Service delivery and equitable distribution of water and sanitation services in the Newcastle Local Municipality
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Date
2016-06
Authors
Madi, Themba Cecil
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University of the Free State
Abstract
The slogan by the department of water and sanitation declares that “water is life” and
“sanitation is dignity”. This slogan stresses the importance these services have to the daily
lives of people. The study about access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation
reveals the intricate link that these services have. It also reveals the detrimental effects to
human can have to humanity if not well managed, on the one hand, and the benefits they
can bring to economic and social developmental opportunities to a country and its
populace. The perils and the benefits associated with provision of both clean drinking
water and improved sanitation demands that governments pay particular attention in
assisting its communities to access these services.
Various global conferences have made great strides in alerting world communities about
challenges caused by the lack access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation as
well as in encouraging world governments these basic needs to their people. This study
analyses access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation services delivery, within
the Newcastle Local Municipality (NLM). It starts by investigating the work undertaken by
global communities in revealing the importance of water and sanitation in fighting poverty
and diseases and in encouraging global governments to provide clean drinking water and
proper sanitation to their people.
The study further analysis the impact the global conferences have had in shaping the
policies direction relating to water and sanitation in South Africa. It then investigates
progress that has been made by the NLM in providing clean drinking water and proper
sanitation to its communities. While the study is undertaken, cognisance is taken of the
previous inequality that characterized the populace of South Africa. In investigating
progress made in the NLM, the study compares the previously disadvantaged
communities with the previously advantaged communities with respect to the provision of
clean drinking water and improved sanitation. The study concludes by making
recommendations as to what the NLM can do to maximize its rollout of water and
sanitation services to its people.
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Dissertation (MGT (Governance and Political Transformation))--University of the Free State, 2016, Sanitation--South Africa--Newcastle, Municipal services--South Africa--Newcastle, Water-supply--South Africa--Newcastle, Drinking water--South Africa--Newcastle--Management