An examination of the finances of the Cape Midlands Administration Board, 1973-79
- Authors: Humphries, Richard G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Cape Midlands Administration Board Cities and towns -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Finance, Public -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2161 , vital:20261 , ISBN 0868100935
- Description: While the Bantu Affairs Administration Board Act was passed by Parliament in 1971, it was not until July 1973 that responsibility for the execution of state policy towards blacks resident in urban areas was removed from the Eastern Cape municipalities and vested in the newly created Cape Midlands Administration Board. The Board's boundaries were announced in December 1972 after the recommendations of the Bantu Affairs Administration Boards Implementation Advisory Committee and were to consist of the magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Kirkwood, Somerset East, Cradock, Bedford, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Albany, Bathurst, and Alexandria. The head office was based in Port Elizabeth. These boundaries remained unaltered until the amalgamation of the three administration boards in the greater Eastern Cape, Border and Karoo areas in 1979. Although the administration boards were to be primarily concerned with the administration of urban areas, they were also given responsibility for the administration of other aspects of policy towards blacks living in rural areas. Thus the Cape Midlands Administration Board estimated in 1973 that 327 601 persons were resident in the 20 urban areas within its jurisdiction while 163 312 blacks lived in the rural non-prescribed areas. This was a total of 490 913 persons. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
- Authors: Humphries, Richard G
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Cape Midlands Administration Board Cities and towns -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Finance, Public -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2161 , vital:20261 , ISBN 0868100935
- Description: While the Bantu Affairs Administration Board Act was passed by Parliament in 1971, it was not until July 1973 that responsibility for the execution of state policy towards blacks resident in urban areas was removed from the Eastern Cape municipalities and vested in the newly created Cape Midlands Administration Board. The Board's boundaries were announced in December 1972 after the recommendations of the Bantu Affairs Administration Boards Implementation Advisory Committee and were to consist of the magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Kirkwood, Somerset East, Cradock, Bedford, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Albany, Bathurst, and Alexandria. The head office was based in Port Elizabeth. These boundaries remained unaltered until the amalgamation of the three administration boards in the greater Eastern Cape, Border and Karoo areas in 1979. Although the administration boards were to be primarily concerned with the administration of urban areas, they were also given responsibility for the administration of other aspects of policy towards blacks living in rural areas. Thus the Cape Midlands Administration Board estimated in 1973 that 327 601 persons were resident in the 20 urban areas within its jurisdiction while 163 312 blacks lived in the rural non-prescribed areas. This was a total of 490 913 persons. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1982
Curriculating powerful knowledge for public managers and administrators
- McKenna, Sioux, Harran, Marcelle, Lück, Jacqueline
- Authors: McKenna, Sioux , Harran, Marcelle , Lück, Jacqueline
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187160 , vital:44575 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2019.1652103"
- Description: Public Management and Public Administration are important professions for an emerging democracy such as South Africa. They operate as the interface between state and public and are responsible for enacting many of the government's policies and social initiatives. Concerns about a lack of capacity in the sector suggest that those in these roles may be unable to meet the demands of the workplace. This article reports on a study that responded to calls for the curriculum to address such concerns by interrogating the knowledge structures of Public Management and Public Administration programmes in higher education. Interviews, textbooks and course guides were analysed to illuminate the forms of knowledge being legitimated in curricula. The study found that the focus on knowledge, skills and processes might be at the expense of a focus on the development of particular attributes or dispositions in the knowers. Furthermore, the knowledge level focus was limited in that it was highly contextualised and “light” on theory, raising questions about the acquisition of powerful knowledge needed for good governance and critical engagement in the public sector. The study recommends that both programmes include more conceptual knowledge; exposure to critical powerful forms of knowledge; and the development of particular attributes and dispositions.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: McKenna, Sioux , Harran, Marcelle , Lück, Jacqueline
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187160 , vital:44575 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2019.1652103"
- Description: Public Management and Public Administration are important professions for an emerging democracy such as South Africa. They operate as the interface between state and public and are responsible for enacting many of the government's policies and social initiatives. Concerns about a lack of capacity in the sector suggest that those in these roles may be unable to meet the demands of the workplace. This article reports on a study that responded to calls for the curriculum to address such concerns by interrogating the knowledge structures of Public Management and Public Administration programmes in higher education. Interviews, textbooks and course guides were analysed to illuminate the forms of knowledge being legitimated in curricula. The study found that the focus on knowledge, skills and processes might be at the expense of a focus on the development of particular attributes or dispositions in the knowers. Furthermore, the knowledge level focus was limited in that it was highly contextualised and “light” on theory, raising questions about the acquisition of powerful knowledge needed for good governance and critical engagement in the public sector. The study recommends that both programmes include more conceptual knowledge; exposure to critical powerful forms of knowledge; and the development of particular attributes and dispositions.
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- Date Issued: 2020
An analysis of the politics-administrative interface and its impact on delivery of municipal services: a case of the Mnquma Local Municipality
- Ndudula, Mziwoxolo Rutherford
- Authors: Ndudula, Mziwoxolo Rutherford
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Municipal services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , City council members -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Politicians -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Public administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Political leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Communication in community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Eastern Cape -- South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: vital:11659 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007043 , Municipal services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , City council members -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Politicians -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Public administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Political leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Communication in community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Eastern Cape -- South Africa -- Politics and government
- Description: The study took a qualitative approach to the analysis of the effect of the politics-administrative interface on municipal service delivery. It was a case study of the Mnquma local municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. The researcher developed a keen interest in researching on the topic because the political infighting and clashes between politicians and administrators of the municipality have caused a public outcry for the root causes of the infighting to be effectively addressed and redressed. It is hoped that the findings and recommendations of the study will help, reshape public policy implementation, service delivery and fostering of mutual cooperative relations between politicians and administrators both at local government level and any other sphere of government in South Africa. The study, is categorized into five chronological chapters, with chapter one (introduction and background), chapter two (literature review), chapter three (research design and methodology), chapter four (data analysis, interpretation and presentation) and chapter five (conclusions and recommendations). The researcher used a sample size of 40 respondents who were selected using snowball sampling, a non-random sampling design spread accordingly over both politicians and administrators. Data collection was made possible through an open-ended questionnaire, interviews, observations and documentary analysis. Various reports and media statements were also used to augment this empirical study. The study also used an in-depth qualitative data analysis technique which was descriptive in nature and the study made numerous deductions and findings based on the collected and collated data. Findings of the study were, inter alia, too much politicization of the public sector, interference between politicians and administrators into each other’s affairs and vice versa and adverse effects of cadre deployment which are damaging service delivery. The study made numerous recommendations which included, inter alia, training and development of administrators and politicians on their respective roles and responsibilities, enforcement of the politics-administrative interface as a mutually beneficial approach to service delivery, need for proper interpretation of Acts and policy documents and the enforcing of section 139 interventions into municipalities.
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Ndudula, Mziwoxolo Rutherford
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Municipal services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , City council members -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Politicians -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Public administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Political leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Communication in community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Eastern Cape -- South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: vital:11659 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007043 , Municipal services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , City council members -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Politicians -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Public administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Political leadership -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Communication in community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Eastern Cape -- South Africa -- Politics and government
- Description: The study took a qualitative approach to the analysis of the effect of the politics-administrative interface on municipal service delivery. It was a case study of the Mnquma local municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. The researcher developed a keen interest in researching on the topic because the political infighting and clashes between politicians and administrators of the municipality have caused a public outcry for the root causes of the infighting to be effectively addressed and redressed. It is hoped that the findings and recommendations of the study will help, reshape public policy implementation, service delivery and fostering of mutual cooperative relations between politicians and administrators both at local government level and any other sphere of government in South Africa. The study, is categorized into five chronological chapters, with chapter one (introduction and background), chapter two (literature review), chapter three (research design and methodology), chapter four (data analysis, interpretation and presentation) and chapter five (conclusions and recommendations). The researcher used a sample size of 40 respondents who were selected using snowball sampling, a non-random sampling design spread accordingly over both politicians and administrators. Data collection was made possible through an open-ended questionnaire, interviews, observations and documentary analysis. Various reports and media statements were also used to augment this empirical study. The study also used an in-depth qualitative data analysis technique which was descriptive in nature and the study made numerous deductions and findings based on the collected and collated data. Findings of the study were, inter alia, too much politicization of the public sector, interference between politicians and administrators into each other’s affairs and vice versa and adverse effects of cadre deployment which are damaging service delivery. The study made numerous recommendations which included, inter alia, training and development of administrators and politicians on their respective roles and responsibilities, enforcement of the politics-administrative interface as a mutually beneficial approach to service delivery, need for proper interpretation of Acts and policy documents and the enforcing of section 139 interventions into municipalities.
