This Special Issue of the Journal of Public Administration addresses a very important question, which, as Thabo Mbeki in his keynote address at the Knowledge Management Conference in Stellenbosch on 16 January 2012 explained, has always been a "fundamental issue immanent in all philosophical discourse, from ancient times, to date â?? what is knowledge?" This question is asked at the appropriate time in the evolution of the modern world. It is particularly important in contending with the challenges of the knowledge economy as it requires that, as Robinson Ramaite once put it, each of us should become a "knowledge worker and a learning champion in this knowledge economy". The articles contained in this Issue are a revised version of papers presented at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature's Knowledge Management Summit, which took place on 29 September 2011. Their focus is on the management of knowledge rath