---

This study seeks to investigate the complexities and challenges posed by the adoption of the Public- Private Partnership (PPP) as a mechanism for delivering services in a South African local government context. The rationale of using PPP is to be effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent. The study highlights the post-apartheid government´s efforts to transform water services delivery through introducing a various policies and legislation in order to provide water services to communities that previously were denied access to reliable and potable water supplies.

---

Dominic M. Mukuka, Msoc: Policy and Development at KwaZulu-Natal University, Director and lecturer at Evangelical Theological House of Studies (ETHOS), Pietermaritzburg. Part-time lecturer at Evangelical Seminary of Southern Africa (ESSA)

---