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- Date Issued: 2013
The political and administrative interface on the local government sphere :|bNelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Authors: Maqoko, Zandile
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Local government -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality , Politicians -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/5757 , vital:20999
- Description: Municipalities in South Africa are experiencing serious challenges in dealing with the interface between politicians and administrators. The study is based on the political and administrative interface (the relationship between the politicians and administration) in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. An introductory background as well as a theoretical perspective on the phenomenon of ‘politics-administration interface’ and highlights on the significant role that this phenomenon plays in promoting good governance in local government is provided. The study analyses the legislative and policy framework that regulates local government and provides various theoretical models that deal with the political administrative relationships such as the dichotomy model, politicised model and complementarity model. The qualitative research method was used in the study, that is, a secondary data design as a method to collect data, which was supplemented by an extensive literature review. Secondary data sources such as reports, policies, newspapers, books were used to collect data. The descriptive case study and the documentary analysis methods were utilised to investigate the relationship between the politicians and administrators in the municipality. The major challenge in local government is that both politicians and administrators interfere in each other’s roles and responsibilities and this results in major conflict in the municipalities and frustration among the staff because they are not free to undertake their daily functions without interference. The findings reflected that there is a need to professionalise and de-politicised local government. The study makes a number of recommendations which included, inter alia, regulating political interference in administration, clarity of roles and responsibilities of politicians and administrators and separating the municipal administration from politics.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Maqoko, Zandile
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Local government -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality , Politicians -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/5757 , vital:20999
- Description: Municipalities in South Africa are experiencing serious challenges in dealing with the interface between politicians and administrators. The study is based on the political and administrative interface (the relationship between the politicians and administration) in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. An introductory background as well as a theoretical perspective on the phenomenon of ‘politics-administration interface’ and highlights on the significant role that this phenomenon plays in promoting good governance in local government is provided. The study analyses the legislative and policy framework that regulates local government and provides various theoretical models that deal with the political administrative relationships such as the dichotomy model, politicised model and complementarity model. The qualitative research method was used in the study, that is, a secondary data design as a method to collect data, which was supplemented by an extensive literature review. Secondary data sources such as reports, policies, newspapers, books were used to collect data. The descriptive case study and the documentary analysis methods were utilised to investigate the relationship between the politicians and administrators in the municipality. The major challenge in local government is that both politicians and administrators interfere in each other’s roles and responsibilities and this results in major conflict in the municipalities and frustration among the staff because they are not free to undertake their daily functions without interference. The findings reflected that there is a need to professionalise and de-politicised local government. The study makes a number of recommendations which included, inter alia, regulating political interference in administration, clarity of roles and responsibilities of politicians and administrators and separating the municipal administration from politics.
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- Date Issued: 2015
A critical analysis of a taxpayer’s rights relating to a request by sars for relevant material in respect of an audit
- Authors: Luff, Stephen Gary
- Date: 2022-04
- Subjects: Taxpayers , Value-Added Tax , Tax administration and procedure -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/57711 , vital:58223
- Description: This treatise aimed to critically analyse a taxpayer’s rights relating to a request by SARS for relevant material, in respect of an audit (including information requested for the audit of prescribed tax periods). The study also considers whether such a request for relevant material infringes or threatens a taxpayer’s constitutional rights to privacy, information and just administrative action that is lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair. The research considered the information-gathering powers awarded to SARS in terms sections 3(2), 40 and 46 of the TAA versus a taxpayer’s rights to privacy, information and just administrative action in terms of the Constitution. The reasonable and justifiable limitation of taxpayers’ rights, in terms of the general limitation clause contained in section 36(1) of the Constitution, was also considered. The research method consisted of a literature review of various articles, journals, publications, books, statutes and related commentary, judicial decisions and comments of experts. The study revealed the following: • The definition of ‘relevant material’ allows SARS alone to subjectively determine what information is ‘foreseeably relevant’ for the ‘administration of a tax Act’, in respect of an audit. The threshold of what documentation is ‘foreseeably relevant’, is low, and the application of what is foreseeably relevant follows very broad grounds. • SARS’s discretion cannot be easily challenged as the provisions of section 46 of the TAA are peremptory and give rise to mandatory obligations, unless the taxpayer has ‘just cause’ for not providing the relevant material to SARS. • SARS must meet all the jurisdictional requirements of section 3(2) of the TAA to justify that the selection of a taxpayer for an audit or the request for relevant material is necessary for the purposes of the ‘administration of a tax Act’ and is not related to a ‘fishing expedition’ or some other ‘ulterior purpose’. • A taxpayer should evaluate the scope of the information requested to determine if it is ‘frivolous, over-zealous or patently irrelevant’ and falls outside the provisions of section 3(2). It is submitted that a taxpayer could resist such requests to information, to which SARS is not lawfully entitled, to ensure that its constitutional rights are not violated. • A taxpayer is not entitled to the information that SARS used to select it for an audit or SARS’s internal guidelines or policy manuals that are used by its assessors. The risk x indicators and red flags used by SARS to select a taxpayer for an audit constitute ‘SARS confidential information’ and a taxpayer does not have any legal right to specific reasons as to why his tax return has been selected for an audit. • SARS’s decision to request relevant material (or to conduct an audit) is a preliminary or initial step of a process and does not constitute ‘administrative action’ in terms of the PAJA, as it does not adversely affect a taxpayer’s rights nor have a direct external legal effect. A taxpayer therefore cannot rely on the PAJA to refuse such a request. • Even non-administrative action is subject to the broad constitutional ‘principle of legality’, which is an aspect of the rule of law implicit in the Constitution and provides a safety net when the PAJA does not apply. SARS must act within the scope of section 46 and the information requested must constitute ‘relevant material’ and must be ‘foreseeably relevant’ for the purposes of ‘administration of a tax Act’. SARS may not exercise its discretionary investigative powers in an arbitrary or irrational manner and its requests for information must be based on sound, rational decision-making. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic science, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-04
- Authors: Luff, Stephen Gary
- Date: 2022-04
- Subjects: Taxpayers , Value-Added Tax , Tax administration and procedure -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/57711 , vital:58223
- Description: This treatise aimed to critically analyse a taxpayer’s rights relating to a request by SARS for relevant material, in respect of an audit (including information requested for the audit of prescribed tax periods). The study also considers whether such a request for relevant material infringes or threatens a taxpayer’s constitutional rights to privacy, information and just administrative action that is lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair. The research considered the information-gathering powers awarded to SARS in terms sections 3(2), 40 and 46 of the TAA versus a taxpayer’s rights to privacy, information and just administrative action in terms of the Constitution. The reasonable and justifiable limitation of taxpayers’ rights, in terms of the general limitation clause contained in section 36(1) of the Constitution, was also considered. The research method consisted of a literature review of various articles, journals, publications, books, statutes and related commentary, judicial decisions and comments of experts. The study revealed the following: • The definition of ‘relevant material’ allows SARS alone to subjectively determine what information is ‘foreseeably relevant’ for the ‘administration of a tax Act’, in respect of an audit. The threshold of what documentation is ‘foreseeably relevant’, is low, and the application of what is foreseeably relevant follows very broad grounds. • SARS’s discretion cannot be easily challenged as the provisions of section 46 of the TAA are peremptory and give rise to mandatory obligations, unless the taxpayer has ‘just cause’ for not providing the relevant material to SARS. • SARS must meet all the jurisdictional requirements of section 3(2) of the TAA to justify that the selection of a taxpayer for an audit or the request for relevant material is necessary for the purposes of the ‘administration of a tax Act’ and is not related to a ‘fishing expedition’ or some other ‘ulterior purpose’. • A taxpayer should evaluate the scope of the information requested to determine if it is ‘frivolous, over-zealous or patently irrelevant’ and falls outside the provisions of section 3(2). It is submitted that a taxpayer could resist such requests to information, to which SARS is not lawfully entitled, to ensure that its constitutional rights are not violated. • A taxpayer is not entitled to the information that SARS used to select it for an audit or SARS’s internal guidelines or policy manuals that are used by its assessors. The risk x indicators and red flags used by SARS to select a taxpayer for an audit constitute ‘SARS confidential information’ and a taxpayer does not have any legal right to specific reasons as to why his tax return has been selected for an audit. • SARS’s decision to request relevant material (or to conduct an audit) is a preliminary or initial step of a process and does not constitute ‘administrative action’ in terms of the PAJA, as it does not adversely affect a taxpayer’s rights nor have a direct external legal effect. A taxpayer therefore cannot rely on the PAJA to refuse such a request. • Even non-administrative action is subject to the broad constitutional ‘principle of legality’, which is an aspect of the rule of law implicit in the Constitution and provides a safety net when the PAJA does not apply. SARS must act within the scope of section 46 and the information requested must constitute ‘relevant material’ and must be ‘foreseeably relevant’ for the purposes of ‘administration of a tax Act’. SARS may not exercise its discretionary investigative powers in an arbitrary or irrational manner and its requests for information must be based on sound, rational decision-making. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic science, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-04
Re-imagining rural agrarian transformation in the Eastern Cape
- Mwangolela, Tafadzwa Fungayi
- Authors: Mwangolela, Tafadzwa Fungayi
- Date: 2008-11
- Subjects: Agricultural development projects , Agricultural innovations , Rural development
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26559 , vital:65642
