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Twinning arrangements and service delivery in Zimbabwe’s local authorities: The case of Bulawayo City Council (Zimbabwe) and eThekwini Municipality (South Africa) 津巴布韦地方当局的结对安排和服务提供:以布拉瓦约市议会(津巴布韦)和德班维尼市(南非)为例
Pub Date : 2021-11-30 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v2i0.37
Alouis Chilunjika, S. Chilunjika
The Zimbabwean local government environment has been affected by chronic defects in the provision of basic public services. As such, city twinning has been adopted as one of the strategies to address the impasse in service delivery as it allows for the sharing of expertise in local governance, development, strategic international relations and the enhancement of service delivery in local authorities. Using the exploratory case study research design the study explores the impact the twinning arrangement between Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and eThekwini Municipality and how it has enhanced service delivery in Bulawayo. Data was gathered from written documents, observations and in-depth interviews. The study established that the BCC-eThekwini cooperation has been very fruitful and Bulawayo City Council has benefited immensely through the exchange of ideas and information as well as technology transfer among others from this twinning arrangement. Nonetheless, it was also observed that weak legal and financial frameworks hinders the city twinning partnership from realising its full fruition. The study concluded that city twinning between BCC and eThekwini is a favourable route for creating sustainable South to South linkages that benefit developing cities. As recommendations, the article argues that there is need for clarity in defining the partnership roles and goals, community involvement as well as an enabling policy and institutional environment.
津巴布韦地方政府的环境一直受到提供基本公共服务方面长期缺陷的影响。因此,城市结对已被视为解决服务提供僵局的战略之一,因为它可以分享地方治理、发展、战略国际关系方面的专业知识,并加强地方当局的服务提供。本研究采用探索性案例研究设计,探讨了布拉瓦约市议会(BCC)和eThekwini市之间的结对安排的影响,以及它如何加强布拉瓦约的服务提供。数据来自书面文件、观察和深入访谈。研究表明,BCC与eThekwini的合作非常富有成效,布拉瓦约市议会通过这一结对安排中的思想和信息交流以及技术转让等方式受益匪浅。尽管如此,也有人指出,薄弱的法律和金融框架阻碍了城市结对伙伴关系的全面实现。该研究得出结论,BCC和eThekwini之间的城市结对是建立可持续的南南联系的有利途径,有利于发展中城市。作为建议,文章认为,需要明确界定伙伴关系的作用和目标、社区参与以及有利的政策和体制环境。
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引用次数: 1
A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government 在南非地方政府服务提供抗议的背景下提出的公民参与-公共信任模式
Pub Date : 2021-07-16 DOI: 10.4102/JOLGRI.V2I0.26
Pumlani Msenge, O. Nzewi
The South African local government context has been marred by persistent citizen protests that continue to jeopardise public administrators’ quest for effective service rendering. Such protests have been attributed to the disregard of citizen participation in local government and unresponsive service rendering, amongst other factors. Meaningful citizen participation is seen as a precondition for the establishment of trust between communities and public administrators. This article, delving into the empirical literature, presents a citizen participation and public trust model aimed at minimising service delivery protests in South Africa. It argues that whilst lack of community trust has been lauded as one of the factors that have brewed citizen protests over the years, there is evidence to show that between the core values of procedural justice and public trust, citizen perception of power to influence may be vital to minimise proclivity to protest. The article finds that in addition to the interactional and informational justice components of procedural justice, meaningful citizen participation can be measured as a combination of these justice areas with mechanisms that highlight citizens’ positive perceptions of their power to influence decisions. As recommendations, the article argues that indeed lack of community involvement in municipal processes has the potential to break down trust and explode into service delivery protests. However, the article concludes that ensuring meaningful participation in local government decision-making processes, as defined in this article, is a precondition for building community trust and limiting the outbreak of service delivery protests in the local government context.
