Community-driven solid waste management initiatives in Missionvale
- Authors: Kwava, Eunice
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Factory and trade waste
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/48709 , vital:41064
- Description: Solid waste management is particularly challenging in poor communities where socio-economic issues take precedence over keeping a clean environment. This study explores the effectiveness of community-driven waste management strategies that are implemented in Missionvale, a poverty-stricken township that forms part of the Nelson Mandela Metropole, located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the sustainability of the community-driven waste management practices in the township. This was premised on the understanding that having the community at the centre of waste management is important and community initiatives coupled with support from key stakeholders, yields the desired outcome: sustainable waste management. The objectives of the study were: (i) to understand what happens to the solid waste generated in Missionvale; (ii) to assess the effects of the waste and its disposal (or lack thereof) in Missionvale; (iii) to identify the challenges faced by the public in implementing waste management initiatives for sustainable development; and (iv) to establish the waste management practices in Missionvale and their effectiveness. The study found that whilst waste management is a secondary, less important issue to community respondents who are struggling with more pressing socio-economic hurdles, there are nevertheless efforts from informal waste pickers, local businesses, non-governmental entities and some individual community members to keep their environment clean. This occurs against the backdrop of the municipality’s failure in its task to provide consistent waste collection and disposal.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Kwava, Eunice
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Factory and trade waste
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/48709 , vital:41064
- Description: Solid waste management is particularly challenging in poor communities where socio-economic issues take precedence over keeping a clean environment. This study explores the effectiveness of community-driven waste management strategies that are implemented in Missionvale, a poverty-stricken township that forms part of the Nelson Mandela Metropole, located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the sustainability of the community-driven waste management practices in the township. This was premised on the understanding that having the community at the centre of waste management is important and community initiatives coupled with support from key stakeholders, yields the desired outcome: sustainable waste management. The objectives of the study were: (i) to understand what happens to the solid waste generated in Missionvale; (ii) to assess the effects of the waste and its disposal (or lack thereof) in Missionvale; (iii) to identify the challenges faced by the public in implementing waste management initiatives for sustainable development; and (iv) to establish the waste management practices in Missionvale and their effectiveness. The study found that whilst waste management is a secondary, less important issue to community respondents who are struggling with more pressing socio-economic hurdles, there are nevertheless efforts from informal waste pickers, local businesses, non-governmental entities and some individual community members to keep their environment clean. This occurs against the backdrop of the municipality’s failure in its task to provide consistent waste collection and disposal.
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- Date Issued: 2020
Strategies for rural housing provision in Nkobonkobo Village, Alice, Eastern Cape
- Authors: Mnqandi, Nomgqibelo Beauty
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Housing, Rural -- South Africa -- Alice Public welfare -- South Africa -- Alice
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49692 , vital:41771
- Description: South Africa’s history, pre- and post-democracy, has been designed by different laws which moulded the socio-economic conditions of rural communities in numerous ways. The introduction of democracy in the country created a platform for understanding different rights for many citizens; amongst those rights a right to shelter, proper sanitation, and clean water. The provision of housing by the three spheres of government, local, provincial, and national aimed at addressing these rights for all citizens of the country, which is a privilege for both urban and rural communities. Even though provision of houses for the rural poor was not the priority in the first administration of the democratic government, as time progressed, discussions and implementation of the policy on housing provision for rural communities became a strong political debate. The intensity on housing provision for rural houses as from 2010 became more resilient. The objectives of this study firstly viewed the botches of the Department of Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation and the Municipality to monitor and evaluate infrastructural challenges faced by rural communities who became beneficiaries of houses under Rural Development Programme (RDP). The issue of poor sanitation and access to clean water by rural poor even in the fourth and fifth administration was also a concern of the study. The socio-economic factors on the provision of houses for rural housing beneficiaries was also a major apprehension, and support services provided by the relevant stakeholders to rural housing beneficiaries was also a point for discussion. It is therefore imperative that the study evaluate and recommend strategies that can be put in place for improving housing provision for the rural poor and create sustainable human settlements. The Eastern Cape Province is one of the provinces that are battling with backlogs related to housing provision, high unemployment rates, low rural household incomes, and low levels of education more especially to older citizens, which can create a higher risk of crime more especially by the youth. This study, therefore, attempted to highlight cases of poor administration, since it its findings the issue of wasteful expenditure of people’s taxes when houses constructed for community beneficiaries are not occupied. The absence of these important amenities in any community, poor sanitation and a lack of water which creates food insecurities, because there is no agricultural practice, even at a subsistence level and health communities are in danger more especially women and children. In such cases, poverty becomes rife, and health-related issues tend to expand. Similarly, economic growth and social development becomes limited. This treatise was concerned with the strategies used in the provision of rural housing in South Africa, the Eastern Cape Province. The findings further identify that the legislation that was supposed to be employed by the Department of Human Settlement in the provision of rural housing was not considered as a priority, hence there were many flaws identified. The policies applied in other countries, internationally, were suggested to be used as a benchmark for improving housing provision strategies in rural Eastern Cape municipalities. Since the study had adopted a descriptive approach, meaning the use of secondary data, the issue of public participation in any designed development project in rural communities should be as an important aspect of rural development, The Batho Pele Principles as key instrumental legislation in the government should be taken into serious consideration always more especially the principle of consultation. Rigorous debates are also required to produce policies that are informed by evidence in order to build and produce a better future.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Mnqandi, Nomgqibelo Beauty
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Housing, Rural -- South Africa -- Alice Public welfare -- South Africa -- Alice
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49692 , vital:41771
