The local government is the first level of government closest to the people, and it is required under the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa to meet the needs of the people in their designated areas. Political ...

The study presents findings that examined the nature and extent of community participation in the Integrated Development Planning (IDP) processes as a means of improving local governance at the Polokwane Local Municipality. ...

The New Public Management (NPM) movement brought about by the changes that occurred after the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. The changes impact on how the three spheres of government; that is, ...

The role of school principals as managers in empowering educators and learners in Tshinane Circuit. This study was carried out to investigate the role of school principals as managers in empowering educators and learners ...

Schools depend on the funds allocated by the government, parents and to an extent donation from Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO). According to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999), all public ...

The study examined the role of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) towards effective financial management in a case study of City of Mbombela Municipality in the Mpumalanga Province. The MPAC is established in ...

In the pre-democratic era, recruitment and selection practices in South Africa were generally based on segregationist policies and legislation that reserved most skilled jobs for white employees. The post 1994 Constitution ...

Policy development and management remains the subject of boardrooms and societal preoccupation. This is precisely because policies are a vehicle for customer service and service delivery. For any product or service ...

Environmental impacts from a land claim-discarded settlement development are positive, negative and cumulative by nature, within the broad scope of environmental impacts there has been much focus on the physical environment ...