- Description: The research report is submitted to the School of Public Management and Development, University of Fort Hare as part of Masters in Public Administration requirements. The Provincial Growth and Development Plan 2004 2014 has identified agriculture as a critical pillar strategy of poverty reduction and growth in the Eastern Cape Province. The main aim of the study was to assess the viability of the agrarian transformation initiatives in the Eastern Cape. The study therefore was measuring the progress made by the agrarian transformation initiatives in selected areas versus the following variables food security, household community growth, participation and community involvement, and production support. In the attempt to achieve the main objectives, the study focused on the political economy of the rural as the policy context. The literature was an in-depth engagement with body of knowledge on agrarian transformations, with particular interest in governance participation and the impacts of agrarian initiatives in some countries. The product of literature analysis is the hypothetical model, termed the democratised rural agrarian transformation that should shape the policy implementation of agrarian reform. The study also undertook a field work that was guided by research methodology protocols from social science. The study thus collected primary data from 54 farmers participants drawn from 4 local municipalities within Chris Hani and Amathole District Municipalities. The findings of the study showed that there is still a challenge on the potential of rural agriculture to stimulate the improvement of food security status, and rural incomes. This reality is due to various factors such as poor farmer participation, weakness in coordination of the projects, limited access to extension services as a matter of capacity building. The study makes recommendations which are outlined a building local linkages integration with Local Economic Development initiatives and improvement of agrarian social infrastructure dynamic extension services, and political interventions. Conclusively there is need for an intergovernmental approach to the redress of the agrarian question in rural Eastern Cape. , Thesis (MPA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2008
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- Date Issued: 2008-11
- Authors: Mwangolela, Tafadzwa Fungayi
- Date: 2008-11
- Subjects: Agricultural development projects , Agricultural innovations , Rural development
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26559 , vital:65642
- Description: The research report is submitted to the School of Public Management and Development, University of Fort Hare as part of Masters in Public Administration requirements. The Provincial Growth and Development Plan 2004 2014 has identified agriculture as a critical pillar strategy of poverty reduction and growth in the Eastern Cape Province. The main aim of the study was to assess the viability of the agrarian transformation initiatives in the Eastern Cape. The study therefore was measuring the progress made by the agrarian transformation initiatives in selected areas versus the following variables food security, household community growth, participation and community involvement, and production support. In the attempt to achieve the main objectives, the study focused on the political economy of the rural as the policy context. The literature was an in-depth engagement with body of knowledge on agrarian transformations, with particular interest in governance participation and the impacts of agrarian initiatives in some countries. The product of literature analysis is the hypothetical model, termed the democratised rural agrarian transformation that should shape the policy implementation of agrarian reform. The study also undertook a field work that was guided by research methodology protocols from social science. The study thus collected primary data from 54 farmers participants drawn from 4 local municipalities within Chris Hani and Amathole District Municipalities. The findings of the study showed that there is still a challenge on the potential of rural agriculture to stimulate the improvement of food security status, and rural incomes. This reality is due to various factors such as poor farmer participation, weakness in coordination of the projects, limited access to extension services as a matter of capacity building. The study makes recommendations which are outlined a building local linkages integration with Local Economic Development initiatives and improvement of agrarian social infrastructure dynamic extension services, and political interventions. Conclusively there is need for an intergovernmental approach to the redress of the agrarian question in rural Eastern Cape. , Thesis (MPA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2008
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- Date Issued: 2008-11
The effectiveness of centralised human resource management on service delivery: a case of Bedford Hospital, Department of Health, Province of the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Ncebakazi, Frances Qalase
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: vital:11683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1013557
- Description: The Eastern Cape Department of Health centralised Human Resource functions from the facilities to the provincial office. This according to the provincial office was to address the over expenditure on Compensation of employees that was highlighted by the Auditor General report of 2008/2009. The researcher was of the opinion that various issues of concern were over looked by the provincial office before or during the implementation of the centralisation of HRM. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the centralisation of HRM on service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital. The secondary objective was to find out what centralisation is and its implications. Lastly, to develop recommendations which address the outcomes of the study. Purposive sampling was used to identify key informants from Bedford hospital and the provincial office. Interview questions were used to collect data from both respondents. The study examined both responses and grouped them into themes. The findings did not imply that centralisation does not improve service delivery but have indicated a lack of service delivery focus on the part of the provincial office. The Eastern Cape Department of Health centralised Human Resource functions from the facilities to the provincial office. This according to the provincial office was to address the over expenditure on Compensation of employees that was highlighted by the Auditor General report of 2008/2009. The researcher was of the opinion that various issues of concern were over looked by the provincial office before or during the implementation of the centralisation of HRM. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the centralisation of HRM on service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital. The secondary objective was to find out what centralisation is and its implications. Lastly, to develop recommendations which address the outcomes of the study. Purposive sampling was used to identify key informants from Bedford hospital and the provincial office. Interview questions were used to collect data from both respondents. The study examined both responses and grouped them into themes. The findings did not imply that centralisation does not improve service delivery but have indicated a lack of service delivery focus on the part of the provincial office. The research has also revealed that amongst the challenges identified, there were those that were key challenges. The researcher was of the opinion that addressing those key generic challenges would minimise all other challenges and improve service delivery. Lack of communication on organisation strategies and lack of Monitoring and Evaluation systems were identified as key challenges that cut across the entire ECDoH. The study has recommended that the provincial office should improve on communication strategies with the facilities whenever decisions are taken. Secondly, to develop M&E systems in order to ensure that performance standards are monitored and evaluated. This according to the researcher would improve service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital.that were key challenges. The researcher was of the opinion that addressing those key generic challenges would minimise all other challenges and improve service delivery. Lack of communication on organisation strategies and lack of Monitoring and Evaluation systems were identified as key challenges that cut across the entire ECDoH. The study has recommended that the provincial office should improve on communication strategies with the facilities whenever decisions are taken. Secondly, to develop M&E systems in order to ensure that performance standards are monitored and evaluated. This according to the researcher would improve service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Ncebakazi, Frances Qalase
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: vital:11683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1013557
- Description: The Eastern Cape Department of Health centralised Human Resource functions from the facilities to the provincial office. This according to the provincial office was to address the over expenditure on Compensation of employees that was highlighted by the Auditor General report of 2008/2009. The researcher was of the opinion that various issues of concern were over looked by the provincial office before or during the implementation of the centralisation of HRM. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the centralisation of HRM on service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital. The secondary objective was to find out what centralisation is and its implications. Lastly, to develop recommendations which address the outcomes of the study. Purposive sampling was used to identify key informants from Bedford hospital and the provincial office. Interview questions were used to collect data from both respondents. The study examined both responses and grouped them into themes. The findings did not imply that centralisation does not improve service delivery but have indicated a lack of service delivery focus on the part of the provincial office. The Eastern Cape Department of Health centralised Human Resource functions from the facilities to the provincial office. This according to the provincial office was to address the over expenditure on Compensation of employees that was highlighted by the Auditor General report of 2008/2009. The researcher was of the opinion that various issues of concern were over looked by the provincial office before or during the implementation of the centralisation of HRM. The primary objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the centralisation of HRM on service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital. The secondary objective was to find out what centralisation is and its implications. Lastly, to develop recommendations which address the outcomes of the study. Purposive sampling was used to identify key informants from Bedford hospital and the provincial office. Interview questions were used to collect data from both respondents. The study examined both responses and grouped them into themes. The findings did not imply that centralisation does not improve service delivery but have indicated a lack of service delivery focus on the part of the provincial office. The research has also revealed that amongst the challenges identified, there were those that were key challenges. The researcher was of the opinion that addressing those key generic challenges would minimise all other challenges and improve service delivery. Lack of communication on organisation strategies and lack of Monitoring and Evaluation systems were identified as key challenges that cut across the entire ECDoH. The study has recommended that the provincial office should improve on communication strategies with the facilities whenever decisions are taken. Secondly, to develop M&E systems in order to ensure that performance standards are monitored and evaluated. This according to the researcher would improve service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital.that were key challenges. The researcher was of the opinion that addressing those key generic challenges would minimise all other challenges and improve service delivery. Lack of communication on organisation strategies and lack of Monitoring and Evaluation systems were identified as key challenges that cut across the entire ECDoH. The study has recommended that the provincial office should improve on communication strategies with the facilities whenever decisions are taken. Secondly, to develop M&E systems in order to ensure that performance standards are monitored and evaluated. This according to the researcher would improve service delivery in the ECDoH and Bedford hospital.
