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Financial mismanagement and efficiency trade-off in local municipalities: Lessons from Eastern Cape, South Africa 地方市政当局的财务管理不善和效率权衡:南非东开普省的经验教训
Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v3i0.68
Syden Mishi, Nwabisa Mbaleki, Farai B. Mushonga
Background: Local governments are considered an essential part of interpreting and integrating laws and policies at the local level. There is a growing realisation that the success of local government is vital to alleviating poverty and delivering services to communities. However, financial mismanagement as per audit reports has affected a number of local authorities and continues to be a hindrance to progress.Aim: This study was set to investigate the level of efficiency in each municipality and how financial mismanagement (unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure) influences that efficiency.Setting: The study considered all local municipalities within the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, using publicly available data on each municipality’s performance and financial management. The data available and utilised are for the financial years 2012–2015.Methods: The study used a non-parametric linear programming-based technique to compute efficiencies, with the local municipality being the decision-making unit. The implications of financial mismanagement on efficiency are determined in a second-stage regression model with the use of panel tobit regression.Results: We found that the mean efficiency ranges between 0.407 (moderate) and 0.724 (high) in general, however, with greater variation across municipalities. Fruitless and wasteful expenditure and unauthorised expenditure negatively affect the total effciency scores. Irregular expenditure has no statistical effect on efficiency, arguably because of the nature of this financial mismanagement being expenditure that may be for a good cause but not approved procedurally.Conclusion: There is room to increase efficiency in studied municipalities, especially by reducing wasteful expenditure and unauthorised expenditure. The Public Finance Management Act provides astute guidelines that will bring efficiencies in municipalities; however, a review may be necessary to be progressive. The South African Local Government Association and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department must capacitate municipalities and work with the auditor general to implement audit recommendations.
背景:地方政府被认为是地方一级解释和整合法律和政策的重要组成部分。人们越来越认识到,地方政府的成功对于减轻贫困和向社区提供服务至关重要。然而,审计报告所指出的财务管理不善已影响到一些地方当局,并继续阻碍进展。目的:本研究旨在调查每个城市的效率水平,以及财务管理不善(未经授权、不规范、无果和浪费的支出)如何影响效率。环境:该研究考虑了南非东开普省的所有地方市政当局,使用了有关每个市政当局绩效和财务管理的公开数据。可用和使用的数据是2012-2015财政年度的数据。方法:研究使用非参数线性规划为基础的技术来计算效率,与当地市政当局作为决策单位。财务管理不善对效率的影响是确定在第二阶段的回归模型与使用面板tobit回归。结果:我们发现平均效率范围在0.407(中等)和0.724(高)之间,然而,不同城市之间的差异更大。无果和浪费的支出和未经授权的支出对总效率得分产生负面影响。不正常的支出在统计上对效率没有影响,可以说是因为这种财务管理不善的性质可能是出于正当理由,但未经程序批准的支出。结论:所研究的城市有提高效率的空间,特别是通过减少浪费的支出和未经授权的支出。《公共财政管理法》提供了精明的指导方针,将提高市政当局的效率;然而,为了进步,审查可能是必要的。南非地方政府协会和合作治理和传统事务部必须使市政当局具备能力,并与审计长合作执行审计建议。
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引用次数: 3
Megaprojects as a vehicle for providing benefits to housing beneficiaries in the eThekwini municipality 大型项目作为向德班维尼市住房受益人提供福利的工具
Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v3i0.64
B. Mvuyana, T. Nzimakwe
Background: The Integrated Housing Development Plan developed by the eThekwini municipality is aimed at creating sustainable human settlements. It was developed to ensure that by the year 2020, all residents would have access to a housing opportunity which was to include secure tenure, basic services and support in achieving incremental housing improvement in living environments with the requisite social, economic and physical infrastructure. However, this did not materialise because there are a lot of issues that the municipality has continued to grapple with in fulfilling this mandate.Aim: This article aims at rethinking the modality of megaprojects as a vehicle for providing long-lasting benefits to housing beneficiaries in the eThekwini municipality.Method: This article is qualitative, and data were collected from members of the Cornubia community, officials from the eThekwini municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Human Settlements.Findings: The findings show the role played by megaprojects in creating a quality living environment for communities to meet government objectives. Whilst the South African government through these large-scale projects aims to provide quality accommodation together with basic services, this study also finds that this has cost implications for the poor because of other external factors such as unemployment and lack of access to resources.Conclusion: Whilst an enormous number of policies have been adopted to address the housing backlog, sustainable human settlements are still a challenge in South Africa. It should be observed that the Department of Human Settlements is chasing a moving target. The article has identified policy gaps in achieving sustainable human settlements which do not adequately address the achievement of integrated human settlements that the government is aiming at.
