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regulations, institutions, and actions pertaining to the allocation and regulation of
water use and management.
11.4 Methodological Approach
This study made use of questionnaires that were distributed to the selected key
informants/respondents between the period of June 2018 and April 2019. Purposive
sampling was used to identify and select questionnaire respondents. The questionnaire respondents comprised officials in charge of water management and disaster
management in the Western Cape Provincial Government, officials from the Community Development Services Departments or the Infrastructure, Planning and Development Department of Western Cape district municipalities and local municipalities;
and academics and/or researchers specializing in local government management
and/or public administration in Western Cape.
In selecting the district municipalities and local municipalities of focus, consideration was made that the Western Cape Province has thirty (30) municipalities
distributed as follows:
• One (1) Metropolitan Municipality (City of Cape Town)
• Five (5) district municipalities (namely, Cape Winelands District Municipality,
Central Karoo District Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, and West Coast District Municipality), and
• Twenty-four (24) local municipalities as shown on the map in Fig. 11.1.
From the n = 5 district municipalities, n = 15
1 were randomly selected to constitute the sample for the study, using the representative formulae of n = 3 local municipalities per each district municipality on the basis of ensuring geographical balance.
In addition, n = 5 respondents were selected to represent the five district municipalities of Cape Winelands District Municipality, Central Karoo District Municipality,
Garden Route District Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, and West Coast
District Municipality. As for academics and researchers, n = 1 academic was identified from each of the four universities in Western Cape, namely the University of
Western Cape, the University of Stellenbosch, the University of Cape Town, and Cape
Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) using a purposive sampling technique
whereby respondents specializing in local government management and/or public
administration were selected respond to the questionnaires. In addition, there were
n = 2 respondents from both the Western Cape Disaster Management Centre and
the National Disaster Management Centre. Out of the total n = 29 questionnaires
1 The 15 local municipalities selected were Breede Valley Local Municipality, Drakenstein Local
Municipality, Langeberg Local Municipality, Beaufort West Local Municipality, Laingsburg
Local Municipality, Prince Albert Local Municipality, Bitou Local Municipality, George Local
Municipality, Hessequa Local Municipality, Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overstrand Local
Municipality, Swellendam Local Municipality, Bergrivier Local Municipality, Cederberg Local
Municipality, and Matzikama Local Municipality.
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regulations, institutions, and actions pertaining to the allocation and regulation of
water use and management.
11.4 Methodological Approach
This study made use of questionnaires that were distributed to the selected key
informants/respondents between the period of June 2018 and April 2019. Purposive
sampling was used to identify and select questionnaire respondents. The questionnaire respondents comprised officials in charge of water management and disaster
management in the Western Cape Provincial Government, officials from the Community Development Services Departments or the Infrastructure, Planning and Development Department of Western Cape district municipalities and local municipalities;
and academics and/or researchers specializing in local government management
and/or public administration in Western Cape.
In selecting the district municipalities and local municipalities of focus, consideration was made that the Western Cape Province has thirty (30) municipalities
distributed as follows:
• One (1) Metropolitan Municipality (City of Cape Town)
• Five (5) district municipalities (namely, Cape Winelands District Municipality,
Central Karoo District Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, and West Coast District Municipality), and
• Twenty-four (24) local municipalities as shown on the map in Fig. 11.1.
From the n = 5 district municipalities, n = 15
1 were randomly selected to constitute the sample for the study, using the representative formulae of n = 3 local municipalities per each district municipality on the basis of ensuring geographical balance.
In addition, n = 5 respondents were selected to represent the five district municipalities of Cape Winelands District Municipality, Central Karoo District Municipality,
Garden Route District Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, and West Coast
District Municipality. As for academics and researchers, n = 1 academic was identified from each of the four universities in Western Cape, namely the University of
Western Cape, the University of Stellenbosch, the University of Cape Town, and Cape
Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) using a purposive sampling technique
whereby respondents specializing in local government management and/or public
administration were selected respond to the questionnaires. In addition, there were
n = 2 respondents from both the Western Cape Disaster Management Centre and
the National Disaster Management Centre. Out of the total n = 29 questionnaires
1 The 15 local municipalities selected were Breede Valley Local Municipality, Drakenstein Local
Municipality, Langeberg Local Municipality, Beaufort West Local Municipality, Laingsburg
Local Municipality, Prince Albert Local Municipality, Bitou Local Municipality, George Local
Municipality, Hessequa Local Municipality, Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overstrand Local
Municipality, Swellendam Local Municipality, Bergrivier Local Municipality, Cederberg Local
Municipality, and Matzikama Local Municipality.