Author:Mambo, Julia; Murambadoro, Miriam DDate:Mar 2018The climate change response policy gives the mandate to all municipalities and other levels of government to develop and implement climate chnage adaptation response. The availability of appropriate information is essential for this process ...Read more
Author:Matji, MP; Ruiters, CDate:May 2015This paper presents a framework for public-private partnerships PPP) in local government water services infrastructure. Water services infrastructure assets are key to the provision of basic services. Data were collected from various stakeholders, ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, Miriam DDate:Jan 2018This poster presents the preliminary findings of a study which seeks to understand the learning systems used for climate change adaptation at local government level. It looks at how the local government officials conceptualise the National ...Read more
Author:Rosendo, S; Celliers, L; Mechisso, MDate:Jan 2018Many countries are implementing Integrated Coastal Management (ICM, also known as Integrated Coastal Zone Management or ICZM) as a means to promote the sustainable use, development and protection of coastal environments. It has also been shown ...Read more
Author:Murambadoro, Miriam D; Mambo, JuliaDate:Feb 2018This poster presents findings from the workshops to identify climate service user needs amongst local government officials.Read more
Author:Madiba, L; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Oct 2023The South African Local Government is currently experiencing a backlog in providing basic services to its citizens due to financial constraints, lack of planning, poor project management and integration between sector departments. The South ...Read more
Author:Afrika, MDate:Oct 2010Service delivery has become a source of much tension and protests in South Africa (Delivery, 2009) with fifty two major service delivery protests reported for the period January to August 2009 (COGTA, 2009). Failing waste management services, ...Read more
Author:Mahwai, Nare J; Phiri, Charles; Dlamini, Sifiso B; Herselman, Martha E; Meyer, Isabella ADate:Jun 2023Governments globally are making notable efforts to facilitate conversations with citizens to improve their participation in government decisionmaking by using various digital technologies in what could be coined as electronic participation ...Read more
Author:Ziervogel, G; Archer, Emma RM; Price, PDate:Oct 2016Despite the growth of adaptation plans and action by municipalities, there are limited examples of opportunities for effectively mainstreaming climate adaptation into policy and practice in local government. This paper uses the experiment ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Aug 2008Cape Town depended for the first 250 years of its existence on water sources from Table Mountain. However, even prior to the South African War of 1899-1902, it was recognised that Table Mountain could no longer supply enough water, and that ...Read more