Service Delivery Protests and its Impact on the Relevance of the African National Congress-Led Government in South Africa
Service Delivery Protests and its Impact on the Relevance of the African National Congress-Led Government in South Africa
Many South African communities are still faced with numerous service delivery challenges over twenty-three years post democracy. This has led to numerous and often times, violent and destructive, service delivery protests. This phenomenon occurs mostly at the local (municipal) level of government and it is understandable given that Chapter Seven of the Constitution (as well as other relevant municipal acts) clearly stipulate the role of the municipalities in ensuring that service delivery gets to the people. The main question this paper engages is 'does service delivery or lack of service delivery affect the relevance of the ANC as a governing political party?' Through the use of primary and secondary sources, the paper attempts to analyse how service delivery (protests) have impacted the ANC as a governing political party in South Africa. The paper adopts the neoliberalism theory to explain and project the ANC would lose its relevance in the next decade if service delivery challenges persist.
CITATION: Dlamini, Nomaswazi Portia. Service Delivery Protests and its Impact on the Relevance of the African National Congress-Led Government in South Africa . : Adonis & Abbey , 2017. Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, pp. 89 - 109 - Available at: https://library.au.int/service-delivery-protests-and-its-impact-relevance-african-national-congress-led-government-south