This article explores the promotion of gender equity in the public service with specific reference to Limpopo Province. The public service's performance in the area of employment equity is essential for different reasons. First, the public service employs more than one million people, and it therefore constitutes a significant proportion of the formal labour market. It should act as a role model in promoting employment equity in the country. Second, the duties of the public service genera ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:58:27

This overview of strategic public human resource management (SPHRM) establishes that human resource management (HRM) is a major influence in the strategic management of police affairs. The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has frequently referred to the importance of strategic HRM and how the efficient application thereof can lead to effective public service delivery. Therefore, the concept of SPHRM holds considerable promise for improving service delivery in the South Af ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:54:48

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 stipulates that every person has the right of access to information held by government. To give effect to this right, legislation in the form of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 (2 of 2000) (POAIA) was promulgated. The mere existence of a legislative framework regulating aspects such as the nature of the right, administrative matters, legitimate limitations and enforcement mechanisms does not mean that the right of access t ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:51:23

Disasters worldwide are becoming ever-increasing problems with cost implications for individuals, institutions and governments. Timely and accurate information in the mitigation phase of disaster management can enable actions that reduce losses, speed up reaction and make rehabilitation more effective. Whistleblowing, when defined in a broad context so as not to limit it to the employees of institutions, but to include any member of the public, could function as such a mechanism. Examples of ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:47:53

The high prevalence of corruption, especially within African states, is based on the assumption that the continued prevalence of traditional moral values within African societies is a key enabler of corrupt behaviour. Whereas Western public administrations are marked by strict separation between the private interests and public responsibilities of officials, this is not the case in what have been termed 'neo-patrimonial' states within Africa. In these states the receipt of gifts and p ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:42:30

A clear understanding of the concept of TQM, as it is presented in literature, forms an essential part of the initial foundation on which to build a framework for its implementation. This article covers different rationalisations of the TQM concept as an internal institutional arrangement. It provides an overview of quality management as a discipline, based on a historical review of its development. The principles and definitions of TQM, provided in relevant literature, are discussed and on t ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:38:53

The South African public sector has gradually introduced a comprehensive performance management system since the publication of the Presidential Review Commission's Report to former President Nelson Mandela in 1998 as its micro management framework. This system is based on the application of two distinct, yet mutually dependent management techniques, viz. strategic planning and performance management. Strategic planning allows for an institution to set its strategic direction based on an ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:34:14

Various institutions of higher education, as well as editorial boards of scientific journals, advise prospective authors to avoid the first person. In this article we argue against the uncritical avoidance of the first person and try to analyse the reasons why such weak style is prescribed. We show that the avoidance of the first person is probably motivated by an outdated positivism, that the avoidance of the first person is not necessary for objectivity, and that the avoidance of the first ...

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2021-Jun-12 22:30:20