South Africa

  • New Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families

    New Coordination Structure to support vulnerable families

    This new project is based on the partnership between the City of Växjö and North West 405 Municipality (former Tlokwe City Council) and suggests three years of cooperation (2017-2019) with active participation from regional authorities, labour office, the police, NGOs/CBOs etc. The project objective is to strengthen public capacity to provide support for family units…

  • Deltagande – Fördjupad förståelse för historien skapar bättre framtid

    Deltagande – Fördjupad förståelse för historien skapar bättre framtid

    Kalmar länsmuseum har utvecklat tidsresemetodiken. Regionförbundet Kalmar län och Cape Winelands District i Sydafrika har använt metoden i sitt kommunala partnerskap.

  • Deras verktygslåda har gjort succé

    Deras verktygslåda har gjort succé

    1999 skapades det första samarbetet mellan Göteborg och Nelson Mandela Bay i Sydafrika. Sedan dess har det blivit många lärorika projekt. 2012 beslutade de båda städerna sig för att ta samarbetet längre än tidigare.

  • Valet i Sydafrika analyserat för ICLD av Dr Andrew Siddle

    In this Research Report No 8, Dr Andrew Siddle makes an analasys of the 2016 local government elections, the most significant elections to be held in South Africa at any level since 1994.

  • På besök i en politisk vardag i Sverige

    På besök i en politisk vardag i Sverige

    Nu startar den andra veckan i Sverige för de 23 toppolitikerna från 12 olika länder i Afrika, Asien och Östeuropa som deltar i ICLD:s program ”Local Political Leders – Capacitating Women in Politics”.

  • Choice, Recognition and Democracy Effects of Decentralization

    Many democratic decentralization reforms have been carried out in cooperation with CSO:s, the private sector and other non-governmental agents – but how does this affect the accountability and legitimacy of the local government? This paper examines the effects of institutional choices and exemplifies different democratic dimensions in the process of democratic decentralization. Based on experiences…

  • Limits to Local Democracy: The Politics of Urban Governance Transformations in Cape Town

    Is a decentralized government more effective and accountable than a state centred public administration?  This publication provides the reader with a new way of understanding modern urban governance from a South African perspective. The question of how to create political legitimacy is in focus and this publication is therefore a good source for understanding the…

  • Governance Dilemmas of Sustainable Cities

    New problems have emerged in a global context through the existence of major urban areas – how do these areas manage to combine sustainable city planning with decentralization and/or participatory local democracy? For researchers, public administration professionals and development practitioners alike this is a must read as a tool for creating sustainable solutions for urban…

  • The 2016 local government elections: The point where South Africa changed course?

    In August 2016, local government elections were held in South Africa, something that is of direct relevance to many of ICLD’s partners. Dr Andrew Siddle has analyzed the elections on behalf of the ICLD. The elections have been described as “the point at which South Africa changed course,” but it remains to be seen just…

  • Local government in South Africa: Can the objectives of the developmental state be achieved through the current model of decentralized governance?

    Under the new constitutional dispensation, South African Local government was given a critical developmental role to play in rebuilding local communities and environments, as the basis for a democratic, integrated, prosperous and non-racial society. This study examines the notions of decentralization and developmentalism, and shows how they have become two of the most significant defining…