THE PUSH FACTORS IN THE PATTERNS OF RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SERVICE DELIVERY” CASE OF ETHEKWINI”
Many big townships in South Africa were designed and established when apartheid was at its peak. The challenge the democratic government faces, specifically the developmental local sphere of government, is its inadequacy in providing effective and efficient services due to the continual increase in local inhabitant numbers caused by an increased rate of rural to urban migration. Urban planning concerns the manner in which cities and towns have been designed and municipal services delivered to the communities dwelling within these designed urban spaces. Rural to urban migration is the movement of people from rural to urban areas, mainly in search of better opportunities to improve their socio-economic conditions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Push factors and rural to urban migration patterns, with reference to the Umlazi silver city the study was quantitative approach and used 5 Likert scale questionnaires which were distributed in the selected areas of eThekwini city. A total of 350 chosen from silver city. Whereas, qualitative aspects of the study were secondary data through extensive literature review, the study has found that indeed rural to urban migration has a negative impact on service delivery the study argue that service delivery, rural to urban migration, public participation need to be part of the government agenda holistically to improve service delivery and capacity of local authorities. This study recommends proactive urban planning and community involvement through public participation channels. The generalization of the findings of this study should be done with care.
Service Delivery; Rural to Urban Immigration; Government; Municipalities.