Van Heerden, HennieGlobal Virtual Conference, (3rd : 2015 : Thomson, Slovakia)2015-11-132015-11-132015-04Van Heerden, H, Burger, M, Coetsee, MPA, Mahlangu, NB & Naude, K 2015, 'The current infrastructure conditions and the problems relating to it : focusing on Rietkol, Delmas, Mpumalanga, South Africa', Global Virtual Conference, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 172-181.978-80-554-0866-81339-9373 (online)1339-2778 (CD)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50446Paper presented at the 3rd Global Virtual Conference 2015 (GV-CONF 2015), THOMSON, Slovakia, April 6-10, 2015. Remove selectedThe government must involve the community within the infrastructure development in order to create, operate and maintain it. This is “participatory democracy”, “participatory development” and “people centred development”. It will implement the empowerment of the rural community through inspiration of community, public participation and a democratic culture. Through research, debate and data analysis the researchers concluded that the most important type of infrastructure is water supply. Additionally, sanitation, electricity and telecommunication follow on its heels, for development of infrastructure for this particular community.enEDIS - Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina.Infrastructure developmentCommunity upliftmentRural settlementParticipatory democracyParticipatory developmentPeople centred developmentPresentation