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Title:Challenges to progressive service organizations: Planact of South Africa
Author:Beauregard, Robert A.ISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:The Community Development Journal: An International Journal for Community Workers
Volume:30
Issue:4
Pages:364-371
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:NGO
action groups
External link:http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1304156502
Abstract:Technical service organizations that work with poor and disempowered communities face formidable challenges. Funding is an ongoing concern, relationships with clients pose numerous political as well as technical difficulties, staff retention is problematic, and issues of identity and internal governance are always open to debate. This paper explores the challenges faced by Planact, an organization located in Johannesburg (South Africa) which originated in 1985, as it experiences the transition from revolutionary struggle to electoral success. Planact was established to provide technical assistance to black civic associations and trade unions resisting the apartheid regime. Over the years, Planact has accommodated to a changing environment. It moved away from the total internal democracy that it had initially embraced and adapted to the forces of change by becoming more like a private sector firm. Moreover, Planact faced increasing demands from its clients to be more accountable, particularly as regards empowerment. Still, it has not sacrificed its political fervor and ideological integrity. Ref., sum.
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