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• Opsomming: Inwoners van Suid-Afrika behoort deurlopend herinner te word dat hulle 'n waterarmland bewoon en dat kennis oor die fisiese omgewing en die aard en omvang van effektiewe openbare bestuur van watervoorsiening van strategiese belang is. Die oppervlakte- en grondwater wat in die rivieropvanggebiede saamvloei is hidrologies en geohidrologies verbind deur die hidrologiese kringloop. Laasgenoemde manifesteer in 'n natuurlike omgewing wat nie net gekenmerk word deur 'n toestand van wye diversiteit en kompleksiteit nie, maar ook deur die behoefte aan goed gestruktureerde openbare dienslewering op veral die plaaslike regeringsfeer. Teen die einde van April 1994 was die voorsiening van openbare drinkwater en basiese sanitasiedienste aan al die landsinwoners op al die owerheidsfeer- en veral die plaaslike regeringsfeeragendas die hoogste in die openbare diens geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika. Gevolglik is die Regering nie net meer gemoeid met die verskaffing van genoegsame drinkwater alleen nie, maar ook met die fasilitering van die implementering van 'n holistiese en geïntegreerde benadering aangaande die effektiewe, doeltreffende en ekonomiese bestuur van die ontwikkeling, vervoer, opgaar, behandeling en verspreiding van water. As die enigste bestuurder en bewaarder van die land se waterbronne is die Departement van Waterwese en Bosbou (DWAF) sedert veral die oorgang na 'n demokratiese bestel in 1994 proaktief in die evaluering van bestaande beleidsdokumente sowel as die voortbring van verbeterde wette en uitvoerbare openbare beleid aangaande waterbestuursaspekte in die land. Dit is ook opmerklik dat primêre nasionale wetgewing aangaande die bestuur van openbare water sedert die 1956 - en die jongste 1998 waterwetgewing transformasie ondergaan het en dat die mees optimale voertuig tot meer effektiewe, doeltreffende en ekonomiese implementering van die nuwe getransformeerde openbare waterverwante wetgewing die 284 munisipaliteite in die land is. Dit is dan ook op hierdie regeringsfeer waar die spreekwoordelike 'motorkarwiel die teerpad tref' en die sukses al dan nie, van nuut geïmplementeerde openbare beleid evalueer kan word. Die fokus van die artikel is om vanuit 'n dissiplinêr geïntegreerde perspektief die toepassing van watergewing in Suid-Afrika op munisipale owerheidsfeer krities in oënskou te neem.

• Opsomming: Inwoners van Suid-Afrika behoort deurlopend herinner te word dat hulle 'n waterarmland bewoon en dat kennis oor die fisiese omgewing en die aard en omvang van effektiewe openbare bestuur van watervoorsiening van strategiese belang is. Die oppervlakte- en grondwater wat in die rivieropvanggebiede saamvloei is hidrologies en geohidrologies verbind deur die hidrologiese kringloop. Laasgenoemde manifesteer in 'n natuurlike omgewing wat nie net gekenmerk word deur 'n toestand van wye diversiteit en kompleksiteit nie, maar ook deur die behoefte aan goed gestruktureerde openbare dienslewering op veral die plaaslike regeringsfeer. Teen die einde van April 1994 was die voorsiening van openbare drinkwater en basiese sanitasiedienste aan al die landsinwoners op al die owerheidsfeer- en veral die plaaslike regeringsfeeragendas die hoogste in die openbare diens geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika. Gevolglik is die Regering nie net meer gemoeid met die verskaffing van genoegsame drinkwater alleen nie, maar ook met die fasilitering van die implementering van 'n holistiese en geïntegreerde benadering aangaande die effektiewe, doeltreffende en ekonomiese bestuur van die ontwikkeling, vervoer, opgaar, behandeling en verspreiding van water. As die enigste bestuurder en bewaarder van die land se waterbronne is die Departement van Waterwese en Bosbou (DWAF) sedert veral die oorgang na 'n demokratiese bestel in 1994 proaktief in die evaluering van bestaande beleidsdokumente sowel as die voortbring van verbeterde wette en uitvoerbare openbare beleid aangaande waterbestuursaspekte in die land. Dit is ook opmerklik dat primêre nasionale wetgewing aangaande die bestuur van openbare water sedert die 1956 - en die jongste 1998 waterwetgewing transformasie ondergaan het en dat die mees optimale voertuig tot meer effektiewe, doeltreffende en ekonomiese implementering van die nuwe getransformeerde openbare waterverwante wetgewing die 284 munisipaliteite in die land is. Dit is dan ook op hierdie regeringsfeer waar die spreekwoordelike 'motorkarwiel die teerpad tref' en die sukses al dan nie, van nuut geïmplementeerde openbare beleid evalueer kan word. Die fokus van die artikel is om vanuit 'n dissiplinêr geïntegreerde perspektief die toepassing van watergewing in Suid-Afrika op munisipale owerheidsfeer krities in oënskou te neem.

