Glass Ceiling Wh - at impact does municipal performance have on SMME growth?

A local municipality is governed by a municipal council which sets the agenda, designs the programmes and projects of the municipality, and oversees the implementation and delivery of services and programmes.8 The daily implementation of programmes and delivery of services is managed by the municipal administration in accordance with Section 44 (1) of the Municipal Structures Act.9 Local municipal. [...] 8 Local governments have the specific mandate of managing and delivering the services that are used by people daily as outlined in Schedule 4 and 5 of the Constitution of South Africa and the Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 (MSA).10 According to Section 152 of the Constitution, local governments must deliver services and administer programmes with the intention of achieving five broad objecti. [...] These objectives include the sustainable provision of services, accountable governance, the promotion of, and development of safe and healthy environments and to encourage the socio-economic development of communities within the boundaries of a local municipality.11 The MSA and Schedules 4 and 5 of The Constitution outline the specific services that local governments need to manage and deliver to. [...] To access the site where Makhanda, the Xhosa leader after whom the town was renamed, launched the assault on the British settlement of Grahamstown one must navigate through the pothole-ridden streets of Fingo in the eastern part of town. [...] The education and cultural hub of Makhanda – the seat of the Makana Local Municipality – is a shadow of its former self as SMME owners lament the town’s deterioration caused by the actions – and in many cases lack thereof – of the local municipality.