Optimising Services through an Effective Financial Resource’ Mobilisation Framework in Vhembe District Municipality
type: CreativeWork
description: South Africa has three tiers of government, namely national, provincial and local. The third tier of government faces a titanic challenge of mobilising financial resources for the collective good of service delivery. This study examines the role of financial resource mobilisation in improving service delivery in municipalities, highlighting their constraints and possibilities. The study outlines the role of municipal council in financial resource mobilisation, which include approval of service delivery plans, budgeting and oversight role using Vhembe district municipalities, located in Limpopo Province, South Africa as a case study. The study graphically makes a comprehensive assessment of the availability of financial resources within all the Vhembe municipalities wherein different kind of grants such as Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) and others were identified. The research explores the effectiveness and efficiency of the current financial resources mechanism such as property rates, fees for services (water, refuse removal, electricity), business permits and licenses. It further provides an analysis of opportunities that prevail when implementing effective financial resource mobilisation, such as infrastructure development, investment attraction, employment, and economic growth. The study is underpinned by different theories that include Resource Mobilisation Theory, New Public Management Theory, Resource-Based Theory, Resource Dependency Theory and Human Resource Development Theory. In terms of methodology, the study employed interpretivism, a paradigm that acknowledges subjectivity and interpretation as the primary source of knowledge in business and management, despite the subjective nature of data collection. A qualitative research method was applied wherein the data was analysed using NVIVO thematic analysis. The data have been collected in Vhembe District …
abstract: South Africa has three tiers of government, namely national, provincial and local. The third tier of government faces a titanic challenge of mobilising financial resources for the collective good of service delivery. This study examines the role of financial resource mobilisation in improving service delivery in municipalities, highlighting their constraints and possibilities. The study outlines the role of municipal council in financial resource mobilisation, which include approval of service delivery plans, budgeting and oversight role using Vhembe district municipalities, located in Limpopo Province, South Africa as a case study. The study graphically makes a comprehensive assessment of the availability of financial resources within all the Vhembe municipalities wherein different kind of grants such as Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) and others were identified. The research explores the effectiveness and efficiency of the current financial resources mechanism such as property rates, fees for services (water, refuse removal, electricity), business permits and licenses. It further provides an analysis of opportunities that prevail when implementing effective financial resource mobilisation, such as infrastructure development, investment attraction, employment, and economic growth. The study is underpinned by different theories that include Resource Mobilisation Theory, New Public Management Theory, Resource-Based Theory, Resource Dependency Theory and Human Resource Development Theory. In terms of methodology, the study employed interpretivism, a paradigm that acknowledges subjectivity and interpretation as the primary source of knowledge in business and management, despite the subjective nature of data collection. A qualitative research method was applied wherein the data was analysed using NVIVO thematic analysis. The data have been collected in Vhembe District …
author: Shilenge, Risenga Richard
language: en
keywords: Financial resources, Framework, Municipality, Resource mobilisation, Service Delivery, Ratepayers, UCTD
date published: 2026-05-19
date modified: 2026-07-27T21:57:16Z
provider: University of Venda
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Venda