Essay 2020 Times Live Report Writing Channel Community Engagement & Economist Karen Hees – Management Assignment Help

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In 2020 Times Live reported that Gauteng remains the province with the most service delivery protests, followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. Protesters often complain about the compiled IDPs as they feel they do not address the many grievances they raised, or they believe that institutional dysfunction in government is the reason for their seeing no improvement in their livelihoods. Economist Karen Heese noted that “there appears to be an opportunity to channel community engagement through democratic processes [like ward committees, petitions processes and community meetings]. To avert protests, with a challenging year likely to be ahead for local government, councillors and administrators must work collectively to ensure service deliveryconsolidate this apparent goodwill.