Democratic Decentralization in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Abstract

Since the late 1980s, the need for strong decentralized local government received increased impetus as "African states became subject to external as well as internal 'democratic' pressures" (Tordoff and Young 1994: 287). Mahwood (1992: vii) has argued that the demise of the "centralized party state" in many parts of Africa has resulted in a growing emphasis on "good government" at the local level. The focus on decentralization and local government is significant in a period of economic and political restructuring because "it tends to be an important manifestation of pluralist democracy" (Mahwood 1992: vii).

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