The Role of Political Parties at the Local Government Level

1 Africa Institute of South Africa AISA POLICY brief Number 26 June 2010 BRIEFING NR 2 APRIL 2008 GBRIEFING NO 26 JUNE 2010 The ongoing review of decentralisation in South Africa will defi nitely affect Political Parties legitimisation mechanisms at the Local Level . For this reason, one may expect the same actors, together with civil society organisations (CSOs), to be actively involved in the policy process of review. Their apparent low involvement in this process is taken as this policy brief s starting point, which is aimed at focusing on the role of Political Parties in Local The article also uses references in the case of Ghana to highlight the main challenges for Local governments in South Africa, and suggests critical perspectives for further the time of writing this policy brief, South Africa is undergoing a reshaping of the Political arena, which seems a necessary and healthy proc-ess considering the African National Congress (ANC) legitimisation crisis.

and because of the liberation struggle legacy. 10 The ‘developmental role’ of local governments In both countries, local governments have been given a ‘developmental role.’11 Local governments are indeed thought to be able to convey the voices of the grassroots and answer their needs. However, in Ghana, the bottom-up planning

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