South Africa
IRC is working with various partners in South Africa on a sector wide approach and on local governance so that the water sector has more impact on the water and sanitation Millenium Development Goals.
Stories about water and sanitation from South Africa
13 Nov 12
Documentation and sharing of best practises and lessons learned in order to improve implementation and sustainability of WASH service provision is one of the aims of IRC. Find here a collection of stories on water and sanitation from South Africa.
Decentralization South Africa
11 Aug 09
Implementing the decentralization of water and sanitation services is a key topic in many developing countries. Decentralization involves transfer of functions, assets, staff, infrastructure and budget from the national level to the local level. Experience in South Africa illustrates that this process is not an easy one, even though they successfully undertook the process as part of the sector wide approach (SWAp) in a collaborative manner.
Sector wide approach South Africa
11 Aug 09
The South African sector wide approach (SWAp) started in 2001 in the water and sanitation services sub-sector. “We don’t call it a sector wide approach, we call it Masibambane – this means “Let’s work together”. For us it is everyone, not just the water people. Actually without us, local government, they would not have a sector, because we are a very big player in this sector."