- Description: South Africa’s history, pre- and post-democracy, has been designed by different laws which moulded the socio-economic conditions of rural communities in numerous ways. The introduction of democracy in the country created a platform for understanding different rights for many citizens; amongst those rights a right to shelter, proper sanitation, and clean water. The provision of housing by the three spheres of government, local, provincial, and national aimed at addressing these rights for all citizens of the country, which is a privilege for both urban and rural communities. Even though provision of houses for the rural poor was not the priority in the first administration of the democratic government, as time progressed, discussions and implementation of the policy on housing provision for rural communities became a strong political debate. The intensity on housing provision for rural houses as from 2010 became more resilient. The objectives of this study firstly viewed the botches of the Department of Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation and the Municipality to monitor and evaluate infrastructural challenges faced by rural communities who became beneficiaries of houses under Rural Development Programme (RDP). The issue of poor sanitation and access to clean water by rural poor even in the fourth and fifth administration was also a concern of the study. The socio-economic factors on the provision of houses for rural housing beneficiaries was also a major apprehension, and support services provided by the relevant stakeholders to rural housing beneficiaries was also a point for discussion. It is therefore imperative that the study evaluate and recommend strategies that can be put in place for improving housing provision for the rural poor and create sustainable human settlements. The Eastern Cape Province is one of the provinces that are battling with backlogs related to housing provision, high unemployment rates, low rural household incomes, and low levels of education more especially to older citizens, which can create a higher risk of crime more especially by the youth. This study, therefore, attempted to highlight cases of poor administration, since it its findings the issue of wasteful expenditure of people’s taxes when houses constructed for community beneficiaries are not occupied. The absence of these important amenities in any community, poor sanitation and a lack of water which creates food insecurities, because there is no agricultural practice, even at a subsistence level and health communities are in danger more especially women and children. In such cases, poverty becomes rife, and health-related issues tend to expand. Similarly, economic growth and social development becomes limited. This treatise was concerned with the strategies used in the provision of rural housing in South Africa, the Eastern Cape Province. The findings further identify that the legislation that was supposed to be employed by the Department of Human Settlement in the provision of rural housing was not considered as a priority, hence there were many flaws identified. The policies applied in other countries, internationally, were suggested to be used as a benchmark for improving housing provision strategies in rural Eastern Cape municipalities. Since the study had adopted a descriptive approach, meaning the use of secondary data, the issue of public participation in any designed development project in rural communities should be as an important aspect of rural development, The Batho Pele Principles as key instrumental legislation in the government should be taken into serious consideration always more especially the principle of consultation. Rigorous debates are also required to produce policies that are informed by evidence in order to build and produce a better future.
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- Date Issued: 2020
Technology readiness of public school teachers : a study in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Authors: Ebongue, Placide Mbella
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Teachers -- Training of -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Educational technology -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49659 , vital:41766
- Description: Globally, it is well documented that technology integration (Information & Communication Technology) in teaching & learning environments improve educational experiences and outcomes. The information revolution also conditions the global collective to prioritise and invest in education. In South Africa, basic education is increasingly aiming to integrate technology in its teaching and learning processes, as is already common practice in the higher learning environment. Policies and supporting educational legislation must, therefore, be geared to steer teacher training emphasis in this regard, especially for primary schools. To anchor economic developments, important parameters to consider, include the readiness of teachers to use technology in the classroom, measured through the technology readiness index (TRI) and a variety of demographic indices. These reveal trends among teachers and their interaction with learners while delivering subject content in the classroom. In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) (Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage) area, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 32 schools totalling 70 teachers were evaluated using an online survey, based on a TRI model, initially developed by Parasuraman and later refined by Parasuraman and Colby. Results showed that teachers in the NMBM area have a medium to high technology propensity, with a readiness index score of 3.445 out of five. The demographic analysis also revealed that teachers are optimistic about technology and motivated about making it work in their classroom. These positive indicators towards technology (ICT) adoption encourage economic investments in basic education; however, further study is recommended to investigate implementation (and comparison to other provinces), therefore, informing the specific magnitude and type of investments needed in the Eastern Cape. An implementation model, which promotes ICT policy with a combination of software, hardware and internet access, appropriately incorporated in teaching and learning objectives, is encouraged to promote economic developments.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Ebongue, Placide Mbella
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Teachers -- Training of -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Educational technology -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49659 , vital:41766
- Description: Globally, it is well documented that technology integration (Information & Communication Technology) in teaching & learning environments improve educational experiences and outcomes. The information revolution also conditions the global collective to prioritise and invest in education. In South Africa, basic education is increasingly aiming to integrate technology in its teaching and learning processes, as is already common practice in the higher learning environment. Policies and supporting educational legislation must, therefore, be geared to steer teacher training emphasis in this regard, especially for primary schools. To anchor economic developments, important parameters to consider, include the readiness of teachers to use technology in the classroom, measured through the technology readiness index (TRI) and a variety of demographic indices. These reveal trends among teachers and their interaction with learners while delivering subject content in the classroom. In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) (Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage) area, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 32 schools totalling 70 teachers were evaluated using an online survey, based on a TRI model, initially developed by Parasuraman and later refined by Parasuraman and Colby. Results showed that teachers in the NMBM area have a medium to high technology propensity, with a readiness index score of 3.445 out of five. The demographic analysis also revealed that teachers are optimistic about technology and motivated about making it work in their classroom. These positive indicators towards technology (ICT) adoption encourage economic investments in basic education; however, further study is recommended to investigate implementation (and comparison to other provinces), therefore, informing the specific magnitude and type of investments needed in the Eastern Cape. An implementation model, which promotes ICT policy with a combination of software, hardware and internet access, appropriately incorporated in teaching and learning objectives, is encouraged to promote economic developments.
