The democratic government's commitment to a people centred and people driven model of development has meant that the new policies had to be (re)designed and crafted to reflect a non-racial and non-sexist society underpinned by democratic ideals and principles such as equality, social justice, transparency, accountability and good governance. Programmes at national, provincial and local sphers were spearheaded by the new government in order to balance reconstruction and development. The imperative of envisioning was based on redressing the legacy of separate development hence the reinforcement of dynamics between basic needs provision, economic growth, rigorous civil society participation and initiative and democratised state servicing the needs of all citizens (UNDP Report, 2000). Community Development Workers Programme (CDWP) was introduced as a national mandate to fast track service delivery and development in various local mun