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Journal of Public Administration (JOPA)

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ISSN : 2
Leadership and good governance in the public service : lessons from African philosophy

Author: Manamela D.J. Matshabaphala

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand

Source: Journal of Public Administration, 2023-04-10 19:10:16

Accreditation: Department of Higher Education and Training(DHET)



Abstract: Leadership and good governance in the public service : lessons from African philosophy

This article seeks to make a contribution to the project of narrative development in the universe of Public Administration. As it were, this article is in agreement with the understanding that metaphysics, which is a branch of philosophy that studies reality, that is both physical and social reality, does in several ways have an influence on the narrative construction in social and political philosophy. This suggests that studies in natural reality, in more ways than one, informed the content of studies on social reality, as in social and political philosophies. Every society in the world has its own worldview of both the physical and social realities that issue from their cultures. Western philosophies, as well, come across as products of western cultural systems with major influences on social and political systems. African philosophies, too, are found to be products of African cultural systems, political philosophies and legacies.