WD-SA Resources

This page summarises all WD-SA resources that appear elsewhere on its webpage and provides links to other organisations in the sector.

WD-SA Synthesis Report
Research Reports
Process Reports
Working Group Minutes
Other Resources



WD-SA Synthesis Report

Straight talk to Strengthen Delivery in the Water Services Sector

Synthesis Report

• Overview and highlights
• Introduction
• Research findings and conclusions

Case study summaries more >

• Ilembe Case Study Summary
• Cape Town Case Study Summary
• Chris Hani Case Study Summary
• Johannesburg Case Study Summary
• Maluti-a-Phofung Case Study Summary
• uThukela Case Study Summary
• Bushbuckridge Case Study Summary
• Ugu Case Study Summary
  

For full Case Study reports visit our Research page

Other

• Case Study Endnotes
• Appendices
• Report Front Cover
• Report Back Cover

Research Reports

Bushbuckridge

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Editor: Anne Mayher and Erin Raab Community Researchers: Anne Mayher and Tsitsi Mukamba Municipal Researcher: Abraham Vermeulen Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Editor: Karen Goldberg Community Researchers: Senza Kula, Mpumelelo Mhlalisi, Nombuyiselo Ngali and Zikhona Ngesi Municipal Researcher: Karen Goldberg Full Report Appendices A -E to the full report Appendix F to the full report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

iLembe

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Editor: Glen Robbins Community Researchers: Sbu Khanyile and Makhosi Wiese Municipal Researchers: Glen Robbins and Nick Swan Financial Researcher: Werner Zybrands Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Click here to watch participatory video on this case Editor: Erin Raab Community Researchers: Duduzile Khumalo and Nondumiso Mqadi Municipal Researchers: Wiseman Luthuli and Alana Potter Financial Researcher: Werner Zybrands Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

uThukela

		No DVD available Researcher and Editor: Glen Robbins Research Assistants: Ariel Bright, Cyriaque Hakizimana, Welcome Mwelase and Tasmi Quasi Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Editors: Carina van Rooyen,Thea De Wet,Ingrid Marais and Marcel Korth Community Researchers: Morgan Thaba, Sikile Mchunu and Marcel Korth Municipal Researchers: Carina van Rooyen Full Report Case Study Summary

		Click here to watch DVD on this case Editor: Lesley Steele Community Researchers: Febbie Masango, Mncedisi Soxujwa and Buntu Dumizweni Municipal Researchers: Lesley Steele,Tanya Jacobs and Febbie Masango Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

		No DVD available Editor: Anne Mayher and Glen Robbins Community Researchers: Brand Nthako and Sibusiso Khanyile Municipal Researcher: Anne Mayher Financial Researcher: Cobus Oosthuizen Full Report Case Study Summary PowerPoint Presentation

Process Reports

• WD-SA Process Report
• Local Dialogues Analysis Report

Working Group Minutes

1. Deciding how to work together and what to examine
During this period, the Working Group drafted reframing questions, agreed on a problem statement, and formulated a Code of Conduct to which members subscribed.

• 10 March 2005
• 9 June 2005
• 4 August 2005
• 5 October 2005

2. Obtaining project funding and hiring a Coordinator
During this period, the Working Group specified its objectives, planned its activities, and prepared a funding proposal. Once it obtained funding from IrishAid, it worked together to identify and hire a Coordinator accepted by all members.

• 18 January 2006
• 15 March 2006
• 12 April 2006
• 9 June 2006
• 26 July 2006

3. Formulating a research design and consulting with the wider Forum
During this period, the new Coordinator worked with the Working Group on a design for WD-SA research. The Working Group then consulted on the proposed research design with a wider group of stakeholders through the first WD-SA Forum.

• 29 September 2006
• 24 November 2006
• 23 February 2007
• 3 April 2007
• 16 May 2007

4. Engaging in dialogue on pilot case studies and on the overall context of water and sanitation
During this period, the WG held its first dialogue on preliminary research findings from pilot case studies.

• 27-29 August 2007
• 16 November 2007
• 9-11 March 2008

5. Engaging in dialogue on phase two cases and cross-cutting issues

During this period, the WG held dialogues on phase two case studies, identified cross cutting issues from all cases, and debated overall project findings. Overall findings appear in the WD-SA synthesis report. 

• 17-18 June 2008
• 15-17 September 2008
• 10-12 March 2009
• 28-29 July 09 (minutes not publicly available)
  

Other Resources

WD-SA Brochure:
WD-SA developed a brochure to communicate the background, vision and goals of the project. An additional version of the brochure was created to distribute when inviting communities to participate in the research; the community brochure is available in English and the mother-tongue languages of the communities.

WD-SA Brochure (English, full)

WD-SA Community Brochure: English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho

WD-SA Posters

• Confrontative Dialogue
• Engaging with Policy Formation
• Stakeholders and the Water Sector
• WD Organogram
• Levels of Analysis
• Research-Dialogue-Advocacy

WD-SA Newsletter
The WD-SA newsletter is used to communicate progress and current happenings to national and international stakeholders.

• October 2007
• July 2008

Articles

• 2004 - Abrahamsson, Hans - "The Role of Dialogue in Confronting Power"
• 2007 - Galvin, Mary - "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" - version published in
  Mvula Trust Diary 2008