“Corruption in Local Government: Undermining Good Governance and Stagnating Service Delivery in South Africa”

Imagine you are employed as a researcher at the South African National Planning
Commission (NPC). The senior researcher has requested that you compile a
discussion paper critically evaluating how corruption undermines good governance
and stagnates service delivery, mainly focusing on the local government sphere.
The discussion paper must:
• discuss the impact on governance,
• discuss the challenges that corruption poses for local governments,
• critically evaluate how corruption in local governments stagnates service
delivery,
• provide examples from a community of your choice that display the effects of
corruption on service delivery.
This discussion paper will be presented to the office of commissioners at the NPC
to inform future development of new preventive strategies to alleviate corruption in
South Africa.