Durban’s pursuit of economic development in the post-apartheid era

Nel, Etienne; Hill, Trevor; Maharaj, Brij

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“…There is much interest in business attraction and infrastructure provision, and many cities have compiled business directories and are seeking to work actively with the corporate sector. The paper on Durban in this collection (Nel et al, 2003) indicates just how sophisticated the links between the city and the corporate sector have become there. Some of the most impressive achievements in recent years have been in terms of CBD renewal, sometimes referred to as 'business improvement districts', which do not yet appear to be an issue of concern for smaller centres in the country.…”

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Putting ‘developmental local government’ into practice: The experience of South Africa’s towns and cities

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Binns

2003

Urban Forum

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Putting ‘developmental local government’ into practice: The experience of South Africa’s towns and cities

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2003

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“…In the recent experience of South African cities, there has been a focus on investment promotion and urban entrepreneurialism facilitated through the development of large-scale flagship projects that are often planned and implemented through public-private partnerships. These mega-projects can take the form of convention centres (such as those within Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg), comprehensively planned industrial estates and waterfront developments (Nel et al, 2003). Although urban interventions on this scale may not be typically characterized as encompassing LED as it is practiced in other parts of the world, in the South African context they are routinely conceptualized (and argued for) on the basis of their ability to maximize the comparative advantages of urban centres, improve the business environment and employment status of urban communities, and generate overall improved robustness within the urban economy.…”

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(Regional and) local economic development themes in contemporary South African Cities

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2015

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Local economic development has played a significant role in South African cities as an approach to achieve economic upliftment in the democratic era. Although there have been critiques of this approach in the light of project failures and the neoliberal positionality of local economic development, South African cities continue to pursue the strategy and city policy formulation currently includes a direct focus on local economic development within their long-term development strategies. Despite a sense of the need to explore new lines of development, there is apparent continuity in terms of the pursuit of what have become traditional local economic development interventions in many of the country's cities. While this study highlights the evidence of the continuation of these trends in current urban economic development strategies, a closer examination of emergent local economic development practice in Durban points towards areas in which shifts in the practice of local economic development in South African cities are beginning to take place.

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“…The need to address these social justice and quality-of-life issues strongly determines an urban development path which must be socially orientated and particularly focussed on uplifting the lives of the poorest urban citizens (eThekwini Municipality 2006). This need for strongly pro-poor development is however counteracted by an alternative imperative for development that is more growth orientated (Nel et al 2003).…”

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“…Given this context, it is imperative that development activities negotiate the need for redistribution and increasing global competitiveness (Nel et al 2003). Current local government policy does attempt to address these imperatives.…”

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“…The key partnership during the early transformation period was Operation Jumpstart, a partnership which was strongly instrumental in drawing together disparate urban role-players to address urban development needs (Pillay 1994). One main outcome of this early partnership was the successful development of the Durban International Convention Centre on the outskirts of the CBD (Nel et al 2003), thus setting the scene for partnerships which facilitate flagship developments within Durban.…”

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Negotiating the Global and the Local: Evaluating Development Through Public–Private Partnerships in Durban, South Africa

Houghton

2010

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Within a context of transition, South African cities such as Durban are required to address the dual development imperatives of socio-economic redistribution and increasing global competitiveness. Processes associated with shifts to urban governance and partnerships are being drawn on to achieve these urban development goals. In 1999, the Durban Growth Coalition, a strategic partnership between business and government, emerged to address urban economic development concerns. The partnership has led to the successful planning and implementation of various flagship developments within the city. This paper evaluates the processes of the Coalition and associated projects in order to assess to what extent the partnership is successfully addressing the dual imperatives of post-apartheid redress and integration into the global economy. The paper thus critically examines the implications of using public-private partnerships as mechanisms for equitable development in South Africa and highlights the possibility of the emergence of deliberative processes of decision-making through partnerships.

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Durban’s pursuit of economic development in the post-apartheid era

Cited by 13 publications

References 15 publications

Putting ‘developmental local government’ into practice: The experience of South Africa’s towns and cities

Putting ‘developmental local government’ into practice: The experience of South Africa’s towns and cities

(Regional and) local economic development themes in contemporary South African Cities

Negotiating the Global and the Local: Evaluating Development Through Public–Private Partnerships in Durban, South Africa

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