People's participation became more pronounced in humanist approach since 1970s. The approach allows grassroots people to become active partners and participants in the development process. In South Africa this approach has become null and void because of people who come outside our country to start their businesses and don't participate in the development since they fail to comply in terms of paying tax,and their businesses do not employ South African citizens.

Participation comes in form of structural changes and access to resources as an empowerment strategy. For people to be able to participate effectively,they need resources the government of South Africa should start empowering it's people with resources like buying them fresh produce(fruits & veggies) for them to sell and make profit, and such businesses should be registered and be formalised for tax purposes. In South Africa the government has started the initiative of giving unemployed people grants of R350,in my opinion this is not helping in any way,instead it encourages the culture of poverty which makes it difficult for societies to engage in meaningful development,because such people become dependant on government for money.

These grants sometimes don't help in any way as some of the beneficiaries are addicts to drugs and gambling,so the grants serve as enablers and therefore hinders participatory development.