Implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme in Muyexe, Limpopo
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2015
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Sebiloane, Leabua Jan
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The Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) was introduced as the strategy for rural development by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) in 2009. It was then piloted in two sites namely Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape and Muyexe, Limpopo in 2011. Muyexe was identified as one of the poorest rural areas in South Africa; this provided the motivation for the study to focus on this area. This research study examines the manner in which the CRDP was implemented in the Muyexe area.
There is at present no information available on the lessons learned, successes or failures of this strategy. However, there was an evaluation study conducted by DRDLR in collaboration with the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on the CRDP but the results are not yet published. The overall view is that the desired outcomes were not achieved.
The main objective of this research was therefore to investigate factors leading to the poor implementation of this strategy for rural development and to make findings on the approach that was followed during implementation. The research uses qualitative methodology with the Muyexe CRDP as a case study to collect in-depth information from respondents. A purposive sampling method was utilized since it allows beneficiaries and other stakeholders affected by this programme to be interviewed.
Several factors emerged as central to the implementation of this strategy. These are strategic leadership, consultation, co-ordination, resource allocation, capacity and skills; and monitoring and evaluation. The
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research shows that these factors need to be carefully considered for any strategy to succeed. It was further established that some of these factors were not taken into consideration and as a result this led to poor implementation of the CRDP.
There were also some areas of success like housing, electricity, fencing, and household gardens. The terms intervention, strategy, programme and project are used interchangeably to denote CRDP in this study.
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Thesis (M.M. (Public and Development Management))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, 2015.