The impact of community development worker programme on poverty alleviation: A case study of Eden District Municipality, Western Cape Province of South Africa.

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2015-12-02

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University if Fort Hare

Abstract

Although the post-apartheid South African government has instituted a great many developmentally-oriented pieces of legislation and policies, such as the Community Development Workers' Programme (CDWP), in a bid to reverse the injustices of the past and to combat the alarming levels of poverty which still prevail in the country, the local government sector still faces great obstacles, particularly in the rural areas, where service delivery is generally reported to be slow. Their failure to overcome the endemic levels of poverty in South Africa raises serious questions regarding whether the programmes are capable of fulfilling the requirements of their original mandate.

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PhD Thesis

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SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Social work, Development

Citation

Mundau,M.The impact of community development worker programme on poverty alleviation: A case study of Eden District Municipality, Western Cape Province of South Africa.Alice.University of Fort Hare.