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Exploring the effects of public sector outsourcing on support service workers: the cases of two outsourced companies in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)Evidence found in the literature suggests that New Public Management is among the most important approaches to effect reform in the public sector by promoting reliance on the private sector for the delivery of services. ... -
Perspectives on good governance and transformational leadership: exploring financial viability in Okhahlamba Local Municipality.
(2019)The South African public sector experiences a multitude of challenges, particularly due to maladministration, corruption, and unethical and amoral leadership practices. This leads to the haemorrhaging of public finances ... -
Exploring the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system in local government: a case study of eThekwini Municipality.
(2019)Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) can play an important role in addressing issues of non-performance in Local Government and assist municipalities to strengthen good governance by ensuring effective accountability and ... -
Stakeholder engagement of Swiss local economic development programme at ILembe District in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
(2019)Evidence established in the body of knowledge suggests that New Public Governance (NPG) is considered the most significant tool to effectively reform governance and to ensure effective stakeholder engagement by promoting ... -
Examining the disaster mitigation efforts in eThekwini Municipality: the case of Umlazi Township in South Africa.
(2019)Disaster mitigation in South Africa is characterised by poor implementation of policies, thus there are few interventions that prevent the disaster impact or the reoccurrence of damages. Previous studies (Van Niekerk, 2014; ... -
Enhancing management structure at the TVET colleges: a case study of uMgungundlovu TVET College.
(2019)Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges in South Africa are struggling with the implementation of an effective management, efficient performance and becoming institutions of first choice. The management ... -
Perceptions of educators towards teenage pregnancy in selected schools in uMkhanyakude District: implications for action.
(2019)Teenage pregnancy is a cause for concern for educators in all South African schools. The Education Management Information System (EMIS) reported 51 pregnancies out of 1000 female learners between the 2004 and 2008 school ... -
Advancing rural infrastructure for quality education: perspectives of Umzumbe Local Municipality.
(2020)Background: In South Africa, efficient, effective and responsive delivery of basic services has always been one of the yardsticks of good governance and development. As such, government is mandated by the Constitution of ... -
Social deprivation and government employment of the non-profit sector: a two-phased interrogation of the welfare policy-practice phenomenon in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)Social services delivery in South Africa is substantially achieved through the contracting by provincial governments of select civil society organisations, required to be registered as non-profit organisations. The ... -
Skilled labour in the footwear industry of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)This dissertation was compiled to place into context and to address the problem of skills shortages in the footwear industry of KwaZulu-Natal. It is often said that the voice that shouts the loudest, and the one that has ... -
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation practice into intergrated development plans in South Africa : a case of City of Cape Town, West Coast district and Swartland municipalities.
(2018)“Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Integrated Development Plans” attempts to highlight the grounds for the current policy-implementation gap in as far as the mainstreaming of Climate Change adaptation practice ... -
The Role of recordings management in fostering good governance: the case of the KwaZulu-Natal Regional Land Claims Commission.
(2018)Land is a contested issue in South Africa. The post-1994 democratic government has brought forth various laws, policies, programmes and projects to deal with dispossession of land that occurred during colonisation and ... -
The role of intergovernmental relations in local governmental: a case of local economic development in Amajuba District Municipality.
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Local economic development planning in local government : evidence from Vulamehlo local municipality.
(2018)Background: Against the escalating levels of poverty and unemployment affecting the majority of the developing nations, including South Africa, in 2003, World Bank raised the question of what it would take to end poverty ... -
An analysis of transformation initiatives to promote development: a case study of uMhlathuze Local Municipality.
(2018)With the advent of democracy in 1994, the South African government made a commitment to deliver services to all citizens irrespective of race. To achieve this objective, service delivery was decentralized to local government. ... -
Employee wellness : a strategy for enhancing performance in the KwaZulu-Natal Administration.
(2018)Employee Health and Wellness Programmes were introduced in the workplace as employer-initiated programmes to assist employees whose performance has been impaired. The aim of this was to identify and provide recommendations ... -
Public participation and collaborative governance in Zimbabwean flea markets: a case study of the City of Harare.
(2019)Public participation can play an important role in addressing developmental, governance and administrative challenges being faced by local authorities. Studies have shown that a highly participatory and engaged public ... -
The influence of job design on job satisfaction of human resources practitioners at Eskom in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Job satisfaction can be influenced by a variety of factors such as physical environment, personal disposition, social environment, remuneration and benefits, co-workers, leadership, supervisors, work conditions, and job ... -
An evaluation of the implementation of the performance management and development system : a case study of the Department of Home Affairs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)In government, mere traditional administration focuses on executing government tasks. However, the question of efficient and effective performance management has not been addressed, in spite of it assuming more importance ... -
Assessing of community involvement in strengthening road safety strategies within Umhlathuze Municipality.
(2018)Road accidents are one of the primary causes of increased deaths in South Africa, more so for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, including the uMhlathuze Municipality area. Research shows that South Africa and Nigeria account ...
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