ward committees in 110 wards at eThekwini Municipality
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Catto, Jeremy. "Counsel and Conscience in Lancastrian England." In The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707. British Academy, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266038.003.0004.
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The minority of Henry VI compelled the English governing cadre, faced with the heavy burden of his predecessor’s foreign conquests and unfinished wars, to clarify its notion of ministerial responsibility, a process which can be observed through the internal council memoranda which have occasionally survived. This new genre of documentation, terse and practical in tone and usually in the vernacular, is common to most European polities from the second decade of the fifteenth century, and seems to replicate closely the rhythm of the spoken word; it can therefore expose the underlying values of councillors which more artfully confected documents keep hidden. Councillors’ memoranda reveal a sense of obligation sharpened by recently articulated notions of equity and of private conscience, in the wake of Henry V’s vigorous stimulus to lay religion, and show that the notions of public duty learnt in his service survived through the reign of his successor.
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Doran, Susan. "Elizabeth I and Counsel." In The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707. British Academy, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266038.003.0008.
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This chapter focuses on Elizabeth I’s statements about counsel that appeared in printed works (such as her Sententiae,published prayers and proclamations), public orations (especially to parliament) and confidential letters to princes and royal servants. It argues that Elizabeth adopted imperial, humanist and providential modes of counsel in fashioning herself as a virtuous and godly prince. She maintained that it was the ruler’s prerogative to choose their own councillors; that rulers had to apply wisdom and God’s help in discerning whose counsel was in the interests of the realm; and finally, that if monarchs consistently and wilfully took evil counsel, God would punish them by bringing disorder, war and defeat to their realms. Her rhetoric, moreover, mirrored her practice. Therefore, it was political, not constitutional, issues that divided Elizabeth from those privy councillors who complained that she did not follow their particular advice.
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"V Saxon Court Councilor Glafey Pleading for Rules of Conduct in War." In Theory and Politics of the Law of Nations. Brill | Nijhoff, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004209756_006.
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Ivanič, Suzanna. "Prague—An Urban Cosmos." In Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192898982.003.0002.
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Early modern Prague is best known through snapshot glimpses as the setting for the escapades of the English alchemist John Dee, Rudolf II’s exotic Kunstkammer, or the famous defenestration of Catholic councillors that sparked the Thirty Years’ War that ravaged Europe between 1618 and 1648. No continuous treatment of its social and cultural history across the seventeenth century exists. Moreover, Prague is often viewed through refracted categories: as a court city, a city of four administratively independent towns, a city of reform and protest prior to 1620, or a city of Baroque Catholic ascendancy after 1620. While delineating the social, cultural, and religious topography of Prague over a century, this profile presents a different perspective of a city that enabled a web of encounters between people of different social strata, faiths, and occupations, and fostered its own urban cosmos.
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Haskell, Alexander B. "Framing a New Public." In For God, King, and People. University of North Carolina Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469618029.003.0005.
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This chapter relates the politics of commonwealth formation in Virginia as James's reign came to an end and his successor, Charles I, made clear that he, too, preferred for Virginia to function as a commercial outpost and generator of royal revenues rather than an integral kingdom. Against the backdrop of the political tensions and religious divisions of the Thirty Years War, the colony's supporters in both England and Virginia adopted a new justificatory approach that centered on the providential importance of the planter. Defining Virginia as a polity that rested on the reciprocal bond between king and planters, writers like Captain John Smith, Samuel Purchas, and Captain John Bargrave treated the mutual obligations of planters and king as forming a public, or shared body of resources and institutions, that should be seen as sacred and inviolable. When, in 1635, Charles and his treasurers' persistent efforts to impose a tobacco contract on the colony reached a crisis point, local politicians like the councillor Samuel Mathews led an uprising against Governor Sir John Harvey that symbolized the idea of Virginia as a commonwealth that sat rightly under God only insofar as the wills of king and planters were conjoined.
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Joannou, Maroula. "‘Fill a bag and feed a family’: the miners’ strike and its supporters." In Labour and the Left in the 1980s. Manchester University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781526106438.003.0009.
