Change processes in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council from 1995 to 1999
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2014-04-04
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Sekele, Teboho Isaac
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During the past decade Johannesburg has been going through a process of
change in the areas of organisational and service restructuring for improved
service delivery and sustainable development. The purpose of the study was to
look at what have been the key change drivers in that process from 1995 to 1999
and assess what lessons could be drawn from the experience in conceptualising
a national strategic framework for local government transformations. One key
finding of the study is that the financial crisis that the council experienced from
1997 created bases for external pressure from communities and national
government which ultimately forced the council to think and act on change.
However, the study found that a power-bloc comprising few administrators and
key figures from the ANC component of council continued to drive and manage
the change process