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Reconfiguring local governance and community participation in South Africa and Botswana

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  • Kedibone Phago
  • Keneilwe Molosi-France

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While the questions of governance and community participation are distinct, their operationalisation in the context of local government is not always mutually exclusive. As a result, issues of governance and community participation have continued to be of interest in most developing countries. For local government as an important sub-national government structure within the Southern African Development Community, there are a myriad of both opportunities and problems associated with the decentralisation of their powers. This article argues for a need to reconfigure governance and community participatory models so as to maintain the relevance of local government structures in African countries. Anstein’s public participation model is propounded for the purpose of analysing these participation models. Embedded in the discussion is the legislative and functional consideration regarding configuration and governance of local government. The examination of the ward committees in South Africa and village development committees in Botswana as institutionalised and legitimate participatory fora for local community members remains a key focus. In the final analysis, an analogue and critique regarding opportunities and challenges for local governance and participation issues in South Africa and Botswana are provided.

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  • Kedibone Phago & Keneilwe Molosi-France, 2018. "Reconfiguring local governance and community participation in South Africa and Botswana," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 33(7), pages 740-756, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:33:y:2018:i:7:p:740-756
    DOI: 10.1177/0269094218809615
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