In many cases the public who were affected by these problems were the last to know and in some cases never received any explanation of why critical development funds had been misdirected or squandered. The interaction between these citizens and the municipality began when they took to the streets with burning tyres and a list of grievances directed against the municipality.
Informed and active citizen’s groups, clearly informed of their rights offer at least three potential benefits:
1. They would act as a deterrence to councillors and officials with a prediction towards corruption i.e. the potential wrong-doers would be dissuaded by fear of exposure
2. If problems of irregular practice began to develop these would be detected early and pressure from civil society organizations might persuade council to “change tack” and thus avoid the problem from developing into full-scale corruption / public protests
3. Local community groups would be able to distinguish between outright corruption and administrative shortfalls resulting from weak capacity – they could then prioritize and design their responses accordingly. SANGONeT
Informed and active citizen’s groups, clearly informed of their rights offer at least three potential benefits:
1. They would act as a deterrence to councillors and officials with a prediction towards corruption i.e. the potential wrong-doers would be dissuaded by fear of exposure
2. If problems of irregular practice began to develop these would be detected early and pressure from civil society organizations might persuade council to “change tack” and thus avoid the problem from developing into full-scale corruption / public protests
3. Local community groups would be able to distinguish between outright corruption and administrative shortfalls resulting from weak capacity – they could then prioritize and design their responses accordingly. SANGONeT
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