Shikanda Business Solutions was awarded a tender to carry out an impact study on municipal service partnerships for the Department of Provincial and Local Government. A report was submitted on 15 March 2002.
A broad overview was provided with regard to the Municipal Service Partnerships in terms of, amongst others, regulatory legislation, current constraints, problems and concerns experienced by municipalities, Integrated Development Plans, norms and standards, the MIIU, the capacity building programme, types of service partnerships and lessons learned from the international arena.
This assessment furthermore investigated various existing Municipal Service Partnerships by means of interviews that were conducted with the selected municipalities and service providers. The Municipal Service Partnerships that were investigated were Dolphin Coast, Nelspruit, Thabazimbi, Queenstown, Fort Beaufort and Pietermaritzburg. In each case, the background to the Service Partnership was established, the description of the partner provided and the contractual agreement discussed.
Separate articles/papers Separate articles or papers produced by members of the Research Directorate include an article on the Intergovernmental Relations System in South Africa, July 2002.