南非的地方政府环境受到持续不断的公民抗议的损害,这些抗议继续危及公共行政人员对有效服务提供的追求。除其他因素外,这种抗议活动的原因是无视公民参与地方政府和提供服务时反应迟钝。有意义的公民参与被视为在社区和公共行政人员之间建立信任的先决条件。本文深入研究了实证文献,提出了一个公民参与和公众信任模型,旨在最大限度地减少南非的服务提供抗议。它认为,虽然缺乏社区信任被称赞为多年来引发公民抗议的因素之一,但有证据表明,在程序正义和公众信任的核心价值观之间,公民对影响力的感知可能对最小化抗议倾向至关重要。本文发现,除了程序正义的互动和信息正义组成部分外,有意义的公民参与可以作为这些司法领域与强调公民对其影响决策的权力的积极感知的机制的结合来衡量。作为建议,文章认为,缺乏社区参与市政进程确实有可能破坏信任,并爆发为对服务提供的抗议。然而,文章的结论是,确保有意义地参与地方政府决策过程(如本文所定义的)是建立社区信任和限制在地方政府背景下爆发服务提供抗议的先决条件。
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引用次数: 7
Table of Contents Vol 1 (2020) 目录第1卷(2020)
Pub Date : 2020-12-23 DOI: 10.4102/jolgri.v1i0.29
Editorial Office
No abstract available.
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Erratum: An analysis of the effects of equalisation funds on service delivery in selected local authorities in Zambia 勘误:在赞比亚选定的地方当局,均衡基金对服务提供的影响分析
Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.4102/JOLGRI.V2I0.35
Hanson Chishimba, E. Kazonga, Evaristo Nsenduluka
Background: The government of the Republic of Zambia established the Local Government Equalisation Fund, to which each year parliament appropriates not less than 5% of the total amount of projected income taxes collected for the republic for that financial year. The purpose of the fund is to provide a source of financing for service delivery. Aim: The goal of this study was to analyse the effects of equalisation funds on service delivery in selected local authorities in Zambia. Setting: The study focused on Lusaka City Council, Luanshya Municipal Council and Chisamba and Luangwa town councils in Zambia. Methods: A concurrent mixed-methods approach was used. The population comprised registered property owners and council officials in the selected districts. The sample was drawn using stratified sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires and analysed by using descriptive statistics and regression analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Qualitative data were analysed using a narrative approach. Results: The expenditure composition of the equalisation funds shows that expenditure on personal emoluments accounts for a greater proportion than capital and service expenditure. There were similarities and differences in the methods of service delivery among local authorities: the use of local government enterprise, contracting out, franchises, volunteers, self-help groups and in-house provision. Conclusion: There is lack of satisfactory adherence to the guidelines on utilisation of equalisation funds for service delivery as espoused by the central government. The local authorities studied do not adhere to the prescribed guidelines on the utilisation of equalisation funds.
背景:赞比亚共和国政府设立了地方政府均衡基金,每年议会拨出不少于该财政年度共和国预计所得税总额的5%。该基金的目的是为提供服务提供资金来源。目的:本研究的目的是分析均衡化基金对赞比亚选定地方当局服务提供的影响。环境:研究的重点是赞比亚的卢萨卡市议会、卢安什亚市议会、奇桑巴和卢安瓜市议会。方法:采用并行混合方法。人口包括选定地区的登记财产所有者和议会官员。样本采用分层抽样法抽取。采用问卷调查的方式收集数据,使用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)第25版,采用描述性统计和回归分析进行分析。定性数据采用叙述方法进行分析。结果:均等化基金的支出构成表明,个人薪酬支出占比大于资本和服务支出。地方当局提供服务的方法有相似之处,也有不同之处:利用地方政府企业、外包、特许经营、志愿人员、自助团体和内部提供。结论:缺乏令人满意的遵守中央政府所支持的关于使用均衡资金提供服务的指导方针。所研究的地方当局没有遵守关于使用均衡基金的规定准则。
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