Despite various state and civil society interventions in the area especially through the Cato Manor Development Association (CMDA) and Area-based Management and Development (ABMD), Cato Manor is still one of the most vulnerable communities. Cato Manor's situation is further aggravated by the prevalence of growing poverty and unemployment more particularly among young people and by HIV/AIDS. It is against this background that the article is aimed at examining the impact and application of ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:13:03

Gauteng Online was a personal project initiated by the then Premier of Gauteng, Mbazhima Shilowa in 2001 to equip public schools with computers. The Gauteng Online Directorate in the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) was given the responsibility of managing the project to its completion. Later the project was handed over to Gauteng Shared Service Centre (GSSC). The aim was to build a computer network in 2 128 public schools throughout the province that would introduce learners to basic co ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:10:24

The adaption of the philosophical and behavioural notion of intentionality and its application in ethics studies provides interesting knowledge avenues for the study of the relationships between leadership and institutional effectiveness. Weaknesses in regional institutions have been attributed to the low level of commitment of African leaders to regional projects and technical reasons such as lack of capacity and resources. This article examines the interrelationships between institutions an ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:07:38

The article focuses on the present debate between police practitioners [the South African Police Service (SAPS)] and academics, as well as among academics themselves within the broad criminal justice field in South Africa, as to whether a qualification in Police Service Management as developed by the Police Service of South Africa should be offered at tertiary level , or whether lecturers in Policing and Criminology should be regarded as professionals within their own right and with their own ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:05:23

This article examines the extent to which women were represented within senior management services (SMS) in the South African public service during 1999 to 2009. Statistics from quantitative research were used to determine whether women benefited from the equality and equity provided by the government. The results suggest that it will take considerable time for women to reach equality with men as top executives, since the government's target of 50% women's representation at SMS by 31 ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:02:55

The predominantly rural area of the Transkei Wild Coast has a potential for local economic growth through tourism development. The area has been struggling to develop tourism because of a lack of visionary leadership, lack of resources, and effective strategies that prioritise tourism as central to economic development. This article argues for tourism as a key sector to sustainable economic development in the area. The Transkei Wild Coast and its local economy must be revived so that the qual ...

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2021-Jun-20 00:00:04

South Africa's population policy, which is complementary to the country's national development plans, essentially adopts a holistic, multi-sectoral approach. It advocates that efforts to influence the population factors of fertility, mortality and migration are both a means to, and an outcome of, sustainable development. The policy primarily seeks to influence the country's population trends in such a way that these trends are consistent with the achievement of sustainable human d ...

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2021-Jun-19 23:56:33

The notion of developmental local government has become part of the South African local government dispensation as from the year 2000. According to Smith and Vawda (2003:28) the idea of developmental local government (DLG) emerged from the fusion of the social interventionist goals of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) and the market-driven economic strategies of the Growth Employment and Redistribution policy (GEAR); the two main national policies of the post-apartheid era fo ...

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2021-Jun-19 23:53:44

The concept of a developmental state (DS) is controversial, misunderstood and often presented as a panacea for Africa's development challenges; but seemingly reflects more hopes than practical solutions for such challenges. It appears that public servants, who have to implement the policies for building the DS, play a minimal role in articulating the vision or relevant approaches for such a state. South Africa and Botswana are frequently cited in the literature as African examples of a DS ...

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2021-Jun-19 23:50:57

No continent is in greater need of sustained development than Africa. On the golden independence jubilee of most countries, and almost 54 years after Ghana - the first country on the African continent to achieve independence - sustained development remains elusive. Although not all state-led developmental efforts succeed, hardly any state has ever been successfully transformed through market mechanisms only. With economic development stagnating in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with the ...

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2021-Jun-19 23:43:38