Add to ORKGIn this paper, we describe our experiences working with local government in South Africa on a project aimed to increase citizen participation with their local municipality. In particular the project aimed to investigate if mobile phones could be used as a platform to support dialog between residents and their municipality on water service delivery. The paper provides a critical self-evaluation of the first seventeen months of the working relationship between Rhodes University and Makana Municipality. It identifies factors that were found to be critical to the progress, and act as impedances to the progress of m-government projects. It is hoped that the findings of this paper will be useful for other researchers who are involved in community...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...
Decreasing amounts of public participation threaten to undermine the legitimacy of democracy in Sout...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the participation of local communities in the integrated de...
In this paper, we describe our experiences working with local government in South Africa on a projec...
In this paper, we describe our experiences working with local government in South Africa on a projec...
Abstract: It is widely agreed that service provision is the biggest challenge facing South African m...
Apathy towards political participation is of concern for many countries throughout the world, and fo...
The effective management of local municipalities in South Africa determines the quality of service d...
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Magister Technologiae: Information...
The emergence of the digital revolution has obligated governments all over the world to be more acce...
Prior research on South African municipalities reveals that there is a continuing decline in public ...
Magister Artium - MAThe birth of democracy in South Africa in 1994 not only meant the end of aparthe...
open access bookA lack of service delivery and accountability are two characteristic challenges of n...
Abstract: The increase in the service delivery protests as a result of urbanisation and the failure ...
Despite a legal framework for participation in South Africa, poor citizens have not to date been abl...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...
Decreasing amounts of public participation threaten to undermine the legitimacy of democracy in Sout...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the participation of local communities in the integrated de...
In this paper, we describe our experiences working with local government in South Africa on a projec...
In this paper, we describe our experiences working with local government in South Africa on a projec...
Abstract: It is widely agreed that service provision is the biggest challenge facing South African m...
Apathy towards political participation is of concern for many countries throughout the world, and fo...
The effective management of local municipalities in South Africa determines the quality of service d...
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Magister Technologiae: Information...
The emergence of the digital revolution has obligated governments all over the world to be more acce...
Prior research on South African municipalities reveals that there is a continuing decline in public ...
Magister Artium - MAThe birth of democracy in South Africa in 1994 not only meant the end of aparthe...
open access bookA lack of service delivery and accountability are two characteristic challenges of n...
Abstract: The increase in the service delivery protests as a result of urbanisation and the failure ...
Despite a legal framework for participation in South Africa, poor citizens have not to date been abl...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...
Decreasing amounts of public participation threaten to undermine the legitimacy of democracy in Sout...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the participation of local communities in the integrated de...