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- Date Issued: 2014
3227CB Stutterheim
- Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Authors: Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: 1 : 50000 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E , Stutterheim (South Africa) Maps , Eastern Cape (South Africa) Maps , South Africa History 1910-1961 Maps
- Language: English
- Type: maps , digital maps , cartographic
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114796 , vital:34036 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa , MP1050
- Description: 3227CB Stutterheim, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1953. Surveyed in 1959 and drawn in 1963 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. Lugfotografie 1953. Opgemeet in 1959 en geteken in 1963 deur die Driehoeksmeting Kantoor. T.S.O. 200/1612. Cadastral information supplied by the Surveyor-General, Cape and the Department of Bantu Administration and Development. First edition
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- Date Issued: 1963
- Authors: Trigonometrical Survey (South Africa)
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: 1 : 50000 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E , Stutterheim (South Africa) Maps , Eastern Cape (South Africa) Maps , South Africa History 1910-1961 Maps
- Language: English
- Type: maps , digital maps , cartographic
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114796 , vital:34036 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa , MP1050
- Description: 3227CB Stutterheim, South Africa 1:50000 sheet. Air photography 1953. Surveyed in 1959 and drawn in 1963 by the Trigonometrical Survey Office. Lugfotografie 1953. Opgemeet in 1959 en geteken in 1963 deur die Driehoeksmeting Kantoor. T.S.O. 200/1612. Cadastral information supplied by the Surveyor-General, Cape and the Department of Bantu Administration and Development. First edition
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- Date Issued: 1963
The importance of public officials’ knowledge and understanding of the constitutional principles of public administration
- Authors: Zameko, Zamuxolo
- Date: 2021-12
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54596 , vital:46732
- Description: Public officials in South Africa have been accused of lacking accountability, transparency, corruption, inefficiencies, unethical practices and a general unmotivated approach to service delivery. Section 195 of the 1996 constitution emphasises the need for public officials to be efficient, effective and not to be partial in their execution of duty. On that basis the research sought to investigate whether the public officials can improve on their performance if they are exposed to and are knowledgeable of the constitution. The study utilized a qualitative research method and a document analysis in which documents which served as sources of information were selected based on their relevance to the subject area of Public Administration. The documents selected were legal instruments used to enforce the operations of public officials including the Constitution of South Africa (1996), Batho Pele, White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service, 1995; Promotion of Access to Information (Act no 2 of 2000 and Promotion of Equality & Prevention of Unfair Discrimination (Ac no 4 of 2000) Findings of the research indicate that key skills of the public officials like effective communication, change management, conflict resolution, decision-making, negotiation and accountability can be enhanced if they are knowledgeable of their constitutional mandate. The Public Service board should among others emphasize on constitutional principles training of all its employees upon recruitment such that they are aware of the public expectations. Continuous on the job training should also be offered to public officials so that their operations are always adjusted to the prevailing environmental and technological conditions. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-12
- Authors: Zameko, Zamuxolo
- Date: 2021-12
- Subjects: Port Elizabeth (South Africa) , Eastern Cape (South Africa) , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54596 , vital:46732
- Description: Public officials in South Africa have been accused of lacking accountability, transparency, corruption, inefficiencies, unethical practices and a general unmotivated approach to service delivery. Section 195 of the 1996 constitution emphasises the need for public officials to be efficient, effective and not to be partial in their execution of duty. On that basis the research sought to investigate whether the public officials can improve on their performance if they are exposed to and are knowledgeable of the constitution. The study utilized a qualitative research method and a document analysis in which documents which served as sources of information were selected based on their relevance to the subject area of Public Administration. The documents selected were legal instruments used to enforce the operations of public officials including the Constitution of South Africa (1996), Batho Pele, White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service, 1995; Promotion of Access to Information (Act no 2 of 2000 and Promotion of Equality & Prevention of Unfair Discrimination (Ac no 4 of 2000) Findings of the research indicate that key skills of the public officials like effective communication, change management, conflict resolution, decision-making, negotiation and accountability can be enhanced if they are knowledgeable of their constitutional mandate. The Public Service board should among others emphasize on constitutional principles training of all its employees upon recruitment such that they are aware of the public expectations. Continuous on the job training should also be offered to public officials so that their operations are always adjusted to the prevailing environmental and technological conditions. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-12
Democratization of state institutions and processes: a critical ingredient for good governance
- Authors: Masango, Sebenzile
- Subjects: Democracy -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20341 , vital:29265
- Description: In itself ‘democratization’ is a wide field of study which can be subdivided into various subfields. The content of this lecture is mainly derived from the key focus areas of the research I have conducted. My research mainly contributes to the building and strengthening of democracy and good governance.
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- Authors: Masango, Sebenzile
- Subjects: Democracy -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20341 , vital:29265
- Description: In itself ‘democratization’ is a wide field of study which can be subdivided into various subfields. The content of this lecture is mainly derived from the key focus areas of the research I have conducted. My research mainly contributes to the building and strengthening of democracy and good governance.
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Assessing the use of private sector techniques and strategies in the public sector: the case of the department of provincial treasury & planning, Eastern Cape Province
- Authors: Cembi, Amanda Vuyo Obuhle
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Finance, Public , Finance, Public -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Financial management Public administration
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37929 , vital:34264
- Description: The aim of this study was to determine and investigate the extent to which the Department of Treasury and Planning manage public finance making use of relevant private sector techniques and strategies. Financial management is a critical element of good governance and it requires a great deal of attention with parallel internal systems and controls. The study determines the role of various bodies within the public finance environment and the relevant legislative frameworks towards efficient and effective financial management by departments. The Public Finance Management Act(1999) and National Treasury Regulations (2009) require all government departments to ensure accountability on resource allocated to be able to measure value for money in relation to the delivery services to communities. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and efficient management of public finance in terms of the PFMA as the legislative framework and the MTEF as a financial management tool. The Constitution Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) makes a provision that all the three government spheres to be developmental-oriented in nature with clear accountability and transparency lines towards service delivery. On the same breath, The Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (PFMA) is meant “To regulate financial management in the national government and provincial governments; to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of those governments are managed efficiently and effectively; to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with financial management in those governments; and to provide for matters connected therewith”. With the above introductory contentions from different authors and researchers, this study will basically be on providing more details on the policy documents namely; PFMA so to establish the nature and extent to which effective and efficient financial management has improved good governance in the Department of Treasury & Planning, Eastern Cape Province.
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- Date Issued: 2019
- Authors: Cembi, Amanda Vuyo Obuhle
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Finance, Public , Finance, Public -- Law and legislation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Financial management Public administration
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/37929 , vital:34264
- Description: The aim of this study was to determine and investigate the extent to which the Department of Treasury and Planning manage public finance making use of relevant private sector techniques and strategies. Financial management is a critical element of good governance and it requires a great deal of attention with parallel internal systems and controls. The study determines the role of various bodies within the public finance environment and the relevant legislative frameworks towards efficient and effective financial management by departments. The Public Finance Management Act(1999) and National Treasury Regulations (2009) require all government departments to ensure accountability on resource allocated to be able to measure value for money in relation to the delivery services to communities. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and efficient management of public finance in terms of the PFMA as the legislative framework and the MTEF as a financial management tool. The Constitution Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) makes a provision that all the three government spheres to be developmental-oriented in nature with clear accountability and transparency lines towards service delivery. On the same breath, The Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (PFMA) is meant “To regulate financial management in the national government and provincial governments; to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of those governments are managed efficiently and effectively; to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with financial management in those governments; and to provide for matters connected therewith”. With the above introductory contentions from different authors and researchers, this study will basically be on providing more details on the policy documents namely; PFMA so to establish the nature and extent to which effective and efficient financial management has improved good governance in the Department of Treasury & Planning, Eastern Cape Province.
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- Date Issued: 2019
The implementation of new public management principles towards effective service delivery in the Eastern Cape government
- Authors: Gwavu, Luzuko
- Date: 2022-03
- Subjects: Performance--Management. , Public administration. , Performance--Evaluation.
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21903 , vital:51841
- Description: New Public Management (NPM) is a new paradigm of public administration which highlights the failures and inadequacies of the public sector performance over time. NPM was developed in order to enhance performance and service delivery within the public sector through adopting principles of the public sector. The nature and process of the activities within the public sector and the traditional public administration have been seen as problematic. As such, the birth of NPM is grounded in the need to offer more efficient mechanisms for service delivery. This study aimed at assessing the implementation of NPM principles towards effective service delivery within the Eastern Cape government. The study was underpinned by the New Public Management Approach. A qualitative desktop review was adopted to find answers to research questions of the study. The data was evaluated qualitatively through thematic analysis. The study findings reveal that the Eastern Cape government is making strides to effectively implement NPM principles towards improving service delivery. The implemented principles are privatisation, managerialism, performance management, decentralisation and customer oriented. The effectiveness of strategies aimed at enhancing effective implementation of NPM principles for improved service delivery was also assessed. The findings show that the strategies are effective although there are some inherent issues that derail effective implementation. Poor reporting, corruption, poor management, shortage of trained managers and staff shortages were identified as challenges affecting effective implementation of NPM principles. The study recommends the need for effective implementation of anti-corruption policies as well as facilitating training and skills development. , Thesis (MPA) -- University of Fort Hare, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-03
- Authors: Gwavu, Luzuko
- Date: 2022-03
- Subjects: Performance--Management. , Public administration. , Performance--Evaluation.
