Makana, eish-too-oh!
By: Thozi Ngeju, Community Coordinator Lot’s of rain lately, but the Makana situation is still Eish 2-O. That is, water, water, everywhere – except where we need it most, the taps. However, we live...
Category: Makana Municipality
Needs Assessment: understanding different perspectives
Last week (18 – 24 July), MobiSAM conducted two workshops as a preliminary step to confirm the existing technology developed for the application with the hopes of eliciting any additional feedback to inform and...
Perspectives on baseline data collection in Makana Municipality
8:30am – the diesel engine gives two lazy turns before starting up with a heavy whirr. It’s a chilly Monday in Grahamstown. My research partner, Thozi Ngeju and I are on our way to...
Forget me not…Government Responsiveness in Civic Technology
By Prof Caroline Khene When implementing civic technology, it has often been the case that citizens are the main focus when measuring the success and relevance of these initiatives. However, like any citizen engagement...