Perspectives on leadership and leadership styles have gone through a gradual metamorphosis with particular regard to definition and pattern. They have acutely shifted from profoundly classical paradigms to very liberal democratic, if not participative ones. Different situations or times propel specific forms of leadership and approaches. However, it is critical to note that different leaders, whether in the public or private or semi-government sector, rely on leadership styles that make their ...

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2021-Jun-20 09:16:18

The study was undertaken in the Kroonstad area, Free State Province where a large number of people live below the poverty line and the unemployment rate is high (65%), compared to 30% in the Province as a whole. The article explores factors that hinder the survival of small businesses in the Kroonstad area in order to describe guidelines for government support that may enable those small businesses to be successful. The objectives of the study were threefold: firstly, to describe factors that ...

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2021-Jun-20 09:11:51

The South African National Policy Framework for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality, as well as women emancipation by government, present the opportunity for women at large to make use of business and political advantages to their benefit. This is as a result of a mechanism to redress the socio-economic effects of past policies on women, which imposed oppression and exploitation on especially black women. This study focuses on the influence of mentorship networks as a policy programme ...

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2021-Jun-20 09:07:35

The authors acknowledge the legislative transformation of local government in Botswana and South Africa but warn that decentralisation requires more than tokenism. In essence, democratisation at local state level demands the genuine commitment and accountability of key stakeholders such as the state, organs of civil society and the general public, in decentralising and sustaining political-administrative powers. Decentralisation in the context of this article should be conceived as an instrum ...

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2021-Jun-20 09:04:44

The local government sphere with its growing scope of government functions and a structurally declining institutional capacity provides an opportunity for a considered inquest into the practice of intergovernmental relations (IGR) as an interactive and transactive process (see Local Government Report 2010). For the purposes of this article, interactive refers to the activities that have not yet been contracted between spheres of government and yet have an impact on how governments will react ...

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2021-Jun-20 09:01:56

One of the most important trademarks of any democracy such as South Africa is the availability of policies which regulate all processes. These policies are a culmination of concerted efforts and unequivocal ability of legislators and policy makers to develop policies which are adequate in ensuring equality and the application of any law in letter as well as in spirit. A lack of such adequacy leaves behind traces of doubt as to the ability of government machinery and the extent to which a huma ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:59:06

Migration as a practice is as old as the human race. It has increased in recent times as globalisation has made it possible for people to gain knowledge of opportunities existing in lands beyond their borders. South Africa has been a destination point for many nationalities from within the African continent as well as those from as far afield as China, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This is mainly due to the pull factors such as peace and political stability, coupled with economic prosperity that S ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:56:19

The Republic of South Africa is a sovereign democratic state founded on human dignity, non-racialism and a multi-party system of democratic government to ensure accountability, responsiveness and openness. Governance is executed through three spheres, namely, national, provincial and local. Because of its nearness to communities, the local sphere is, in the South African context, seen as the service delivery arm of government in ensuring the provision of services, for example, water, electric ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:48:33

Several cases of unethical behaviour by the Eastern Cape Department of Health have been reported over the past years. This paper indicates some of these acts of unethical behaviour displayed by the Eastern Cape Department of Health officials over several years. Maladministration, corruption and financial misconduct are the worst enemies of service delivery to have infested the department. Reasons for, consequences of and recommendations on how to curb the above are given in this paper. The ab ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:46:02

The challenge of meeting strategic outcomes with limited resources has forced governments to outsource certain functions and activities to third parties. With the introduction of the New Public Management to public administration world-wide, much emphasis was placed on privatisation. This drive towards privatisation has led to an increase in the outsourcing of activities and is sometimes integrated with the public private partnerships projects of government departments. Outsourcing of governm ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:43:44

This study evaluates the implementation of the performance management system in the Ba-Phalaborwa municipality. This is pertinent because municipalities today have become focal points for service delivery. The key contribution of this article is the implementation model it posits. The study was essentially qualitative in design and used a semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. The study discloses that the system is currently flawed because, among other things, there is minimal emp ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:41:14

This article examines the value that impact evaluations of transformation processes in public service units have to improve stakeholder relationships. An argument will be made on its value on easing unnecessary tension among stakeholders during transformation. This argument is based on the findings of two qualitative studies conducted in 2008 and 2011 with external stakeholders and members of the South African Police Service's Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit dur ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:36:56

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) has become part of the new management and accountability tools being used by the present South African government aimed at fast-tracking service delivery and ensuring hands-on performance by political leaders, government departments, ministries and extra-ministerial public office bearers. The introduction of the M&E system is essential for continuous appraisal of levels of performance of government projects and programmes and its coordinating institutio ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:32:49

Public input and involvement in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has become a critical aspect of urban management. Public participation ensures that the potential environmental impacts of projects are communicated to the public and, where possible, public input may assist in mitigating these potential impacts. Public participation therefore plays a critical role in the EIA process in South Africa. This article evaluates the differing opinions of Interested and Affected Partie ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:30:19

The South African National Strategic Plan of 2000-2005 and the current version of 2007-2011 on HIV and AIDS, gave effect to the establishment of AIDS councils within municipalities. Despite the existence of AIDS councils in the municipalities, there is a lack of public participation related to HIV and AIDS matters. The purpose of this article is to establish whether the policies of HIV and AIDS councils in South Africa promote public participation and partnerships at the local government leve ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:27:32

The view that public participation is a crucial component of efforts to enable the world's poor to exert greater influence over the decisions and institutions that affect their lives is well established in the literature. Local government in South Africa requires municipal councils such as that of the City of Cape Town to develop a culture of participatory governance. Such participation is needed not only to ensure efficiency and sustainability, but also to accelerate broader provision of ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:25:01

The article is based on discourse analysis which uses data from development literature. The notion of a developmental state is conceptualised and analysed through the human development framework as advocated by the United Nations Human Development Report (1990) (UNDP 1990)). The authors posit that by embracing the human development perspective, South Africa could adopt governance that is anchored in both social and economic development. This paper will conclude by examining whether the democr ...

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2021-Jun-20 08:21:29