Blinded by the euphoria of the Mandela moment, which ushered in the post-apartheid South Africa, any thought of South Africa without electricity some couple of years back sounded far-fetched. For, ours – as many thought – was a perfect democracy destined for El Dorado. Some even conjured up notions such as South African exceptionalism, to suggest that we are different from other post-colonial African states. This is because many of these states, after they had gained independence ...

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2021-Jun-27 17:19:12

Although higher education institutions worldwide are gradually improving in absorbing students with disabilities into their environments, there is still a cry for delivery of support services required by such students, specifically in South African higher education institutions. One way of addressing service delivery is to strengthen Disability Units as a support and to co-ordinate service to students with disabilities. This article engages this issue. It is based on the study that opted for ...

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2021-Jun-27 17:13:24

This article is based on the study that sought to determine the relevance of the skills planning processes and procedures at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), an institution located in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and registered in terms of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act 101 of 1997, as amended). The study investigates the Human Resource competencies required and assesses the applicability of a skills development planning model for the NMMU within the South African le ...

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2021-Jun-27 17:07:45

Prior to 1994, the majority group of South Africans were denied access to and participation in all political structures and processes. This resulted in a lack of influence in terms of decision making, particularly with regard to resource allocation. In order to overcome the legacy of the apartheid regime, the local sphere of government adopted a developmental approach to local governance. The White Paper on Local Government (1998) defines developmental local government as government committed ...

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2021-Jun-27 17:04:38

The article discusses the implementation challenges inherent in manual distribution of huge sums of old age pension funds across the country in Lesotho. Poor institutional capacity prevented the implementing agency – the Department of Pensions – from setting up a competent administrative structure to run the programme effectively and efficiently. Some of the loopholes identified in distribution of the old age social grant included embezzlement of funds by workers and community age ...

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2021-Jun-27 17:00:26

Despite evidence of South African studies supporting the Job Demands and Resources (JD-R) model, the JD-R model has not been tested in a national government department. The objective of this study was to determine the association between and the role of job demands and resources in job satisfaction, subjective experiences of productivity and intentions to quit in a South African national government department. A quantitative approach making use of a cross-sectional design with a convenient sa ...

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2021-Jun-27 16:05:48

South Africa suffers from high levels of corruption that undermine the rule of law and hinder the state's capacity to effect development and socioeconomic transformation. In order to curb the scourge of corruption in the country, Section 100 of the South African Constitution (1996) and certain provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (1999) and the Municipal Finance Management Act (1999) provide for a continuum of interventions in provinces and municipalities if it is revealed that ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:59:10

Immigrant entrepreneurs contribute to local economic development and poverty reduction through the creation of employment. However, immigrant businesses have a high failure rate. Government support programmes can enhance the performance of immigrant-owned businesses. The study investigated the level of awareness and use of government support programmes by immigrant entrepreneurs in the Johannesburg Central Business District. It utilised a quantitative research approach with a descriptive rese ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:56:10

This article examines non-compliance of tavern operations with licensing conditions. This was studied to understand the extent of its prevalence, using quantitative research approach. Questionnaires were used for data collection. This article is based on the findings of the said study, which its contextual setting was Mankweng in Limpopo. The findings revealed that tavern operators do not comply with the licencing conditions as stipulated in the Liquor Act, 1989 (Act 27 of 1989). The most con ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:53:33

The South African democratic government that came into power in 1994 introduced the hostel redevelopment programme with the aim of improving the living conditions of public hostel dwellers. Overcrowding was one of the living conditions this programme sought to address in order to ensure that hostel dwellers have adequate housing and privacy. This article argues that the hostel redevelopment programme was not effectively implemented at the Kagiso Hostel as hostel dwellers have no privacy due t ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:50:01

That South Africa is a divided society continues to be a worrying concern. Although the major dividing line is on a racial basis, economic class division is prevalent, especially in urban areas. In the light of fragmented post-apartheid urban development and an increasingly unequal South African society, the necessity for building social cohesion has become an urgent priority for urban development planners, designers and practitioners. For this reason, the formation of social cohesion also ha ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:46:30

Theologian John Henry Newman, in his The Idea of a University, defined the purpose of higher education in society as, among others, being to give "a person a clear conscious view of his opinions and judgements, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them and a force in urging them" (Newman, 1893). Does this mean a university manufactures intellectuals? Of course it does. However, the appropriate question is, for what purpose? Many would say, to lead successful career ...

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2021-Jun-27 15:42:55