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Journal of Public Administration (JOPA)

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ISSN : 2
The etymological context of governance in South African Public Administration : a missing link in reconceptualising the concept for contemporary reality

Author: N.W. Nkuna

Affiliation: University of Limpopo

Source: Journal of Public Administration, 2022-06-03 08:55:43

Accreditation: Department of Higher Education and Training(DHET)



Abstract: The etymological context of governance in South African Public Administration : a missing link in reconceptualising the concept for contemporary reality

The concept of governance has been introduced in the discourse of Public Administration by when the focus of public administration practice was to ensure developmentally-oriented objectives for governments. Society as the custodian of government of the day needs to take charge of how the societal affairs are run to the benefit of its welfare. Interactions that take place within the realm of public administration had to be informed by the polity within a given state through the will of the people in the form of a society. South Africa has managed to form that foundation through the adoption of the 1996 Constitution of the Republic. The democratic foundation of the dispensation after the adoption of the 1996 Constitution is premised on the suffrage of South African people. The people continually contribute in the processes of how the government of the day go about pursuing policies that will realise their developmental oriented objecti