The end of the twentieth century witnessed significant changes in governmental administration with increasing reliance inter alia on the application of market mechanisms, and the carrying out of privatization and deregulation initiatives. The significance of these changes was accelerated by the social transformations which took place during this time. Countries moved from undemocratic to participative/democratic states and from planned to free market economies. South Africa is no exception. There is a growing recognition that fundamentally different kinds of governance - being described as the exercise of control over society and the management of its resources for social and economic development - for public management and the delivery of local public services are required. The new challenges of governance therefore seem increasingly complex. Good governance is not only reflected in terms of value driven perspectives which manifest