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21903 , vital:51841
- Description: New Public Management (NPM) is a new paradigm of public administration which highlights the failures and inadequacies of the public sector performance over time. NPM was developed in order to enhance performance and service delivery within the public sector through adopting principles of the public sector. The nature and process of the activities within the public sector and the traditional public administration have been seen as problematic. As such, the birth of NPM is grounded in the need to offer more efficient mechanisms for service delivery. This study aimed at assessing the implementation of NPM principles towards effective service delivery within the Eastern Cape government. The study was underpinned by the New Public Management Approach. A qualitative desktop review was adopted to find answers to research questions of the study. The data was evaluated qualitatively through thematic analysis. The study findings reveal that the Eastern Cape government is making strides to effectively implement NPM principles towards improving service delivery. The implemented principles are privatisation, managerialism, performance management, decentralisation and customer oriented. The effectiveness of strategies aimed at enhancing effective implementation of NPM principles for improved service delivery was also assessed. The findings show that the strategies are effective although there are some inherent issues that derail effective implementation. Poor reporting, corruption, poor management, shortage of trained managers and staff shortages were identified as challenges affecting effective implementation of NPM principles. The study recommends the need for effective implementation of anti-corruption policies as well as facilitating training and skills development. , Thesis (MPA) -- University of Fort Hare, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-03
The praxis of reasonability and onus of proof in tax administration in South Africa
- Authors: Mostert, Tarita
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Tax administration and procedure -- South Africa , Taxation -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Internal revenue law -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , LLM
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22802 , vital:30091
- Description: The legal principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof date back to ancient times. The first codification of these principles occurred in Roman Law. The Tax Administration Act incorporates these principles in various sections. The purpose of this treatise as formulated in Chapter 1 was to determine whether there is a close connection (in practice) between tax administration (within the context of the Tax Administration Act) and the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof. SARS acknowledges that the principles of best international practice in tax administration must be taken into account1. These principles include equity, fairness, certainty, simplicity, efficiency and effectiveness. Effective tax administration entails that a balance must be struck between the rights and obligations of the taxpayers and those of SARS2. It is important that the taxpayers and SARS strive to communicate with one another in an efficient and effective manner in order to resolve disputes between them. The treatise followed a logical approach. This entailed that the general interpretation of aspects had to be followed by the tax specific interpretation of the aspects. The general interpretation included an analysis of case law as well as research into the origins of the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof. Reasonableness and the burden of proof do not require perfection. It is important, however, that assertions must be accompanied by evidence. The quality and quantity of evidence submitted is dependent upon the relevant facts and circumstances of a matter. The facts and circumstances of a matter also constitute determining factors in 1 Draft Explanatory Memorandum on the Draft Tax Administration Bill, 2009 at 1 in 2.5. 2 Ibid in 2.1.evaluating whether the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof have been applied. The treatise concludes that increased efforts are necessary in order to ensure that the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof are adhered to in tax administration. This obligation is not limited to SARS but also includes taxpayers and tax practitioners. This is closely linked to effective and efficient communication.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Mostert, Tarita
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Tax administration and procedure -- South Africa , Taxation -- Law and legislation -- South Africa Internal revenue law -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , LLM
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22802 , vital:30091
- Description: The legal principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof date back to ancient times. The first codification of these principles occurred in Roman Law. The Tax Administration Act incorporates these principles in various sections. The purpose of this treatise as formulated in Chapter 1 was to determine whether there is a close connection (in practice) between tax administration (within the context of the Tax Administration Act) and the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof. SARS acknowledges that the principles of best international practice in tax administration must be taken into account1. These principles include equity, fairness, certainty, simplicity, efficiency and effectiveness. Effective tax administration entails that a balance must be struck between the rights and obligations of the taxpayers and those of SARS2. It is important that the taxpayers and SARS strive to communicate with one another in an efficient and effective manner in order to resolve disputes between them. The treatise followed a logical approach. This entailed that the general interpretation of aspects had to be followed by the tax specific interpretation of the aspects. The general interpretation included an analysis of case law as well as research into the origins of the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof. Reasonableness and the burden of proof do not require perfection. It is important, however, that assertions must be accompanied by evidence. The quality and quantity of evidence submitted is dependent upon the relevant facts and circumstances of a matter. The facts and circumstances of a matter also constitute determining factors in 1 Draft Explanatory Memorandum on the Draft Tax Administration Bill, 2009 at 1 in 2.5. 2 Ibid in 2.1.evaluating whether the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof have been applied. The treatise concludes that increased efforts are necessary in order to ensure that the principles of reasonableness and the burden of proof are adhered to in tax administration. This obligation is not limited to SARS but also includes taxpayers and tax practitioners. This is closely linked to effective and efficient communication.
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- Date Issued: 2018
An assessment of financial accountability on social grants at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), 2011-2012
- Authors: Gcaza, Xolile
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1206 , vital:26535
- Description: This research assesses the nature and extent of financial accountability on social grants at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). With respect to public funds, strategies and mechanisms, including the effectiveness of these strategies, were analysed to ensure whether SASSA was accountable to both the people and the government. Rabrenovic (2009:22) describes financial accountability as an obligation of the government to assure the citizens that money is spent in the best possible and most effective way. The government has to provide answers and justification for its action and regularly inform the public on how it spends the public funds. The extent to which the public-private partnership model adopted by SASSA for social grant management has enhanced financial accountability and yielded the desired outcome has also been tested. Some of the findings were that the problems facing SASSA were the financial constraints that entailed reduction in new programmes, halting infrastructures and the acquisition and filling only of funded posts from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the high costs of administering social grants. This study used the qualitative research approach. The researcher used official document reviews because of the sensitivity of the research problem and opted for a desktop research. The documentary sources include SASSA’s annual reports for the period 2011/12. The recommendations were that people should be trained in financial and performance skills and in terms of accountability the accounting officers should account for lack of transgressions and poor performance.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Gcaza, Xolile
- Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1206 , vital:26535
- Description: This research assesses the nature and extent of financial accountability on social grants at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). With respect to public funds, strategies and mechanisms, including the effectiveness of these strategies, were analysed to ensure whether SASSA was accountable to both the people and the government. Rabrenovic (2009:22) describes financial accountability as an obligation of the government to assure the citizens that money is spent in the best possible and most effective way. The government has to provide answers and justification for its action and regularly inform the public on how it spends the public funds. The extent to which the public-private partnership model adopted by SASSA for social grant management has enhanced financial accountability and yielded the desired outcome has also been tested. Some of the findings were that the problems facing SASSA were the financial constraints that entailed reduction in new programmes, halting infrastructures and the acquisition and filling only of funded posts from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the high costs of administering social grants. This study used the qualitative research approach. The researcher used official document reviews because of the sensitivity of the research problem and opted for a desktop research. The documentary sources include SASSA’s annual reports for the period 2011/12. The recommendations were that people should be trained in financial and performance skills and in terms of accountability the accounting officers should account for lack of transgressions and poor performance.
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- Date Issued: 2014
Investigation of antidiabetic properties, mechanisms of action and toxicology of Strychnos Henningsii (GILG) bark
- Authors: Oyewole, Oyedemi Sunday
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Medicinal plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Diabetics -- Alternative treatment -- South Africa , Loganiaceae , Lamiaceae , Diabetes , Proteins
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (Biochemistry)
- Identifier: vital:11254 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001070 , Medicinal plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Diabetics -- Alternative treatment -- South Africa , Loganiaceae , Lamiaceae , Diabetes , Proteins
- Description: The apparent reversal of trend from modern drugs to herbal medicine is partly due to the fact that synthetic drugs have always shown adverse reactions and other undesirable side effects. Hence, the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes is very common especially in the rural areas. Majority of these plants are used based on the experience and indigenous knowledge without identification of the therapeutic agents. There is enormous wealth of medicinal plants in the world yet many of them have not been discovered or studied scientifically to substantiate their ethno-medicinal usages. Ethnobotanical study has been the method often used to search for locally important plant species for the discovery of crude drugs with low side effects. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted on the medicinal plants commonly used for the management of diabetes mellitus in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape of South Africa. Information was obtained through structured questionnaire administered to traditional healers and herbalists in the region. The study revealed 15 species of plants belonging to 13 families. Strychnos henningsii and Leonotis leonorus among others were repeatedly mentioned by the traditional healers as the two mostly used plants for the management of diabetes mellitus. The infusion and decoction of the roots, leaves and barks of these plants are the methods of preparation. The antioxidant potential of aqueous bark extract of S. henningsii was investigated both in vivo and in vitro using spectroscopic method. The antioxidant activity of the extract against hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), 2,2′-azinobis[3-ethylbenzothiazoline6-sulfonic acid] diammonium salt (ABTS), as well as reducing power was concentration dependent. The extract exhibited lower and average scavenging activities against 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and nitric oxide (NO) radicals with IC50 value of 0.739 and 0.49 mg/ml respectively. The administration of the plant extract at 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg significantly increased the activities of the antioxidant enzymes in the hepatotoxic rats induced with carbon tetrachloride. On the other hand, the stem bark extract had lower effect on lipid peroxidation level except at the dose of 250 mg/kg. The effect of oral administration of S. henningsii extract was evaluated in normal Wistar rats for 28 days. The observed result indicated non- toxic effect of sub-acute administration of plant extract to the animals except at certain doses. This is because, there was no apparent damage to some haematological and biochemical parameters used in assessing organ specific toxicity. However, the alterations observed on platelet, white blood cells and its differentials imply parameter and dose selective toxicity when repeatedly consumed on daily basis at the doses investigated. This study also investigated the antidiabetic activities of the extract at the doses of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight in diabetic rats induced with streptozotocin -nicotinamide for 15 days. The extract appreciably (P <0.05) reduced the blood glucose level, feed and water intake while the best result was obtained at 250 mg/kg. Similarly, the level of triacylglycerol at the three doses investigated was significantly decreased. In addition, the glucose tolerance was reduced to near normal level after 90 min at certain doses. The clinical significance of the extract on some biochemical and haematological parameters lessen both hepatic and renal damages. Anaemic condition in diabetic animals was also improved after plant extract administration. However, no significant effect was observed in white blood cells and some of its differentials. The extract demonstrated strong glucose utilization in 3T3-L1 cells with a response of 278.63 percent of the control at 12.5μg/ml while that of Chang liver cells was 103.54 percent. The cytotoxicity result revealed non toxic effects of the extract to both cell lines. Treatment of 3T3 L1 cells with the extract did not reduce lipid accumulation. The extract inhibited the activity of α- glucosidase and α- amylase in a concentration dependent manner with IC50 values of 38 μg/ml and 60.9 μg/ml respectively. The percentage protein antiglycation of S. henningsii was 18.4, 38.2 and 61.2 perceent for 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg/ml respectively while aminoguanidine a known inhibitor of protein glycation was 87.2 percent at 1 mg/ml. The FRAP assay values of the extract was 357.05 μmol Fe (II)/g. The findings from this study support the folkloric usage of this plant for the management of diabetes mellitus in the region.
