This article highlights the challenges to service delivery by the Katima Mulilo Town Council
(KTMC) in Namibia, through emphasising the role of leadership and importance of good …

Prior research on South African municipalities reveals that there is a continuing decline in
public participation at the local level often resulting in poor service delivery, tension between …

Hardly a day goes by without South Africans going on a rampage over the provision of basic
municipal services such as water, electricity, sanitation and other municipal obligations. This …

Public participation in local development is an integral part of democratic agendas across
the world. Yet not much research specifically focuses on people's perspectives of …

The effectiveness of a government's communication, especially in times of crisis, is crucial to
its legitimacy, reputation, disaster management and its ability to ensure the wellbeing of its …

Indigenous or local researchers from developing countries have not made a leading
contribution to development informatics (DI) or information and communication technologies …

Çalışmanın amacı, vatandaşlar ile belediyeler arasındaki ilişkinin, sosyo-ekonomik ve
teknolojik alandaki değişimlerden nasıl etkilendiğini araştırmak ve bu değişimin aynı …

For more than two decades (1997-2019), the Bushbuckridge Municipal community in
Mpumalanga Province has experienced multiple, violent protests that are often observed to …

Against the backdrop of political instability, weak institutions, and severe poverty, the
persistence of state weakness in Africa has given rise to scholarly interest in the state …

Given the continued state of the digital divide, the South African government has made
several strides to advance the availability of broadband internet to meet objectives outlined …