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Abstract:
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The notion of municipal service delivery protests continues to generate debates among policy-makers, civil society and in public administration practice and scholarship throughout in South Africa. The municipal service delivery protests debates stems among other challenges of Unemployment, poverty, corruption and poor governance. It is a matter of concern that municipal service delivery protests have undesirable consequences for the socio-economic development programmes. The paper aims at examining the causes and challenges of service delivery protests and its impacts on socio-economic development in Limpopo Province. To achieve this, the paper relied on relevant data from both primary and secondary sources. Non-probability purposive sampling was adopted to select participants for this study. The paper employed techniques such as observations, interviews and focus group discussions to collect data. To analyze data, narrative analysis was used. Written documents were also relied on. Theoretical framework which includes Local Government Service Delivery Act and other legal documents were used to feed the deeper understanding of the matter. The paper concludes by proposing measures that can be considered in efforts to deal with the challenges confronting the local government sphere. The paper recommends some strategies to be used to solve the matter. |