This book emanates from a scholarly research which was carried out to evaluate a socio-economic programme (i.e. Comprehensive Rural Development Programme) in order to ensure enhanced service delivery in disadvantaged rural communities of South Africa. This collection of literature and empirical data from the Greater Giyani Municipality (South Africa) as part of the presidential programme explores major challenges confronting the municipality. Certain concerns resonates through the book: Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Policy, Rural Development, Poverty and Land Reform in South Africa.