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Enhancing local governance through local initiatives: Residents' associations in Zimbabwe

Mapuva, Jephias (Academic Journals, 2011)

Residents associations are a local initiative by residents within a specific community. Through residents associations, citizens have been able to keep local authorities in check and to demand accountability. With the ...
From poverty to power? Women’s participation in intermediary organisations in Site C, Khayelitsha

Thompson, Lisa; Conradie, Ina (Unisa Press, 2011)

This article examines how women organise themselves in community structures to claim socio-economic rights through participation. The discussion is based on case study research undertaken in Khayelitsha, Site C, where ...
Linking service delivery and protest in South Africa: an exploration of evidence from Khayelitsha

Nleya, Ndodana (Unisa Press, 2011)

The notion of service delivery protests in South Africa has perhaps become a cliché in South Africa. While there was a lull in protest activity (excluding industrial action) in the first decade of democracy, the second ...