ICT agenda for Municipal Governance purposes in post-pandemic South Africa

Abstract

ICT agenda has been a central theme in governance after the emergence of pandemic. Across the globe, the agenda have revealed the  dynamism of development depending on ecological, socio-cultural and economic values. However, little or no attention has been paid to  the framework for ICT agenda on governance at the municipal level in South Africa. This paper aimed at answering the basic questions: What are the reasons for integrating ICT agenda in municipal governance in South Africa? To what extent could the incorporation of ICT  be found efficient in the day-to-day running of municipal services? What are the concerted efforts by government in terms of policy  intervention on the municipal ICT agenda? It adopts secondary sources of data for collection and uses content analysis as the data analytical method. It reviewed the extant literature with a view to showcasing government activities in terms of policies and actions  towards incorporating ICT agenda in South African municipal governments. It also underlined the strengths and the weaknesses of ICT  agenda on municipal governance in South Africa. This paper therefore found out that the population expansions and ever-increasing  human activities constitute major reasons for the integrating ICT agenda in South African municipal administration. This paper concluded  that the ICT agenda on municipal governance have propensity to take its efficient recourse on the people and economy, if  adequate attention is being paid to its advanced usability at municipal levels.