Analysis of public policies and programmes towards water security in post-apartheid South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21697027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Kwame Adom (0000-0002-5497-1377, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa, corresponding author), Mulala Danny Simatele (0000-0002-2161-1586, The Global Change Institute (GCI), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 503-520 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Water Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-7017 • E-ISSN: 1996-9759 |
| Publisher | IWA Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2166/wp.2021.017 |
| OpenAlex | W3149751742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
Many countries in the world, including South Africa, are water-stressed with increasing pressure on their water resources due to population growth, climate change, and inadequate funding. Post-independence in 1994, many policies and programmes were introduced by the government with the aim of promoting water management. While these policies and strategies achieved much in terms of water provision to communities and households, they failed to establish a water-conscious country with sufficient knowledge and expertise in water management. In addition, these policies and programmes are outdated, compartmentalised, complex, and lack robust water governance with resilient stakeholder partnerships that advance the more explicit second phase of the National Development Plan (NDP) to achieve water security under the threat of climate change. Using data collection tools inspired by the traditional method of participatory research, this paper analyses the structural and systematic factors hindering the implementation of comprehensive policies to achieve water security in South Africa. There is, therefore, an urgent need for South Africa to establish an independent water regulator to ensure coordination between different government departments, including the National Treasury, to strengthen weak governance capacity and to make it independent to attract private equity into the sector and to recover fiscal deficits in the water sector
Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Population · Private sector · Public sector · Stakeholder · Treasury · Water resources · Water security · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Water resources management and optimization · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Finance
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |