Browsing by Author "Ababio, E.P."
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Intergovernmental relations and co–operative governance : the tools to enhance service delivery in the Free State Province
Sesele, Moeketsi Basil (North-West University, 2013)The purpose of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act 13 of 2005 is to facilitate co-operation among the three spheres of government. The implementation of this Act has posed many challenges for departments in ... -
Intergrated [i.e. Integrated] development planning (IDP) as a tool for promoting sustainable development : the case of Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM)
Mokone, Mamasondo Rebecca (North-West University, 2007)The government has taken constructive steps to address the issue of poverty in South Africa. The principal strategy on the government, and for that matter municipalities for poverty alleviation is to promote sustainable ... -
Local economic development (LED): Building blocks, strategy and implementation for local government in South Africa
Ababio, E.P.; Meyer, D.F. (ASSADPAM (Association of Southern African Schools & Departments of Public Administration and Management), 2012)The notion that Local Economic Development (LED) is a mechanism for poverty alleviation has led to heated debates over the last few decades. The two concepts have been intertwined and in some cases, confused with each ... -
The new role of municipal officials as agents of change towards improved service delivery : the case of Welkom in the Matjhabeng local municipaltiy
Mokhoabane, Sello James (North-West University, 2006)An objective of local government is to ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner. Thus, the Matjhabeng Local Municipality has the obligation to ensure that public services are rendered ... -
Performance management as a mechanism for effective service delivery at Emfuleni Local Municipality
Mkumbeni, Jeany Noma (North-West University, 2008)Section 38 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act (32 /2000) tasks municipalities to establish a performance management system that corresponds with resources, circumstances, objectives, indicators and targets as ... -
Performance management as a tool for enhancing policy implementation at Fezile Dabi District Municipality
Chuta, Vusumzi Hertzog (North-West University, 2010)The Municipal Systems Act (32 of 2000) stipulates that municipalities must establish a performance management system that is proportionate with its resources, and more importantly advance a culture of performance management ... -
The performance record of the Gauteng Shared Service Centre : a focus on the Ekurhuleni-Sedibeng health region
Skosana, Jeffrey Thami (North-West University, 2006)The procurement of goods and services in South Africa has had a history of being organized haphazardly, and fraught with problems of prices being inflated, goods and services taking longer to be procured, orders for goods ... -
Poverty alleviation strategies as mechanisms for crime prevention in Sedibeng District Municipality
Malise, Paballo Deborah (North-West University, 2006)The study examines some of the strategies undertaken by the SeJiLwng District Municipality as mechanisms for reducing crime and lighting poverty. An exposition of poverty, crime and crime prevention is provided in the ... -
Promoting sustainable development through capacity building at Sebideng District Municipality
Sebolao, Lerato (North-West University, 2008)Capacity problems in communities have been identified as a major impediment to service delivery and the achievement of a developmental local government especially at Sedibeng District Municipality. The socio-economic profile ... -
Public participation as a mechanism for promoting sustainable waste management service delivery in Sedibeng District Municipality
Ludidi, Nompazamo Alma (North-West University, 2013)The purpose of this research is to determine the extent of public participation in waste management, willingness of the community to assist the municipality in waste management and how the officials involve the community ... -
Public sector procurement as a poverty alleviation mechanism at Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development
Mokgoro, Kgomotso Yvonne (North West University, 2010)Public sector procurement, the provision to government institutions of goods and services from the private sector, normally takes a chunk of the national budget. In any country, there will always be goods and services that ... -
Public sector procurement as strategic tool for black economic empowerment at Sedibeng District Municipality
Motsiri, Paulos Moeketsi (North-West University, 2009)The central objective of this study was to establish the extent to which public procurement, as applied at Sedibeng District Municipality, contributes to the development of designated suppliers. Previously, procurement was ... -
Reincarnation of winds of change in Africa: an African Union impotence?
Ababio, E.P. (North-West University, 2011)The emergence of African states as independent by 1970 had brought hope and expectations to nationals that the winds of change were to be equated with good life and freedom. Yet, no sooner had political freedom been gained ... -
Risk management as a strategy for promoting sound financial management at Sedibeng District Municipality
Meyer, Natanya (North-West University, 2013)Since the introduction of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) in 2003 and the Public Sector Risk Management Framework in 2010, Municipalities had to start focusing on proper risk management as part of their management ... -
The role of intergovernmental relations in promoting developmental local government : the case of Sedibeng District Municipality
Mphasane, Mamoipone Emily (North-West University, 2012)Within the South African Framework of transition, constitutional development and of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act No 108 of 1996 Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) plays a pivotal role in the development ... -
The role of local economic development in poverty alleviation : the case of Sicelo, Midvaal local municipality
Meyer, Daniël Francois (North-West University, 2007)The role of Local Economic Development (LED) in poverty alleviation has been a point of debate over the last decade or so. Half of the households in South Africa survive on less than R20 per day. Up to 60% of these households ... -
The role of multi-purpose community centre (MPCC) service and information providers towards improving quality of community life : a case of Sebokeng
Rabali, Hahangwivhawe (North-West University, 2005)In South Africa, certain areas are well developed with infrastructures that compare with first world standards, while in others, people live in abject poverty without basic services being rendered Poverty is the single ... -
The role of non-governmental organizations in promoting sustainable livelihoods at Evaton in Emfuleni Local Municipality
Mocheki, Kate (North West University, 2010)Development has been one of the highly contested phenomenons yielded by various conflicting perspectives on what it entails, how it should be implemented and who should be its delivery agents and beneficiaries. Against ... -
The role of total quality management in enhancing service delivery at Sedibeng District Municipality
Rademeyer, Jefferey Rodney (North-West University, 2010)Sedibeng District Municipality (SDM) falls within the category of local government, a sphere of government and being part of public sector management. The South African public sector management is affected by factors of ... -
The role of tourism in poverty alleviation at Sedibeng District Municipality
Msibi, Fusi Amelia (North-West University, 2010)Local Authorities have a duty to promote the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of their communities. The study deals with the promotion of community involvement and other stakeholders by municipality in ensuring ...