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Table 8.2: The different types of partnerships used in South Africa<br />

Interface Synergies /shared interest Contestations / tensions Examples<br />

Bring together a range of disparate<br />

activities within or between institutions<br />

Build a more efficient, knowledgeable<br />

and effective public service<br />

Develop marginalised areas and communities<br />

Bring together different government, private<br />

sector and civil society role-players<br />

Provide integrated sector approach to<br />

development<br />

Promote economic and social development<br />

Public-private Economic growth and development /<br />

large-scale infrastructure provision<br />

MSP: Civil society–<br />

public<br />

MSP: Knowledge<br />

Institutions–public<br />

/ civil society<br />

MSP: Knowledge<br />

institutions–<br />

private sector<br />

Private sector–<br />

civil society<br />

Poverty alleviation<br />

Local economic development<br />

Provision of social goods<br />

Improving the quality of environment<br />

Job creation<br />

Knowledge sharing<br />

Problem solving<br />

Innovation<br />

Defining alternative development<br />

interventions to growth paradigm<br />

Economic growth<br />

Revenue generation<br />

Innovation<br />

New patents<br />

Education<br />

Job creation<br />

Accessing new markets<br />

Social responsibility<br />

Access to financial resources<br />

Transversal partnerships<br />

Complexity<br />

Objectivity = paramount<br />

Multiple possibilities for complex problem-solving<br />

Fear of compromise<br />

Intergovernmental partnerships<br />

Trust<br />

Defence of mandates<br />

Duplication of mandates<br />

Partnership management<br />

Cross-boundary partnerships<br />

Trust<br />

Differing priorities<br />

Scale<br />

Project management<br />

Programme monitoring, management<br />

and coordination<br />

Cross-sector partnerships<br />

Private interest (profit) versus public good<br />

Trust<br />

Maintaining accountability<br />

Allocation of limited resources<br />

Maintaining trust<br />

Managing expectations<br />

Keeping partnerships relevant and productive<br />

Keeping focuses<br />

Access to Information<br />

Defining and maintaining roles between<br />

stakeholders<br />

Trust<br />

Differing priorities<br />

Differing institutional structures<br />

Interactions insulated from other<br />

role-players<br />

Trust<br />

Trust<br />

Capacity of civil society organisations<br />

Differing business capabilities<br />

Managing expectations<br />

Southern Cape<br />

Partnership<br />

Area-based: CIDs<br />

Sector-based:<br />

Infrastructure Dialogues;<br />

Dube Trade Port<br />

Warwick Triangle<br />

MILE<br />

UCT Knowledge<br />

Cooperative<br />

MTN/GTZ – E-waste<br />

Project<br />

8<br />

Source: Based on Cloete (2015)<br />

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