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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en_ZA">This research study is about the role of performance, monitoring and evaluation on municipal service delivery in the Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo Province. The performance, monitoring and evaluation (PM&amp;amp;E) is used by the Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) to track service delivery progress by local government. The notion of PM&amp;amp;E was introduced by Cabinet in 2011. The introduction of government-wide monitoring and evaluation (GWM&amp;amp;E) as a policy framework has contributed towards the improvement of PM&amp;amp;E on municipal service delivery. The study used mixed research methods, where qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. A pragmatic research paradigm was used as a philosophical partner for the mixed research methods. The study employed a narrative exploratory research design and a descriptive research design. Purposive sampling method was used as a sub-type of non-probability to select the participants of the study and interviews and questionnaires were utilised to collect data. Data collected through the questionnaires was analysed through International Business Machinery (IBM): Statistical product and service solutions (SPSS) latest version; the results were presented in the form of tables, with frequencies and percentage, followed by a synthesis of information. The researcher also applied a thematic-narrative data analysis approach, which focuses on a variety of procedures for interpreting research data. Outlined also were the research ethical guidelines that informed this study.&#xd;
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