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Leaders Parliament
and Public
Participation Week are
indicative of a
continued attempt by
government to ensure
that it engages
communities in
ensuring improvement
of the quality of
service it provides
During the reporting
period, there has been
an increase in the
number of hotlines for
citizen communication
with government in
both national and
provincial levels. The
multiplication of the
hotlines is a response
to the need to be
responsive to citizens’
needs, expectations
and concerns
Notwithstanding the
increased number of
government
hotlines, there is
evidence that some
of these are not
linked or integrated
with one another.
This is an indication
of a lack of
coordination which
exacerbates the
incapacity of
government to the
manage data,
measure the level of
duplication, and
determine the
speed at which
service delivery
challenges are
resolved
Strengthen
community radio
stations and
African language
radio stations
Continuous The government
continues to ensure
san open environment
for community radio
stations and increased
support to African
language radio
stations
During the period of
reporting there has
been a noticeable
rise in the number
of community radio
stations
National
conversation on
Continuous The institutional and
constitutional
However, the same
downgrading can be
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