背景:德班市制定的综合住房发展计划旨在创造可持续的人类住区。制定该计划的目的是确保到2020年,所有居民都能获得住房机会,其中包括有保障的租住权、基本服务和支助,以便在生活环境中逐步改善住房,并配备必要的社会、经济和物质基础设施。然而,这并没有实现,因为市政当局在履行这一任务时仍在努力解决许多问题。目的:本文旨在重新思考大型项目的模式,作为一种工具,为德班市的住房受益人提供长期利益。方法:这篇文章是定性的,数据收集自Cornubia社区成员,来自德班市和夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省人类住区部的官员。调查结果:调查结果显示,大型项目在为社区创造优质生活环境以实现政府目标方面发挥了重要作用。虽然南非政府通过这些大型项目旨在提供高质量的住宿和基本服务,但本研究还发现,由于失业和缺乏资源等其他外部因素,这对穷人产生了成本影响。结论:虽然已经采取了大量的政策来解决住房积压问题,但可持续的人类住区仍然是南非的一个挑战。应当指出,人类住区部正在追逐一个移动的目标。这篇文章指出了在实现可持续人类住区方面的政策差距,这些差距没有充分解决政府所要实现的综合人类住区的目标。
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引用次数: 0
COVID-19 and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation) in South Africa 新冠肺炎与南非实现可持续发展目标6(清洁水和卫生设施)
Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v3i0.58
B. Zindi, E. Shava
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引用次数: 6
Stakeholders’ involvement in service delivery at eDumbe Municipality 利益相关者参与eDumbe市的服务提供
Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v3i0.45
Zweliknona Zwane, N. Matsiliza
Using a participatory democracy framework, this study assesses the involvement of stakeholders in service delivery at the eDumbe Municipality. This article argues that the interests of stakeholders have been overlooked by municipal officials of eDumbe. The current local government environment is volatile, and municipalities must adapt to constant environmental changes. The principles of cooperative government are provided by the constitution (1996) to be used as a mechanism that can restore peace and relations between officials and the communities. The complexity of municipalities is also exacerbated by political will that is influential on the state power use (Mohale 2017:53).
本研究采用参与式民主框架,评估了利益相关者对eDumbe市服务提供的参与程度。本文认为,eDumbe的市政官员忽视了利益相关者的利益。当前的地方政府环境不稳定,市政当局必须适应不断变化的环境。《宪法》(1996年)规定了合作政府的原则,作为一种机制,可以恢复和平以及官员与社区之间的关系。影响国家权力使用的政治意愿也加剧了市政当局的复杂性(Mohale 2017:53)。
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引用次数: 4
Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the provincial MuniMEC forum inter-government relations structures in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 评估南非东开普省省文联论坛政府间关系结构的有效性和效率
Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v3i0.42
Zolani Tafeni, B. Mngomezulu
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引用次数: 0
Table of Contents Vol 2 (2021) 目录第2卷(2021)
Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.53
Editorial Office
No abstract available.
没有摘要。
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引用次数: 0
Transformative networks and public participation in local government in the post-COVID era 后covid时代的变革性网络和公众参与地方政府
Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.46
O. Nzewi
No abstract available.
没有摘要。
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引用次数: 0
Public participation power dynamics in strategic development planning in a metropolitan municipality: Eastern Cape Province 东开普省一个大都市城市战略发展规划中的公众参与权力动态
Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.44
M. Sibanda, L. Lues
Background: Public participation in municipal strategic development planning processes does not occur in a vacuum; it is juxtaposed within contextual community realities of power, politics, institutional, systemic practices, cultures and inequities in resource capacity, amongst other relational social practices.Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the nature of power dynamics in participatory governance platforms and spaces during municipal strategic development planning processes and the extent to which they impact developmental outcomes in a metropolitan municipality.Setting: A metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.Methods: An interpretive, constructivist, cross-sectional exploratory case study collected in-depth qualitative data from purposefully sampled participants (n = 34) using focus-group discussions. Qualitative data were processed using NVivo 8 computer software and analysed using a thematic analysis approach.Results: The results indicated mixed views on participants’ satisfaction with public participation in municipal strategic development planning processes. Participants reported inadequate knowledge, capacity and capability; resource limits; political exclusion and language barriers, which muted community voice and disempowered, marginalised and excluded some residents from meaningfully participating and articulating community voice, priorities and needs.Conclusion: Public participation in municipal strategic development planning in the metropolitan municipality is at best tokenistic, constituting mere ‘window dressing,’ co-option and ‘pretence’ of inclusion of communities/residents in public participation platforms and spaces. Whilst on the surface, public participation appears inclusive of a range of stakeholders, at best powerful andr elite interests shape strategic development planning outcomes. A local governance framework for enhancing community voice in public participation platforms and spaces is recommended.
