An explorative approach to the evolving municipal landscape of South Africa: 1993-2020

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dc.contributor.authorJeeva, Zaakirah
dc.contributor.authorCilliers, Juan
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-14T10:07:07Z
dc.date.available2022-11-14T10:07:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe establishment of municipalities in South Africa has been a long and difficult process, which still appears to be evolving 25 years later. In 1994, the new democratic government undertook to restructure the country’s racially segregated administrative structure, by integrating areas to form cohesive municipal entities that would allow for the more efficient management of the municipal areas. However, the demarcation approach was easier to pen on paper than to implement in practice. This article explores the South African spatial reform process from 1993 to 2020, by analysing literature and legislative frameworks, in order to determine how municipalities were demarcated and the challenges they experienced. The study found that the spatial restructuring process was particularly complex, due to limited knowledge of the spatial landscape and the many unresolved spatial administrative issues. The study calls for further research to support the formation of more efficient municipal areas.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp78i1.6
dc.identifier.citationJeeva, Z., & Cilliers, J. (2021). An explorative approach to the evolving municipal landscape of South Africa: 1993-2020. Town and Regional Planning, 78, 81-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp78i1.6en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0495
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11979
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor(s)en_ZA
dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCategorisationen_ZA
dc.subjectDemarcationen_ZA
dc.subjectMunicipalitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectRacial integrationen_ZA
dc.subjectSpatial reformen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleAn explorative approach to the evolving municipal landscape of South Africa: 1993-2020en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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