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The Department of Cooperative Governance has ultimately promulgated a White Paper on fire services in&#xd;
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intricacies entrenched. This explicit dimension of the chosen study methodology serves to reconnoitre the variables&#xd;
prudently. The review and analysis of policies have the power to analyse the realities and the misnomer&#xd;
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derive meaning on all the aspects. It is the contention of this paper to attribute meaning to policy improvement&#xd;
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