Take Back The Power

Dr Mamphela Ramphele, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and former senior executive at the World Bank, says it is time for ordinary South Africans to once again seize control of their own destinies – and firmly remind puffed-up leaders that citizens are the real rulers of this country.

In her article published in The Sunday Times, she says: “We also need to change our development model as a society. A society of passive citizens waiting for delivery of services from government is a society at risk. Imagine how much of an impact we could have had on poverty over the past 15 years if we had involved poor people in the formulation and implementation of development projects in their communities!”

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Kwanda is an excellent example of a development model where communities take the power back and are involved in formulating community development plan and implementing them using. What are the pillars of this development model?