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- Date Issued: 2011
- Authors: Oyewole, Oyedemi Sunday
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Medicinal plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Diabetics -- Alternative treatment -- South Africa , Loganiaceae , Lamiaceae , Diabetes , Proteins
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (Biochemistry)
- Identifier: vital:11254 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001070 , Medicinal plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Diabetics -- Alternative treatment -- South Africa , Loganiaceae , Lamiaceae , Diabetes , Proteins
- Description: The apparent reversal of trend from modern drugs to herbal medicine is partly due to the fact that synthetic drugs have always shown adverse reactions and other undesirable side effects. Hence, the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes is very common especially in the rural areas. Majority of these plants are used based on the experience and indigenous knowledge without identification of the therapeutic agents. There is enormous wealth of medicinal plants in the world yet many of them have not been discovered or studied scientifically to substantiate their ethno-medicinal usages. Ethnobotanical study has been the method often used to search for locally important plant species for the discovery of crude drugs with low side effects. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted on the medicinal plants commonly used for the management of diabetes mellitus in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape of South Africa. Information was obtained through structured questionnaire administered to traditional healers and herbalists in the region. The study revealed 15 species of plants belonging to 13 families. Strychnos henningsii and Leonotis leonorus among others were repeatedly mentioned by the traditional healers as the two mostly used plants for the management of diabetes mellitus. The infusion and decoction of the roots, leaves and barks of these plants are the methods of preparation. The antioxidant potential of aqueous bark extract of S. henningsii was investigated both in vivo and in vitro using spectroscopic method. The antioxidant activity of the extract against hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), 2,2′-azinobis[3-ethylbenzothiazoline6-sulfonic acid] diammonium salt (ABTS), as well as reducing power was concentration dependent. The extract exhibited lower and average scavenging activities against 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and nitric oxide (NO) radicals with IC50 value of 0.739 and 0.49 mg/ml respectively. The administration of the plant extract at 250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg significantly increased the activities of the antioxidant enzymes in the hepatotoxic rats induced with carbon tetrachloride. On the other hand, the stem bark extract had lower effect on lipid peroxidation level except at the dose of 250 mg/kg. The effect of oral administration of S. henningsii extract was evaluated in normal Wistar rats for 28 days. The observed result indicated non- toxic effect of sub-acute administration of plant extract to the animals except at certain doses. This is because, there was no apparent damage to some haematological and biochemical parameters used in assessing organ specific toxicity. However, the alterations observed on platelet, white blood cells and its differentials imply parameter and dose selective toxicity when repeatedly consumed on daily basis at the doses investigated. This study also investigated the antidiabetic activities of the extract at the doses of 125, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight in diabetic rats induced with streptozotocin -nicotinamide for 15 days. The extract appreciably (P <0.05) reduced the blood glucose level, feed and water intake while the best result was obtained at 250 mg/kg. Similarly, the level of triacylglycerol at the three doses investigated was significantly decreased. In addition, the glucose tolerance was reduced to near normal level after 90 min at certain doses. The clinical significance of the extract on some biochemical and haematological parameters lessen both hepatic and renal damages. Anaemic condition in diabetic animals was also improved after plant extract administration. However, no significant effect was observed in white blood cells and some of its differentials. The extract demonstrated strong glucose utilization in 3T3-L1 cells with a response of 278.63 percent of the control at 12.5μg/ml while that of Chang liver cells was 103.54 percent. The cytotoxicity result revealed non toxic effects of the extract to both cell lines. Treatment of 3T3 L1 cells with the extract did not reduce lipid accumulation. The extract inhibited the activity of α- glucosidase and α- amylase in a concentration dependent manner with IC50 values of 38 μg/ml and 60.9 μg/ml respectively. The percentage protein antiglycation of S. henningsii was 18.4, 38.2 and 61.2 perceent for 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg/ml respectively while aminoguanidine a known inhibitor of protein glycation was 87.2 percent at 1 mg/ml. The FRAP assay values of the extract was 357.05 μmol Fe (II)/g. The findings from this study support the folkloric usage of this plant for the management of diabetes mellitus in the region.
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- Date Issued: 2011
Medication errors in a private hospital closed intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis of process change
- Authors: Cruickshank, Deborah Claire
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Medication errors
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPharm
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15501 , vital:28259
- Description: Healthcare professionals should be concerned about the safety of the patients in their care and the references to patient safety go back as far as the Hippocratic Oath. Study of literature however shows that medical errors are still of concern and the majority of medical errors are medication errors. The aim of the study was to determine whether process changes introduced reduced both the medication prescribing and medication administration errors in the intensive care unit, thereby contributing to an increase in overall patient safety in the intensive care unit. This study retrospectively analysed the effect of the process changes on medication prescribing and administration errors. The research objectives were to: Identify the number and type of prescribing medication errors prior to the implementation of process changes; Identify the number and type of administration medication errors prior to the implementation of process changes; Identify the process changes implemented; o Determine number and type of prescribing medication errors post the implementation of process changes; Determine number and type of administration medication errors post the implementation of process changes; Assess whether the process changes affected the number and type of prescribing medication errors; and o Assess whether the process changes affected the number and type of administration medication errors. In the Phase One (1 November 2013 to 31 January 2014) 534 patient prescription charts for 172 patients were examined. Medication error rates of 57.6% (n=99) of individual patients reviewed and 18.4% of total patient prescription charts reviewed were found. A total of 69 medication prescribing errors were found in Phase One. This equates to an error percentage of 12.9% per patient chart reviewed and 40.1% per patient reviewed. Thirty medication administration errors were identified in Phase One of the study representing 17.4% of patients reviewed and 5.6% of patient prescription charts reviewed. Medication administration errors included both errors of commission, incorrect doses administered, (n=19) and omission, dose missed, (n=11). Process changes were then introduced and the results of these changes analysed in Phase Two (1 April 2014 to 31 December 2014) show an overall reduction in total medication errors with relation to number of patients reviewed from 57.6% in Phase One to 40.5% in Phase Two. In relation to number of prescription charts reviewed the medication error rate in Phase One was 18.4% and in Phase Two 14.4%. Prescribing errors in relation to number of patients reviewed reduced from 40.1% in Phase One to 26.19% in Phase Two. Overall reductions in percentage of errors were seen in all categories of prescribing errors except duplication of therapy which showed a slight increase. Based on the number of patients reviewed a reduction of prescribing errors was seen in the following categories: transcription errors (13.3% to 7.6%), anticoagulant not prescribed when indicated (3.5% to 2.4%), medication safety (5.2% to 2.9%), dose errors (9.3% to 6.6%) and duration of therapy (6.3% to 3.6%). An increase in the duplication of therapy error rate was seen (2.3% to 3.1%). There was also a reduction in administration errors in relation to number of patients reviewed with a total number of errors of 17.4% in Phase One and 15.8% in Phase Two. The number of prescribing errors per medication chart in Phase Two showed a statistically significant reduction (p=.002). A statistically significant reduction was also seen when the number of errors per patient was reviewed (p=.008). The total number of medication administration errors per medication chart showed a significant reduction (p=.042) as did the number of administration errors per patient (p=.003). When combining the total number of medication errors (both prescriobing and administration) a significant reduction was seen for both the number of charts reviewed (p=.001) and the number of patients reviewed (p=.002). These results indicate that the desired goal of increasing patient safety with regard to medication errors has been achieved but ongoing study is required to ensure the sustainability of the process changes.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Cruickshank, Deborah Claire
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Medication errors
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MPharm
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15501 , vital:28259
