The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa stipulates guidelines for local government functions. Section 152, of the Constitution lists six objectives of local government. According to the six objectives, local government is required to promote social and economic development for its communities. In South Africa, this objective is met through urban renewal projects, among others. Urban renewal is an economic engine and a reform mechanism for the growth and development of local governmen ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:39:58

Most mainstream government departments are now using the Internet as a channel to provide public services to their citizens. This often entails large financial investments on the part of government. Use of such services by targeted users is seen as critical in helping to justify the large investments as well as to ensure that the intended benefits of e-government from the users' perspective are realised. The main objective of this article is to investigate perceived challenges to the diff ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:36:31

Clients hold experiences and perceptions from their service encounters and interaction with the public services. The service quality is judged either good or bad, or the client might be indifferent. Public sector reform measures and management strategies have been implemented that give effect to citizens as clients of the public service. Policy frameworks such as the White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service of 1997 set the framework for the quality of public service that South ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:34:05

In South Africa, the scope of the internal audit functions (IAFs) in public sector organisations is limited by the government's mandate of service delivery. The IAF is obviously expected to support the government's strategies. In the same way, the IAF is expected to deliver services and advise its customers on the efficiency of the operations in terms of risk, control and governance processes. In many instances, the National Treasury plays a significant role in designing the guideline ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:31:15

The question that directs the discourse in this article is whether an incremental housing process is a viable option to deal with the challenge of housing in South Africa. Its contention is that this process of self-driven housing is, to a very great extent, a viable solution to the housing crisis. It reduces the housing needs of especially those in the rural areas who are unable to secure mortgage bonds because of the complexities of the tenure land security system built on the traditional c ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:28:35

In the last decade in South Africa, participatory budgeting analysts have debated the merits and deficiencies of diverse methods to strengthen municipal public budgeting. The aim was to involve citizens not only in the planning processes, but also in the budgeting decisions that would inform the implementation of local government policies and projects, while meeting the developmental needs of the people. This article discusses two issues: how participatory budgeting (PB) is applied and the ch ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:25:52

The legislative branch of government is responsible for law making, exercising oversight over the executive, facilitating public participation and promoting cooperative governance. Legislatures are mandated to ensure that laws passed are properly implemented to address the needs of the citizens. This is a crucial role of legislative oversight. In order to legitimise this important role of the legislatures, some conditions must be met. For example, there needs to be a certain degree of coopera ...

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2021-Jun-20 20:23:20