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The 1984-5 Miners’ Strike drew upon an exceedingly broad basis of support from representatives of the churches and trade unions to environmentalists, feminists, students, anti-nuclear campaigners, peace activists and inner city radicals. The strike was sustained by an extensive network of miners’ support groups working closely with the mining communities. This chapter analysis the composition, methods and effectiveness of the groups which raised prodigious amounts of money. By emphasising their gender and sexuality, Women Against Pit Closures and Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners presented a substantive challenge to the chauvinistic attitudes of the coalfields. Working-class women’s activism drew upon equal rights traditions established in the mining areas between the wars. The support demonstrated by some trade unions and individual trade unionists is contrasted to the equivocation of the TUC and the support offered by the Communist Party (despite its internal divisions) and by many Labour authorities, councillors and constituency Labour Parties which contrasted with the position taken by Neil Kinnock as Labour Party leader.
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Firnhaber-Baker, Justine. "Complaints." In The Jacquerie of 1358. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198856412.003.0002.
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This chapter opens with the background to the Hundred Years War preceding the French defeat and capture of King Jean II at the Battle of Poitiers in September 1356. The first section explains how that defeat fostered hatred of the nobility, and how that opprobrium was transmitted and amplified in learned and popular culture in the years preceding the Jacquerie. The next two sections follow the formation of Étienne Marcel and Robert le Coq’s reform party at the assembly of the Estates General in Paris, and the eventual triumph of their efforts with the Estates’ promulgation of a Grande ordonnance in March 1357. The reformers’ efforts to protect this victory from conservative Valois loyalists led them to make a dangerous alliance with King Charles II of Navarre, a sovereign king unamenable to outside control who possessed many soldiers and a claim to the French throne. Conflict over how to address military insecurity in the countryside to Paris’s west deepened the fissures between the reformers and the Dauphin’s noble councillors, leading Marcel to undertake a spectacularly violent solution.
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Al-wazedi, Umme. "Breaking Silence Through Gender Jihad." In #MeToo Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9195-5.ch009.
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With the advent of the #MeToo movement many Muslim women are naming their abusers now—both in the US and internationally. First, it has opened the door for re-studying the orientalist approach to portraying Muslim women's bodies, and to challenge and critique the idea that Muslim women's complaints against Muslim men complicate race relations in the aftermath of the war on terror in the US and France. Second, this movement has created such movements as the #MosqueMeToo movement and has given birth to a very needed phase of Public Feminism that criticizes Muslim patriarchy. This chapter critically analyzes several documentaries and fictions written and directed by Muslim women and argues that this movement gives an opportunity to Muslim women to speak out against their abusers; it has given freedom to councilors in faith-based institutions and other not-for-profit organizations to talk about sexual assaults—a much needed community service that was previously unavailable.
Reports on the topic "Ward councillor"
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Richards, Robin. The Effect of Non-partisan Elections and Decentralisation on Local Government Performance. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.014.
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This rapid review focusses on whether there is international evidence on the role of non-partisan elections as a form of decentralised local government that improves performance of local government. The review provides examples of this from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. There are two reported examples in Sub-Saharan Africa of non-partisan elections that delink candidates from political parties during election campaigns. The use of non-partisan elections to improve performance and democratic accountability at the level of government is not common, for example, in southern Africa all local elections at the sub-national sphere follow the partisan model. Whilst there were no examples found where countries shifted from partisan to non-partisan elections at the local government level, the literature notes that decentralisation policies have the effect of democratising and transferring power and therefore few central governments implement it fully. In Africa decentralisation is favoured because it is often used as a cover for central control. Many post-colonial leaders in Africa continue to favour centralised government under the guise of decentralisation. These preferences emanated from their experiences under colonisation where power was maintained by colonial administrations through institutions such as traditional leadership. A review of the literature on non-partisan elections at the local government level came across three examples where this occurred. These countries were: Ghana, Uganda and Bangladesh. Although South Africa holds partisan elections at the sub-national sphere, the election of ward committee members and ward councillors, is on a non-partisan basis and therefore, the ward committee system in South Africa is included as an example of a non-partisan election process in the review.