Sound public financial management supports aggregate control, prioritisation, accountability, the efficient management of public resources and the delivery of services. Good governance depends on accountability since accountability is one of the prerequisites of democracy. One of the key elements of good governance is a sound system of internal financial control. This control system incorporates rules, procedures and practices through clearly stated policies. The absence of a clearly defined ...

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2021-Jun-14 15:15:30

This article traces the changes in the actions of the South African government and its policy discourses, with particular focus on the post-1994 period. The article highlights the changing balance, over time, between state and market principles and how these market principles impact on state enterprises, in their call for reform in order to be effective and efficient in the management of their enterprises, and in improving economic growth. Particular attention is paid to the privatisation pro ...

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2021-Jun-14 15:12:10

The notion of Developmental Local Government led to a totally new approach to what was traditionally viewed as the essential role and function of local government. Historically, local government was seen as an instrument to ensure the delivery of basic services (e.g. water and sanitation) to communities in an orderly fashion and to implement regulations. However, in the new dispensation, local government is regarded as a primary facilitator to redress the lacking infrastructure and limited ec ...

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2021-Jun-14 15:08:41

Globalisation has led to the creation of a global village in which competition and sameness increased competitive isolation. Organisations are finding it difficult to survive in competitive isolation and a gradual shift from the individual competitive organisation to inter-organisational collaboration occurred. In this article the author highlights how tourism and health care are linked together in a globalised society. By integrating activities along the value chain, it is argued that touris ...

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2021-Jun-14 15:04:26

Globalisation as a trend is an accepted phenomenon. The European Union, African Union, United Nations and its affiliates as well as sectoral and supra national structures attest to this statement. South Africa is a relative newcomer to the challenges posed by globalisation / internationalisation as it only became a global role-player in 1994 with the democratising of the country. It is necessary to consider the effects of the shrinking autonomy on a country brought about by a globalised attem ...

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2021-Jun-14 15:00:36

The developmental state in South Africa has become a matter of great concern and urgency to all practitioners at the three spheres of government. The government has, since its inception in 1994, promoted economic growth and development through a variety of mechanisms, including policy implementation and the promulgation of legislation. In the local sphere of government provision has been made for national and provincial intervention to maintain the national standards of service delivery. Howe ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:57:13

As the public sector character and attributes continue to evolve globally, the notion of accountability is identified as the pivot, around which effective public management and good governance revolve. This has followed the wave of neo-liberal reforms in Africa and elsewhere in the developing countries, where the re-invention of government in recent years has earmarked accountability as part of the governance and development imperatives. This article critically analysis the dynamics of accoun ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:53:44

The wave of administrative reforms that has been sweeping through modern governments around the globe brought about serious questions regarding the essence of democratic governance. At the centre of these reform initiatives, some brought about voluntarily while others through compliance with international demands, the emphasis has been the criticisms levelled against administrative capacity and effectiveness of government agencies as the main impediments of accelerated and sustainable service ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:49:56

This article maintains that the implementation of Service Delivery Improvement Plans (White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery, 1997) could significantly be enhanced by gaining an understanding of public institutions' core processes. A process is seen as a series of activities with an input and an output with the purpose to achieve institutional strategic objectives. By profiling the DNA (layers of primary and secondary organisational processes) of public institutions, continuo ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:46:00

Conceptualisation of local government in South Africa is placed on the cutting edge of addressing basic national challenges such as public participation in matters of service delivery, provision of basic needs, and in combating poverty. At the sphere of local government, it implies the means for legitimate service delivery participatory democracy, the mobilisation of the masses in decision-making to determine what is good for them in line with national objectives. Ward committees are designed ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:42:30

This article examines the ability of civic education as a concept to respond to governance imperatives in a modern state. Whether it is in democracies or non-democracies, governance imperatives require citizen electoral participation, government stability, and political order which determine in turn, the success and/or the performance of a government. It could be argued that the purpose of civic education is therefore to insure the continuity of a society. If this is the case, then civic educ ...

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2021-Jun-14 14:38:11