TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gouws, C.
A1  - Moeketsi, I.
A1  - Motloung, S.
A1  - Greuning, G. van
A1  - Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus van
T1  - SIBU and the crisis of water service delivery in Sannieshof, North West Province
T2  - TD: the journal for transdisciplinary research in Southern Africa
N2  - In 2007 the residents of the town of Sannieshof in North West Province declared a dispute with the Tswaing Local Municipality on the grounds that the state of local service delivery left much to be desired. The ratepayers then formed the Sannieshof Inwoners Belastingbetalers Unie (SIBU) which literally took over the functions of local government of the town, functioning as a local government within a local government.
This article provides a historical narrative of the conflict between SIBU and Tswaing Local Municipality, a dispute which was taken as far as the provincial High Court. Then follows an outline of conditions in Sannieshof and the townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba. Attention is given to the perceptions of local residents on the prevalent conditions, specifically in respect of water supply and sanitation service delivery. In the third section there are some theoretical perspectives on political culture, socialisation and happiness. A debate is provided on how these phenomena manifest under existing conditions in Sannieshof, and more particularly, in its adjacent townships of Agisanang and Phelindaba.
KW  - Sannieshof Inwoners Belastingbetalers Unie (SIBU)
KW  - North West Province
KW  - service delivery
KW  - water supply
KW  - sanitation
KW  - Tswaing Local Municipality
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57059
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-570590
SN  - 2415-2005
SN  - 1817-4434
VL  - 6
IS  - 1, a123
SP  - 25
EP  - 56
PB  - SA ePublications
CY  - Centurion
ER  -