背景:公众参与城市战略发展规划进程不是在真空中进行的;它与权力、政治、制度、系统实践、文化和资源能力不平等以及其他关系社会实践等背景社区现实并置。目的:本研究的目的是探索城市战略发展规划过程中参与式治理平台和空间中权力动态的性质,以及它们对大都市发展成果的影响程度。背景:南非东开普省的一个大都市。方法:一项解释性、建构主义、横断面探索性案例研究,通过焦点小组讨论,从有意抽样的参与者(n=34)中收集了深入的定性数据。定性数据使用NVivo 8计算机软件进行处理,并使用专题分析方法进行分析。结果:研究结果表明,参与者对公众参与城市战略发展规划过程的满意度参差不齐。与会者报告说,知识、能力和能力不足;资源限制;政治排斥和语言障碍,削弱了社区的声音,剥夺、边缘化和排斥了一些居民有意义地参与和表达社区的声音、优先事项和需求。结论:公众参与大都会城市的城市战略发展规划充其量只是象征性的,只是将社区/居民纳入公众参与平台和空间的“粉饰”、“共同选择”和“伪装”。从表面上看,公众参与似乎包括一系列利益相关者,充其量是强大的精英利益决定了战略发展规划的结果。建议建立一个地方治理框架,以提高社区在公众参与平台和空间中的发言权。
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引用次数: 4
Attitudes towards migrant workers in South Africa: A critical discourse analysis 南非对移民工人的态度:批判性话语分析
Pub Date : 2021-12-10 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.36
Vongai S. Ruzungunde, Sindiso Zhou
Background: The influx of migrants from neighbouring countries has contributed to diversity in South Africa. This has caused on-going clashes between local residents and migrants. This article explores the role of discourse towards enabling a cohesive society. There has been much focus on migrants working in South Africa over the 2020 December festive season as many faced challenges in travelling to their respective countries because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This limelight exposed the underlying discrimination towards migrants in South Africa remain regardless of the South African progressive Constitution that values and respects individuals as well as protecting them from discrimination.Aim: This article adopts threat theory and uses critical discourse analysis to highlight the existing and continued discrimination towards migrant workers. The article exposes the causes of social inequalities, which can assist the government in decision-making towards reducing the inequality gap in service delivery.Setting: Public viewer comments on the news updates on migrants’ travel that were posted on the national news websites over the 2020 festive season were analysed.Methods: Critical Discourse analysis (CDA) was employed as a method of analysis in this article.Results and conclusion: The article intends to add to the existing body of knowledge and to also inform local government towards canvasing agenda that incorporate all human rights and enable a cohesive society by considering the role of discourse as an enabler of the problems experienced in societies. The results show that discourse contributes to negative attitudes, hate speech, discrimination and stereotyping towards migrants in South Africa.
背景:来自邻国的移民的涌入促进了南非的多样性。这导致了当地居民和移民之间持续不断的冲突。本文探讨了话语在建立一个有凝聚力的社会中的作用。在2020年12月的节日期间,人们非常关注在南非工作的移民,因为由于COVID-19大流行,许多人在前往各自国家时面临挑战。尽管南非进步的宪法重视和尊重个人并保护他们不受歧视,但这种引人注目的现象暴露了对南非移民的潜在歧视仍然存在。目的:本文采用威胁理论,运用批判话语分析来凸显对农民工存在的和持续的歧视。本文揭示了社会不平等的原因,这可以帮助政府决策朝着减少服务提供的不平等差距。背景:分析了2020年节日期间国家新闻网站上发布的关于移民旅行的新闻更新的公众观众评论。方法:本文采用批评话语分析(Critical Discourse analysis, CDA)作为分析方法。结果和结论:本文旨在增加现有的知识体系,并通过考虑话语作为社会中所经历的问题的促成因素的作用,向地方政府通报纳入所有人权的游说议程,并使社会具有凝聚力。结果表明,话语助长了对南非移民的负面态度、仇恨言论、歧视和刻板印象。
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Corrigendum: Examining the implications of classical budget theories in the local government budgeting process: Union councils in Bangladesh 勘误:审查经典预算理论在地方政府预算编制过程中的影响:孟加拉国的联盟理事会
Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.41
M. R. Talukdar
No abstract available.
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