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Title:The Rhetoric of the Community in Project Management: The Case of Mohlakeng Township
Author:Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni F.ISNI
Year:2001
Periodical:Development in Practice
Volume:11
Issue:1
Period:February
Pages:34-44
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:community development
townships
Ethnic and Race Relations
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Development and Technology
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/109614520020019939
Abstract:The concept of 'community' became a popular buzzword towards the end of the 20th century. However, its meaning is increasingly vague because of its rhetorical use in politics, as well as in development, gender and environmental circles. Based on the experience of a Mohlakeng Township Site and Service Scheme that was undertaken between 1990 and 1994, the paper examines some of the implications of the flexible use of the term 'community' in South Africa. It concludes that 'community' is a broad term that may signify a process rather than a single event or operation in the way that people are involved, participate and develop. The process is susceptible to change depending on the interests of stakeholders, and this change can be for better or for worse. Its influence ultimately comes not just from people but from how their various interests are exercised through power relations that are in turn shaped by a range of facets such as age, gender, political affiliation, history, language, status, etc. The diversity of these influences makes a community fragile. Bibliogr., note, sum.
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