Local government in South Africa is no longer simply an extension of the national and provincial spheres of government; it has become an independent sphere in its own right. Steady progress has been made in the delivery of services since the advent of a democratic and developmental state in 1994. The 1996 South African Constitution positions local government as an independent sphere of the government, interrelated to and interdependent with the national and provincial governments. To give it a collective voice, local government speaks from a position of strength through organised local government, as embodied in the South African Local Government Association (hereafter referred to as SALGA). The government is aware of the challenges facing local government service delivery, particularly in the rural areas, where progress in service delivery has been slow. During the former Presidential Izimbizo's, the gap between the government's delivery efforts and communities' ability to benefit from that delivery was repeatedly highlighted. The introduction of community development workers (CDWs) is to assist the three spheres of government to ensure that service delivery reaches the intended recipients effectively and efficiently (IDASA, 2006: On- Line).It was against this background that community development workers (CDWs) were introduced as a link between the government and communities. CDWs are defined as participatory change agents who work in the community in which the live, and to whom they have to answer for their activities. They are required to help members of the community to improve their living standards and change circumstances. To do this, CDWs are expected to make the poor aware of their constitutional rights such as their right to basic service delivery including social grants and assist community members to understand how they can participate in the development plans for their communities. CDWs are expected to facilitate community participation in policy-making, implementation and in service delivery (Republic of South Africa. Grassroots Innovation, 2007). In this article, the role of community development workers in enhancing service delivery within the Bitou Local Municipality is discussed. The article concludes with recommendations based on an empirical survey to establish the extent to which CDWs play a role in improving service delivery and enhancing the accessibility of government services to communities.Keywords: Bitou Local Municipality, local governance, community development workers, participation, ward committeesDisciplines: Public Management and Administration, social science research methodology, development studies

Many countries experience various degrees of corruption. South Africa is no exception. The undeniable fact is that corruption cannot be reckoned as a mere country- or region- specific problem; it is a far wider phenomenon. However, there has been a growing global movement to condemn corrupt practices, resulting in the removal of certain leaders from office. South Africa has formulated and promulgated legislation that is considered an international example of good practice and has established agencies for the purpose of combating corruption. The Institute for Security Studies (2007:1) proposes that anti-corruption legislation, if enforced, should equip the country's anti-corruption agencies with a tool that could effectively be utilised as a punitive instrument for offenders and a deterrent for those contemplating corrupt activities.This article examines whether anti-corruption agencies are apolitical and capable of detecting and punishing corruption or whether they are only a response to international demands by international agreements. In this regard the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the SADC Protocol against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are discussed.The article concludes with recommendations based on an empirical survey of anti- corruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies conducted in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape Provinces.

Many countries experience various degrees of corruption. South Africa is no exception. The undeniable fact is that corruption cannot be reckoned as a mere country- or regionspecific problem; it is a far wider phenomenon. However, there has been a growing global movement to condemn corrupt practices, resulting in the removal of certain leaders from office. South Africa has formulated and promulgated legislation that is considered an international example of good practice and has established agencies for the purpose of combating corruption. The Institute for Security Studies (2007:1) proposes that anti-corruption legislation, if enforced, should equip the country's anti-corruption agencies with a tool that could effectively be utilised as a punitive instrument for offenders and a deterrent for those contemplating corrupt activities. This article examines whether anti-corruption agencies are apolitical and capable of detecting and punishing corruption or whether they are only a response to international demands by international agreements. In this regard the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the SADC Protocol against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption are discussed. The article concludes with recommendations based on an empirical survey of anticorruption legislation and anti-corruption agencies conducted in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape Provinces. ; https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v10i1.21

In this article, the new developmental mandate as s igned to local government is reviewed using the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (hereafter referred to as the NMBM) as a case study. The concept of developmental local government is of cardinal importance as it imposes additional specific obligations on municipal councils. In addition, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereafter referred to as the Constitution) requires local government to render quality, affordable and sustainable basic services. Therefore, councillors are now required to meet specific Constitutional and other developmental legislative prescriptions pertaining to their communities and areas of jurisdiction.An empirical survey was conducted at the NMBM to test selected senior officials and councillors' attitudinal responses to service delivery and the new developmental mandate as s igned to local government. The survey intended to es tabl ish whether there was institutional capacity to enhance basic service delivery. These findings are elaborated upon in this article.

• Opsomming: In hierdie artikel word die evolusie van plaaslike regering in Suid-Afrika sedert 1652 oorkoepelend beskou met 'n spesifieke klem op veral plaaslike bestuur vanaf 1994 Suid-Afrika bestuur het, het dit spoedig nodig geblyk in die Kaapprovinsie. Nou 'n nuwe politieke bestel dat die aard en omvang van die transformasie van plaaslike regering in terme van die verskillende bevolkingsgroepe en politieke ideologieë van die vorige politieke bestelle ondersoek en beskryf behoort te word. 'n Aantal wetgewende voorskrifte aangaande transformasie in die land se plaaslike regeringstrukture word in die artikel aangespreek. Dit word onder andere aangevoer dat die grondwetlike en ander wetgewende behoeftes en voorskrifte asook die openbare diensleweringsagterstande die skuif na ontwikkelende plaaslike regering met uitgebreide openbare raadpleging en deelname bewerkstellig het. Die historiese plek en rol van die vorige Swart plaaslike owerhede en die Indiër en Kleurling Bestuurskomitees onder die vorige Nasionale Party regering word ook onder die loep geneem. Laastens word daar 'n opsomming verskaf aangaande die pre-interim, interim (1993 tot 1998) en finale fase (2000) van die herstrukturering van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaaslike regeringsfeer.