This book is published by a relatively unknown publishing company. I am deliberately using 'relatively unknown', because a simple Google search does not seem to show that this is a well-established company. Nonetheless, this is beside the point. What is important is that those in academia should welcome the fact that emerging, and possibly black-owned, companies are appearing to contest for a space in the publishing industry. Quality in scholarship is sacrosanct. I am saying this beca ...

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2021-Jun-23 11:20:16

This paper makes a comparative analysis of the strategies used by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) in South Africa in comparison to revenue collection strategies used by South African municipalities in the same country. Revenue collection is the chock of any country's economic stability. SARS is a good model for revenue collection in South Africa and enables the government to meet citizens' needs through collected revenues. This paper is conceptual in nature and it uses quali ...

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2021-Jun-23 11:13:17

This article examines police brutality in the light of violent service delivery protests within the context of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) in the Eastern Cape. This municipality is selected, primarily, because protests in the NMBM are caused by a lack of, or the slow pace of service delivery, corruption and cadre deployment, and because they are characterised by violence. This article employs a qualitative literature assessment method. The researchers examine the issue in quest ...

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2021-Jun-23 11:06:30

In contemporary times, most governments are condemned to function under conditions of severe financial constraint, exacerbated by global financial markets that are becoming increasingly volatile and contagious in nature. Thus, over and above exhaustible efforts of governments to raise increasingly evasive financial capital for development, other innovative measures need to be explored. Community participation is one such measure; and integrated development planning another. This article aims ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:59:43

This study looks at the implementation of the performance management system in the Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality. This is because all municipalities in South Africa are required to implement performance management systems in order to improve service delivery to local communities. It looks at the literature on performance management and also the link between performance management and service delivery. The study followed a qualitative approach. Questionnaires were used for data collection. ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:52:40

Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Systems (PM&Es) are continuously increasing and are being used worldwide by organisations to track progress, and to measure and evaluate the outcomes of their projects. This article investigates the effectiveness and efficiency of PM&Es in local government in South Africa. Best practices are explored from various international practices used by organisations and from other countries who instituted PM&Es. The PM&E process is used to address ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:48:11

The study sought to establish the extent to which the district municipalities' performance management system impacted on service delivery in local municipal communities. The quantitative approach was adopted in the present study. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 70 human resource officials, political office bearers, administrators and political structures. The findings show that regular monitoring may improve the performance management system of t ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:41:08

The study sought to establish the extent to which the district municipalities' performance management system impacted on service delivery in local municipal communities. The quantitative approach was adopted in the present study. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 70 human resource officials, political office bearers, administrators and political structures. The findings show that regular monitoring may improve the performance management system of t ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:33:59

The strategic placement of dustbins is vital in order to minimise illegal waste disposal, enhance the efficiency of solid waste management and prevent undesirable and negative effects on human health and the environment. The purpose of this article is to strengthen waste management activities in the town of Alice through the mapping of the physical infrastructure, which has a direct or indirect impact on waste management. This is essential for municipal solid waste management decision-making, ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:30:39

The State and Local Government's Joint Account management has been problematic in Nigeria since its advent in the 1976 local government reforms that heralded the democratic dispensation of 1979, and its eventual inclusion in the 1979 Constitution. Using available secondary data, this paper examines the challenges of the Joint Account in Nigeria's revenue sharing and democratisation process. The authors make the claim that the introduction of the Joint Account, which bears unmistakable ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:27:06

Groundbreaking research and great ideas, at the cutting edge of scholarship, grace the pages of scholarly publications, and are all critically important for strategic insights to optimise the state. Especially in relation to local government, an impressive body of literature is surging. Featured in this September edition of the Journal of Public Administration are articles on local government, which are research-based, examining various aspects of local governance. They follow the thematic tr ...

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2021-Jun-23 10:23:36