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School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA): Recent submissions
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(Springer, 2021-09-21)Rising rates of urbanisation in Africa, without attendant improvements in critical infrastructure, have occasioned gaps in the provision of basic services in cities across the continent. Different systems and scales of ...
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(Wiley, 2021-03)A computable general equilibrium model linked to a microsimulation model is applied to assess the potential short-term effects on the South African economy of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With a particular focus on ...
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(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2021-12)The South African government's goal to achieve an effective and efficient public service that is development-orientated has led it towards a greater focus on innovation. In this context, public servants have been ...
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(International Institute for Private, Commercial and Competition Law, 2021-12)The unprecedented economic, political, social and technological challenges around the world is forcing governments to think differently and adopt new approaches and reforms to enhance the performance of the public service. ...
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(University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2021-12)The concept of social security is not a new phenomenon in Africa. Before the introduction of formal social security systems, local communities had their unique traditional ways of protecting their members ...
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(MDPI, 2021-10-28)When considering sustainability from a socioeconomic and environmental point, the South African public transport industry was not an integral part of such planning until the last decade. Various well-intended and well-defined ...
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(Virtus Interpress, 2021)South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) form a critical cog in the state machinery. The significance of sound corporate governance has become more pronounced as citizens demand more accountability and value in the use ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-11-30)BACKGROUND : Municipalities have a moral and legal obligation to involve communities in determining, prioritising and realising socio-economic development needs. To achieve this aim, municipalities should use integrated ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-05)BACKGROUND : With technology now being embedded in almost every business, it can be argued that the advancement in technologies has brought the world at the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This article, ...
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(Routledge, 2023)This article provides insights into the economic impact of government actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in selected Sub-Saharan Africa countries, purposively selected. A fixed-effect modelling approach was ...
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(Emerald, 2022-04)PURPOSE : The purpose of this study is to estimate the determinants of household food insecurity in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa. This is motivated by the fact that food insecurity remains a key challenge at the ...
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(Routledge, 2021)Economic reforms affect men and women differently. In South Africa, gender and racial disparities still exist in the labour market, with women being highly vulnerable. The South African economy is in a depressed situation, ...
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(Routledge, 2021)Addressing the high levels of poverty and inequality in South Africa remains a central policy concern. In this regard, this paper uses a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) microsimulation approach to revisit the effects ...
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(Indiana University Press, 2021)Tshepo, a young South African, has faced huge life challenges in the last four years as he has struggled to focus on his studies amid numerous student protests against the hiking of university fees. Despite these challenges, ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-09)To institutionalise performance management and accountability in municipalities, the South African government has managed to develop regulations and strategies to guide the development of the municipalities’ performance ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-09)In low-income countries Research and Development funding is limited and has to be invested with a view of optimum return, both economic return but also “softer” benefits such as human resource development. The assessment of ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-12)The purpose of this article is to analyse South Africa’s progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since the adoption of the goals in 2015 and to propose a way forward. The article is based on a desktop ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-12)Investment in Research and Development (R&D) is scrutinised where funding is limited such as in developing counties. There is therefore an increased emphasis on benefit and impact assessment tools and systems for such R&D ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-03)The article explores the nature and extent of public and stakeholder participation in the municipal demarcation processes undertaken by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) towards establishing Collins Chabane Local ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2021-06)The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 enshrines the right of all citizens to an environment that is not detrimental to their health and well-being. Furthermore, the Constitution places an obligation on ...
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