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RAMAPHOSA: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING IS DEMOCRACY AT WORK

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that government is committed to engaging communities on developments that impact their lives, even if some say that this in fact, holds back development. Reflecting on the "taking Parliament to the people programme in his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa said that South Africans should be proud that every citizen has a voice.

Last week, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) held public hearings in the Ugu district of KwaZulu-Natal, to gauge communities views on issues affecting them. President Ramaphosa said that public participation in decisionmaking was democracy at work. He said that it helped the state make better decisions, and it built trust between government, communities and stakeholders.

Ramaphosa said that it also empowered citizens with the knowledge that their voices were being heard. He said that citizens should be proud that they had the means to hold decision-makers, lawmakers, businesses and even the president, to account. Ramaphosa said that his government was trying to move away from parachuted development, which was planned in offices, thousands of kilometres away from communities, and then foisted upon them.

He said that he did not share the view that public participation processes were cumbersome, protracted and therefore stifled development. Rather, Ramaphosa said that they were an important tool of accountability to fix the challenges of communities in need.

QUESTION FIVE(20)

According to Bleazard et al. (2018: 193-194) the right to written reasons stems from section 33(2) of the Constitution which allows for persons, who have been affected by administrative action, to have the right to written reasons.

5.1 With reference to the above, expand on the purpose and advantages of the right to reasons. (10)

5.2 Set out the procedure in order to obtain reasons. (10)