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- Date Issued: 2020
The role of the Development Funding to promote Local Economic Development in the Sarah Baartman District
- Authors: Kosi, Mlungiseleli Edward
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/48698 , vital:41060
- Description: This study concentrated on the role of development funding to promote Local Economic Development (LED) in the Sarah Baartman District (SBD). Although the research discussed the funding institutions available for Small-, Medium- and Micro- Enterprises (SMMEs) in general, the main focus of this study was the Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED) Grant Fund, which is solely established to support SMMEs in the Eastern Cape. A qualitative study was undertaken in the SBD that targeted two semi-rural municipalities in the Karoo. The Dr Beyers Naude and Koukamma Local Municipalities were targeted for this research. Both municipalities are semi-rural and located in the Karoo. The study found that in order to realise sustainable economic growth, LED must be encouraged and supported within the local space. The literature review encouraged the employment of participatory development as well as addressing issues of social structures as they reinforce limitations on growth and exposure. The District Development Model (DDM) highlights the coordination of Government programmes to a district. The model also significantly devolves Government functions and structures for integrated planning and implementation to district and metropolitan municipalities. Local government is viewed as the lowest sphere of Government, and is responsible for delivering basic services and the governance of local municipalities. This level of Government also places the performance, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (PMER) of governance at a district level. Such PMER could enable a district to have first-hand performance reports regarding development in relevant jurisdictions. In attempting to address the problem of unemployment, poverty, and economic growth, the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) established the LRED Grant Fund, which is solely meant to assist SMMEs in the Eastern Cape. This fund is tailored to aid the initiatives and/or businesses in the following sectors: agro-processing, automotive, manufacturing, renewable energy, oceans economy, and tourism. However, there is a current concern regarding the LRED’s lack of transparency, communication, and uncertain turnaround time during application assessment and adjudication processes. The study also noted a lack of capacity, skills, and mentoring as a hinderance for projects to sustain
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Kosi, Mlungiseleli Edward
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MDS
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/48698 , vital:41060
- Description: This study concentrated on the role of development funding to promote Local Economic Development (LED) in the Sarah Baartman District (SBD). Although the research discussed the funding institutions available for Small-, Medium- and Micro- Enterprises (SMMEs) in general, the main focus of this study was the Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED) Grant Fund, which is solely established to support SMMEs in the Eastern Cape. A qualitative study was undertaken in the SBD that targeted two semi-rural municipalities in the Karoo. The Dr Beyers Naude and Koukamma Local Municipalities were targeted for this research. Both municipalities are semi-rural and located in the Karoo. The study found that in order to realise sustainable economic growth, LED must be encouraged and supported within the local space. The literature review encouraged the employment of participatory development as well as addressing issues of social structures as they reinforce limitations on growth and exposure. The District Development Model (DDM) highlights the coordination of Government programmes to a district. The model also significantly devolves Government functions and structures for integrated planning and implementation to district and metropolitan municipalities. Local government is viewed as the lowest sphere of Government, and is responsible for delivering basic services and the governance of local municipalities. This level of Government also places the performance, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting (PMER) of governance at a district level. Such PMER could enable a district to have first-hand performance reports regarding development in relevant jurisdictions. In attempting to address the problem of unemployment, poverty, and economic growth, the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) established the LRED Grant Fund, which is solely meant to assist SMMEs in the Eastern Cape. This fund is tailored to aid the initiatives and/or businesses in the following sectors: agro-processing, automotive, manufacturing, renewable energy, oceans economy, and tourism. However, there is a current concern regarding the LRED’s lack of transparency, communication, and uncertain turnaround time during application assessment and adjudication processes. The study also noted a lack of capacity, skills, and mentoring as a hinderance for projects to sustain
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- Date Issued: 2020
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