- Description: Healthcare professionals should be concerned about the safety of the patients in their care and the references to patient safety go back as far as the Hippocratic Oath. Study of literature however shows that medical errors are still of concern and the majority of medical errors are medication errors. The aim of the study was to determine whether process changes introduced reduced both the medication prescribing and medication administration errors in the intensive care unit, thereby contributing to an increase in overall patient safety in the intensive care unit. This study retrospectively analysed the effect of the process changes on medication prescribing and administration errors. The research objectives were to: Identify the number and type of prescribing medication errors prior to the implementation of process changes; Identify the number and type of administration medication errors prior to the implementation of process changes; Identify the process changes implemented; o Determine number and type of prescribing medication errors post the implementation of process changes; Determine number and type of administration medication errors post the implementation of process changes; Assess whether the process changes affected the number and type of prescribing medication errors; and o Assess whether the process changes affected the number and type of administration medication errors. In the Phase One (1 November 2013 to 31 January 2014) 534 patient prescription charts for 172 patients were examined. Medication error rates of 57.6% (n=99) of individual patients reviewed and 18.4% of total patient prescription charts reviewed were found. A total of 69 medication prescribing errors were found in Phase One. This equates to an error percentage of 12.9% per patient chart reviewed and 40.1% per patient reviewed. Thirty medication administration errors were identified in Phase One of the study representing 17.4% of patients reviewed and 5.6% of patient prescription charts reviewed. Medication administration errors included both errors of commission, incorrect doses administered, (n=19) and omission, dose missed, (n=11). Process changes were then introduced and the results of these changes analysed in Phase Two (1 April 2014 to 31 December 2014) show an overall reduction in total medication errors with relation to number of patients reviewed from 57.6% in Phase One to 40.5% in Phase Two. In relation to number of prescription charts reviewed the medication error rate in Phase One was 18.4% and in Phase Two 14.4%. Prescribing errors in relation to number of patients reviewed reduced from 40.1% in Phase One to 26.19% in Phase Two. Overall reductions in percentage of errors were seen in all categories of prescribing errors except duplication of therapy which showed a slight increase. Based on the number of patients reviewed a reduction of prescribing errors was seen in the following categories: transcription errors (13.3% to 7.6%), anticoagulant not prescribed when indicated (3.5% to 2.4%), medication safety (5.2% to 2.9%), dose errors (9.3% to 6.6%) and duration of therapy (6.3% to 3.6%). An increase in the duplication of therapy error rate was seen (2.3% to 3.1%). There was also a reduction in administration errors in relation to number of patients reviewed with a total number of errors of 17.4% in Phase One and 15.8% in Phase Two. The number of prescribing errors per medication chart in Phase Two showed a statistically significant reduction (p=.002). A statistically significant reduction was also seen when the number of errors per patient was reviewed (p=.008). The total number of medication administration errors per medication chart showed a significant reduction (p=.042) as did the number of administration errors per patient (p=.003). When combining the total number of medication errors (both prescriobing and administration) a significant reduction was seen for both the number of charts reviewed (p=.001) and the number of patients reviewed (p=.002). These results indicate that the desired goal of increasing patient safety with regard to medication errors has been achieved but ongoing study is required to ensure the sustainability of the process changes.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Media management training needs assessment within the SADC region : a qualitative study
- Milne, Claire, du Toit, Peter, Rau, Asta, Mdlongwa, Francis
- Authors: Milne, Claire , du Toit, Peter , Rau, Asta , Mdlongwa, Francis
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7119 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012462
- Description: By exploring the views of editorial and business leaders in the media industry, the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) aims to reach a comprehensive understanding of management training issues that are regarded as priorities by leaders in the SADC region. The Institute also aims to create a space for media organisations to share their experiences of management capacity building and explore avenues for future collaboration. It is envisaged that this report will form part of an ongoing dialogue on the needs of media leaders in the region. Representatives from the SPI, the Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship Development (SAIMED), the Southern Africa Media Development Fund (SAMDEF) and the Southern African Media Training Trust (NSJ) met to advise the SPI on the industry’s key information needs. The research was then designed to focus on the identified needs. The research was conducted in three phases. In the first phase approximately 75 interviews were conducted with people holding diverse positions in a broad range of print and broadcast media institutions in Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia. The second research phase comprised a workshop held for training providers and media professionals from the SADC region. Findings from the initial phase of the research were presented to workshop delegates for comment and debate. This allowed for the testing and triangulation of initial research findings. In response to comments by delegates, who thought that the research ought to have included countries where the lingua franca of business is not predominantly English, the study was extended to a second set of countries: Angola, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Interviews with 64 informants from this second set of countries constitutes the final phase of the research, Translators were used in this third phase, but other than that, there was a high degree of standardisation across all eight countries with the same methodological approach - including the selection of participants - being used in the first and third phases. As the research is predominantly qualitative, findings are context-specific and not generalisable. The overall impression portrayed by the study is a sense that media managers throughout the SADC region are struggling to overcome the constraints of having received little training other than that acquired in the workplace. There is also a sense that media leaders and managers thirst for the knowledge and skills that will enable them to continually improve and steer their organisations to success. The political and economic contexts of the research countries are, to differing extents, all problematic. Mozambique has the most liberal media climate out of all the countries researched and the Democratic Republic of Congo has the most repressed. But all of the countries suffer some degree of media repression, whether blatant or subtle. It is widely accepted that media plays a vital role in the development and mediation of democracy. With empowerment central to the democratic ethos, it is vital that media leaders and managers are themselves empowered to steer their organisations fairly, freely and effectively. This study contributes to the process by asking media professionals about their perceptions on what kinds of training their leaders and managers need and prefer so that training interventions can be appropriately targeted and designed. And so this research process serves to initiate what the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership foresees will be an ongoing collaboration with media industry leaders and managers in the SADC region: a cooperate effort to shape solutions to the considerable range of training and management capacity building needs revealed in this study. , Funded by the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA)
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Milne, Claire , du Toit, Peter , Rau, Asta , Mdlongwa, Francis
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7119 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012462
- Description: By exploring the views of editorial and business leaders in the media industry, the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) aims to reach a comprehensive understanding of management training issues that are regarded as priorities by leaders in the SADC region. The Institute also aims to create a space for media organisations to share their experiences of management capacity building and explore avenues for future collaboration. It is envisaged that this report will form part of an ongoing dialogue on the needs of media leaders in the region. Representatives from the SPI, the Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship Development (SAIMED), the Southern Africa Media Development Fund (SAMDEF) and the Southern African Media Training Trust (NSJ) met to advise the SPI on the industry’s key information needs. The research was then designed to focus on the identified needs. The research was conducted in three phases. In the first phase approximately 75 interviews were conducted with people holding diverse positions in a broad range of print and broadcast media institutions in Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia. The second research phase comprised a workshop held for training providers and media professionals from the SADC region. Findings from the initial phase of the research were presented to workshop delegates for comment and debate. This allowed for the testing and triangulation of initial research findings. In response to comments by delegates, who thought that the research ought to have included countries where the lingua franca of business is not predominantly English, the study was extended to a second set of countries: Angola, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Interviews with 64 informants from this second set of countries constitutes the final phase of the research, Translators were used in this third phase, but other than that, there was a high degree of standardisation across all eight countries with the same methodological approach - including the selection of participants - being used in the first and third phases. As the research is predominantly qualitative, findings are context-specific and not generalisable. The overall impression portrayed by the study is a sense that media managers throughout the SADC region are struggling to overcome the constraints of having received little training other than that acquired in the workplace. There is also a sense that media leaders and managers thirst for the knowledge and skills that will enable them to continually improve and steer their organisations to success. The political and economic contexts of the research countries are, to differing extents, all problematic. Mozambique has the most liberal media climate out of all the countries researched and the Democratic Republic of Congo has the most repressed. But all of the countries suffer some degree of media repression, whether blatant or subtle. It is widely accepted that media plays a vital role in the development and mediation of democracy. With empowerment central to the democratic ethos, it is vital that media leaders and managers are themselves empowered to steer their organisations fairly, freely and effectively. This study contributes to the process by asking media professionals about their perceptions on what kinds of training their leaders and managers need and prefer so that training interventions can be appropriately targeted and designed. And so this research process serves to initiate what the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership foresees will be an ongoing collaboration with media industry leaders and managers in the SADC region: a cooperate effort to shape solutions to the considerable range of training and management capacity building needs revealed in this study. , Funded by the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA)
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- Date Issued: 2006
Succession politics and state administration in Africa: the case of Zimbabwe.
