In its preface the book, Managing human capital in the public sector, makes a bold suggestion for a paradigm shift in human resource management study and practice. Central to this shift is the suggestion of additional value added to human resources management as capital to be "appreciated, protected and preserved" (p. v). The idea of human resources or personnel as "capital" is not new. Adam Smith viewed the notion of human capital as lending to the skills, talents and exp ...

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2021-Jun-22 11:00:10

The data on recidivism can be really misleading due to the fact that the direct measurement on recidivism may preclude some of the offenders who ought to form part of the data due to the type of measurement that the system is utilising. The statistics on recidivism might be inconsistent but recent data portray that education has a serious impact on recidivism. According to Bednarowski (2010), the governments should invest a great deal in the educational programmes for the inmates as educating ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:57:12

The main objective of this discourse is to reflect on how the apartheid police legacy and negative police sub-culture influenced the present police system in South Africa. This study was carried out within the South African Police Service structures in the Western Cape, Free State and Northern Cape provinces of Republic of South Africa. This study relied mainly on secondary data sources and oral interviews conducted among a purposively selected sample of 27 officers identified from ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:54:02

This article explores a philosophical and theoretical basis of the discipline of Public Administration and Management and that of Tourism Development with reference to tourism in the Transkei Wild Coast. Linking the two disciplines is the tourism industry, which is still in its infancy. The government, through municipalities in this area, should take a leading role by injecting funds for the development and growth of this industry. The tourism literature articulates that there are fewer touri ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:50:42

The article is based on the study the authors conducted and completed. A survey was conducted to determine the role of planning in creating sustainable environments through community participation in Naledi Local Municipality. Community participation is a critical issue in South Africa. In general, it is seen as an open, accountable process where individuals and groups within selected communities can exchange views and influence decision making. It is seen as a cornerstone of democracy and is ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:47:32

Public participation in local government is important for the delivery of services. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and a plethora of other pieces of legislation encourage, some even prescribe, the participation of communities in the affairs of the municipality. In this article public participation is considered, starting with a review of perspectives that underscore its significance in the delivery of services. The question that it seeks to answer is whether the servic ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:44:23

The Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) is the largest infrastructure grant allocated to municipalities by National Treasury. The purpose of the MIG is to provide basic infrastructure-related services to poor communities in South Africa. Unfortunately, projects funded under the MIG have been characterised by cost overruns. OR Tambo District Municipality is no exception to this enigma. With the prevalence of cost overruns on most MIG funded projects it has become difficult for municipalities ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:40:59

Job creation in a dualistic South African economy remains a formidable challenge to the government. Due to the high unemployment rate, the informal economy is growing in size and importance. This article examines Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) as a strategy for job creation in the informal economy within the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). Empirical data was collected by means of in-depth face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions and documentary review. It was established tha ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:37:10

Statistics South Africa indicates that in the third quarter of 2015 the rate of unemployment in South Africa increased to 26%. Joblessness has always been a post-1994 conundrum, exacerbated by the unstable global economy. Because of this, various economic means are pursued to sustain livelihoods. Among these is informal street vending - tinkering at the periphery of the mainstream economy. This article examines this economic activity, which in 1991, was deregulated. The contextual setting of ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:33:23

Mankind has evolved and learned to produce food as the basic necessity for survival. It is argued that the food that is produced by the world is sufficient to feed its people. However, some people have food in abundance while others have less than the required amount to feed themselves. This scenario demonstrates a lack of equitable food production and distribution. The world's food insecure people who have less than the required amount of food per day are found largely in the developing ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:30:01

Public administration has recently become a greatly discussed topic as different organisations across the world try to introduce proper governance and greater accountability into their administrative structures. Besides the need to understand the concept of organisation and structure, which remains essential for the successful implementation of the objectives of public administration, public officials also need to understand the role of ethics in their actions and decisions. A literature revi ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:26:48

The use of consultants in the South African Public Sector leaves a lot to be desired. In 1996 and 2002 the Auditor General conducted performance audits on the use of consultants by government. The main findings of these audits related to acquisition and appointment processes; the monitoring and control of consultants; the departments' responsibility to create an environment conducive for consultants to work effectively; and the implementation of deliverables. The findings by the Auditor G ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:23:35

Gender mainstreaming is considered to be an essential part of good governance and is critical for all management levels to integrate into all aspects of their work including policies, activities and programmes. The National Policy Framework for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality, 2000, and the Strategic Framework for Gender Equality within the Public Service, 2006, ensure that the process of gender mainstreaming is at the centre of the transformation processes within all the structur ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:20:27

The improvement of public service leadership capabilities remains a complex and illusive challenge for governments and institutions across the world. There are divergent perspectives and approaches on the capacity interventions that are most relevant in context and time. A considered explanation is that initiatives unfold outside of a comprehensive conceptual framework of what is needed for the optimal development of leadership capable individuals, teams and institutions. In addressing this g ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:16:50

South Africa negotiated a peaceful process of regime change from apartheid to a non-racial, non-sexist democracy. It has become a beacon to the world and Africa, attesting to the viability of negotiated settlements for complex socio-political conflicts. Despite the triumph of this political process, South Africa's transition to democracy has stumbled in important ways, slowing the development agenda. High-quality public service training and development is one important element of the nece ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:13:27

The changes in scholarship of Public Administration in South Africa have not sufficiently responded to the profession and scholarship needs of the African Continent. Part of this glaring failure was also ignorantly carried through a change in the name of its professional association from the South African Institute of Public Administration (SAIPA) to the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) in 1999. The thrust of this paper is on two key issues using a de ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:09:39

Liberatory science is often conflated with postmodern epistemology. These concepts are not the same. Their difference lies largely in the fact that, although postmodern epistemology salvages the knowledge enterprise from the absurdity of modernism, it does not do so to the extent of achieving cognitive justice or liberatory science. Liberatory science is intended to attend to this omission. For, it is "publicly answerable and of some service to progressive interests" (Ros ...

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2021-Jun-22 10:05:07

African states and governments appear to have imbibed a culture of mimicking what is in vogue in other climes, irrespective of whether it is in their interest or not. This has prompted what Fela Anikpolakpo Kuti (1976), a popular Afro-beat musician, refers to as "follow - follow" or "zombie" mentality, that is, a sheeplike and unguarded imitation of whatever other people do. The fad from the late 1950s through the 1960s to early 1970s was freedom and decoloniality. These w ...

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2021-Jun-22 09:59:56

In South Africa, the 1989-1994 negotiated settlement between anti-apartheid forces and the apartheid regime did not see the defeat of apartheid. In this context, continuities of the apartheid past undercut and truncate African intellectual expression, leading to questions being asked about the comprehensive transformation of the university in South Africa. I concertedly point out that South Africa requires changes and innovations in the humanities that will enable its people to address develo ...

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2021-Jun-22 09:21:26

Looking the same and expecting to be looked at differently is insanity. This is a reincarnation of Albert Einstein's conceptualisation of insanity: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Those with vigilant eyes can immediately tell why this editorial starts on this note. The Journal does not look the same. Its old greenish-yellowish mix on the dust cover, with a bluish imprint, glamorous to an extent, is gone. We deliberately decided to shed ...

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2021-Jun-22 09:17:15