The impact of intergovernmental relations and co-operative government on good governance in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorMalan, Lianne Priscilla
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africa
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-03T06:25:26Z
dc.date.available2016-11-03T06:25:26Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractSince post Apartheid in 1994, the system of intergovernmental relations and co-operative government in South Africa had evolved, not only because of the constitutional/legal framework thereof but also because of the statutory commitment of the various spheres of government to the implementation of the principles of co-operative government and intergovernmental relations. The institutions of government in South Africa have, existed as a series of interlocking devices, pervasive throughout society, and all aimed at promoting the objectives of the national development and poverty alleviation policy. The attainment of development goals is heavily dependent on an effective system of intergovernmental relations and also upon the degree to which the machinery of government can operate in a state of inter-institutional harmony. Through the establishment of various institutional arrangements for intergovernmental relations – and the successful operation of these structures – it is expected that all three spheres of government will continually strive to co-operate with one another in mutual trust and good faith. Without the effective operation of intergovernmental relations in South Africa, projects and programmes aimed at furthering and promoting the principles of public administration cannot succeed. Whereas intergovernmental relations consist of the sum total of relationships among and within the spheres of government, be they hierarchical or based on equality, the principles of co-operative government lock these relations into a particular normative framework. The core of this framework is that the decentralization of state power in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 is not based on “competitive federalism” but on the norms of cooperative government. In this article, the intergovernmental relations system in South Africa, its milestones and challenges over the past years of democracy will be reviewed. Reference will be made to the successes and failures of the current system of intergovernmental relations and possible solutions to remedy the mentioned failures will be suggested.en_ZA
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumJournalen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMalan, L.P. 2008. The impact of intergovernmental relations and co-operative government on good governance in South Africa. African Journal of Public Affairs, 2(1): 76-86.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1997-7441
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/57647
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Consortium of Public Administrationen_ZA
dc.rightsAfrican Consortium of Public Administration © 2008en_ZA
dc.subjectIntergovernmental relationsen_ZA
dc.subjectGood governanceen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPublic Administration--Africa
dc.titleThe impact of intergovernmental relations and co-operative government on good governance in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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