Abstract
M.Sc.
The goal of the study is to investigate the role that the Local Government of the City
of Johannesburg must play in the environmentally degraded Bosmont/Claremont
catchment.
The problem in the past was that different divisions within the Council had different
responsibilities and acted in isolation from each other with regard to catchment
management. Strategies were developed in this study that can be adopted by the City
Council of Johannesburg and be implemented in all the catchments within its
jurisdiction by all parties concerned. If these strategies prove to be successful, other
local governments can also adopt it and implement them in the management of their
catchments. It is thus the challenge of these strategies to provide direction for
catchment management in the City Council of Johannesburg.