- Authors: Chikerema, Arthur Fidelis
- Date: 2021-02
- Subjects: Africa--Politics and government , Public administration , state governments
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21355 , vital:48494
- Description: The research probes the impact of succession politics on state administration in Africa, Zimbabwe as a case study. Power transition in any political landscape promotes the regeneration and configuration of the political architecture and the functionality of the administrative apparatus of the state. Government performance may thus be viewed as a result of political processes and dynamics that influence governance in a polity. Political succession determines the composition of administrative organs of the state and many political leaders wish to work with administrative apparatus, which are compatible with their ideological orientation. Regular transfer of executive power is the major test of stability, legitimacy and maturity of a nation’s political system, but in Zimbabwe, political leaders have shown a consistent trajectory of violating or amending state and party constitutions to prolong their stay in power (Constitutional coup or a third term tragedy). This has been compelled by ruthless silencing of dissent by suffocating political activism culminating in strong personalities and weak institutions. Succession politics in Zimbabwe resembles executive dominance, egocentrism, excessive appointing powers which are compounded by lack of institutional framework for succession. This undermines the professional independence of the bureaucracy, which in turn inhibits the pursuit of sound governance. Therefore, passing the baton to the next leader has been a challenge; resulting in the personalization of, governments and political parties by leaders. While constitutions provide for elective congress for purposes of electing party leadership and/ or renewing their mandates, there is strong literature pointing to the capture of representative institutions such as Parliaments through strong normative values by leaders. This erodes the role of Parliaments or congresses as a democratic institution, as leaders have used it to “endorse” themselves. The research examines the influence of succession politics on state administration, especially on how the institution of the state and party politics in Zimbabwe conflate with the public administration system leading to state malfunction. This research adopts a qualitative research design that provides an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations on political succession and state administration in Zimbabwe. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, complemented by document review and analyzed through thematic content analysis. The study found out that, despite the existence of the legal frameworks that promote seamless power transition, political, societal and historical factors exacerbate Zimbabwe’s succession dilemma. Colonial legacy, societal laxity, the military factor, capture of state institutions by the political elite, lack of a retirement institutional mechanism, the principle of sovereignty and politicization of the succession process were found as the major hindrances to Zimbabwe’s succession trajectory. It recommends broad based and genuine civil service, electoral, security and political (politics with ethics and values) reforms to dismantle the current legacy imbedded in the political system. , Thesis (PhD) (Public Administration) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-02
- Authors: Chikerema, Arthur Fidelis
- Date: 2021-02
- Subjects: Africa--Politics and government , Public administration , state governments
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21355 , vital:48494
- Description: The research probes the impact of succession politics on state administration in Africa, Zimbabwe as a case study. Power transition in any political landscape promotes the regeneration and configuration of the political architecture and the functionality of the administrative apparatus of the state. Government performance may thus be viewed as a result of political processes and dynamics that influence governance in a polity. Political succession determines the composition of administrative organs of the state and many political leaders wish to work with administrative apparatus, which are compatible with their ideological orientation. Regular transfer of executive power is the major test of stability, legitimacy and maturity of a nation’s political system, but in Zimbabwe, political leaders have shown a consistent trajectory of violating or amending state and party constitutions to prolong their stay in power (Constitutional coup or a third term tragedy). This has been compelled by ruthless silencing of dissent by suffocating political activism culminating in strong personalities and weak institutions. Succession politics in Zimbabwe resembles executive dominance, egocentrism, excessive appointing powers which are compounded by lack of institutional framework for succession. This undermines the professional independence of the bureaucracy, which in turn inhibits the pursuit of sound governance. Therefore, passing the baton to the next leader has been a challenge; resulting in the personalization of, governments and political parties by leaders. While constitutions provide for elective congress for purposes of electing party leadership and/ or renewing their mandates, there is strong literature pointing to the capture of representative institutions such as Parliaments through strong normative values by leaders. This erodes the role of Parliaments or congresses as a democratic institution, as leaders have used it to “endorse” themselves. The research examines the influence of succession politics on state administration, especially on how the institution of the state and party politics in Zimbabwe conflate with the public administration system leading to state malfunction. This research adopts a qualitative research design that provides an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations on political succession and state administration in Zimbabwe. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, complemented by document review and analyzed through thematic content analysis. The study found out that, despite the existence of the legal frameworks that promote seamless power transition, political, societal and historical factors exacerbate Zimbabwe’s succession dilemma. Colonial legacy, societal laxity, the military factor, capture of state institutions by the political elite, lack of a retirement institutional mechanism, the principle of sovereignty and politicization of the succession process were found as the major hindrances to Zimbabwe’s succession trajectory. It recommends broad based and genuine civil service, electoral, security and political (politics with ethics and values) reforms to dismantle the current legacy imbedded in the political system. , Thesis (PhD) (Public Administration) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-02
Succession politics and state administration in Africa: the case of Zimbabwe.
- Authors: Chikerema, Arthur Fidelis
- Date: 2021-02
- Subjects: Public administration , State governments
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21467 , vital:48659
- Description: The research probes the impact of succession politics on state administration in Africa, Zimbabwe as a case study. Power transition in any political landscape promotes the regeneration and configuration of the political architecture and the functionality of the administrative apparatus of the state. Government performance may thus be viewed as a result of political processes and dynamics that influence governance in a polity. Political succession determines the composition of administrative organs of the state and many political leaders wish to work with administrative apparatus, which are compatible with their ideological orientation. Regular transfer of executive power is the major test of stability, legitimacy and maturity of a nation’s political system, but in Zimbabwe, political leaders have shown a consistent trajectory of violating or amending state and party constitutions to prolong their stay in power (Constitutional coup or a third term tragedy). This has been compelled by ruthless silencing of dissent by suffocating political activism culminating in strong personalities and weak institutions. Succession politics in Zimbabwe resembles executive dominance, egocentrism, excessive appointing powers which are compounded by lack of institutional framework for succession. This undermines the professional independence of the bureaucracy, which in turn inhibits the pursuit of sound governance. Therefore, passing the baton to the next leader has been a challenge; resulting in the personalization of, governments and political parties by leaders. While constitutions provide for elective congress for purposes of electing party leadership and/ or renewing their mandates, there is strong literature pointing to the capture of representative institutions such as Parliaments through strong normative values by leaders. This erodes the role of Parliaments or congresses as a democratic institution, as leaders have used it to “endorse” themselves. The research examines the influence of succession politics on state administration, especially on how the institution of the state and party politics in Zimbabwe conflate with the public administration system leading to state malfunction. This research adopts a qualitative research design that provides an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations on political succession and state administration in Zimbabwe. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, complemented by document review and analyzed through thematic content analysis. The study found out that, despite the existence of the legal frameworks that promote seamless power transition, political, societal and historical factors exacerbate Zimbabwe’s succession dilemma. Colonial legacy, societal laxity, the military factor, capture of state institutions by the political elite, lack of a retirement institutional mechanism, the principle of sovereignty and politicization of the succession process were found as the major hindrances to Zimbabwe’s succession trajectory. It recommends broad based and genuine civil service, electoral, security and political (politics with ethics and values) reforms to dismantle the current legacy imbedded in the political system. , Thesis (PhD) (Public Administration) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-02
- Authors: Chikerema, Arthur Fidelis
- Date: 2021-02
- Subjects: Public administration , State governments
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/21467 , vital:48659
- Description: The research probes the impact of succession politics on state administration in Africa, Zimbabwe as a case study. Power transition in any political landscape promotes the regeneration and configuration of the political architecture and the functionality of the administrative apparatus of the state. Government performance may thus be viewed as a result of political processes and dynamics that influence governance in a polity. Political succession determines the composition of administrative organs of the state and many political leaders wish to work with administrative apparatus, which are compatible with their ideological orientation. Regular transfer of executive power is the major test of stability, legitimacy and maturity of a nation’s political system, but in Zimbabwe, political leaders have shown a consistent trajectory of violating or amending state and party constitutions to prolong their stay in power (Constitutional coup or a third term tragedy). This has been compelled by ruthless silencing of dissent by suffocating political activism culminating in strong personalities and weak institutions. Succession politics in Zimbabwe resembles executive dominance, egocentrism, excessive appointing powers which are compounded by lack of institutional framework for succession. This undermines the professional independence of the bureaucracy, which in turn inhibits the pursuit of sound governance. Therefore, passing the baton to the next leader has been a challenge; resulting in the personalization of, governments and political parties by leaders. While constitutions provide for elective congress for purposes of electing party leadership and/ or renewing their mandates, there is strong literature pointing to the capture of representative institutions such as Parliaments through strong normative values by leaders. This erodes the role of Parliaments or congresses as a democratic institution, as leaders have used it to “endorse” themselves. The research examines the influence of succession politics on state administration, especially on how the institution of the state and party politics in Zimbabwe conflate with the public administration system leading to state malfunction. This research adopts a qualitative research design that provides an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations on political succession and state administration in Zimbabwe. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, complemented by document review and analyzed through thematic content analysis. The study found out that, despite the existence of the legal frameworks that promote seamless power transition, political, societal and historical factors exacerbate Zimbabwe’s succession dilemma. Colonial legacy, societal laxity, the military factor, capture of state institutions by the political elite, lack of a retirement institutional mechanism, the principle of sovereignty and politicization of the succession process were found as the major hindrances to Zimbabwe’s succession trajectory. It recommends broad based and genuine civil service, electoral, security and political (politics with ethics and values) reforms to dismantle the current legacy imbedded in the political system. , Thesis (PhD) (Public Administration) -- University of Fort Hare, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-02