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Journal of Public Administration. 2016, vol. 1, no. 1

Sebola, M. P, editor; Tsheola, J. P., deputy editor (216)
Entrepreneurship education as a panacea to redressing xenophobic attacks in South Africa: a focus on small and medium enterprises

Dzomonda, O.; Tirivangasi, H. M.; Masocha, R. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2013)

A democratic South Africa has witnessed recurrent xenophobic attacks in recent years, especially during 2008 and 2015. Most of the attacks involved native people looting the goods of immigrant businesses, impacting negatively ...
Journal of public administration and development alternatives Vol. 1 Issue No. 2 December 2016

Sebola, M. P., editor; Tsheola, J. P., deputy editor (JPADA, 2016)
Students’ loan scheme and access to higher education at Makerere University, Uganda

Wanyama, M. O.; Kyohairwe, S. B.; Karyeija, G. K. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

The main purpose of the study was to examine the contribution of the student loan scheme towards access to higher education at Makerere University with a view to improve efficiency of the loan scheme and benefit more ...
Twenty-Four Years of decentralised local government in Uganda: measuring responsiveness, effectiveness, and accountability

Galukande-Kiganda, M. P.; Mzini, L. B. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

The article explores the implementation of decentralised local governance in Uganda and the factors that inhibit the realisation of decentralised local governance. Decentralisation efforts seeks to promote a more responsive, ...
Youth leadership lessons from student movements in South Africa

Shai, K.B. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

This article examines the part played by student movements in boosting the prospects of youth being considered as prospective candidates in the electoral lists of democratic South Africa’s political parties. The youth ...
Exploring Universal Primary Education (UPE) Policy: the road-map towards inclusive and equitable quality education in Uganda

Kyohairwe, S. B. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

Education for all is universally recognised as a contributor to socio-economic development; hence, schooling systems are part of the interventions to ensure that participation in societal development processes is made ...
Socio-economic inequalities, triple challenges and consequences of ineffective effective leadership in South Africa

Mzangwa, S. T. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

This article describes the significant role that government and trade union leaders should adopt to enhance economic growth and confront the triple challenges facing South Africa: inequality, poverty and unemployment. Trade ...
Ward committee challenges in South Africa’s Local Municipalities: functions and dysfunctions

Sekgala, M. P. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996), local municipalities have established ward committees as a means of involving stakeholder communities in public affairs. Community ...
Power relations and the paradox of community participation among the San in Khwee and Sehunong

Molosi, K.; Dipholo, K.; San community (2016)

The discourse of community participation has been popularised by both Government and Non-Governmental Organisations as a ‘technical fix’ to most community development problems. As such, participation is seen as a necessary ...
Good governance and conflict resolution in Africa

Silima, T. (2016)

This article provides an analytical argument about good governance and conflict resolution in Africa. The article aims to explore and explain governance as an act of governing and an applicable practice in Africa. The ...
Instability and corruption in student governance caused by tender system in universities

Sebake, B. K. (2016)

The landscape of Higher Education in South Africa has made a significant move to recognise the “voice of the voiceless” and embraced democracy at all cost. This argument is attested by the establishment of the Student ...
An examination of factors hindering the growth of media firms in Capricorn District region of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Maswanganyi, F. T.; Nkoana, E. M. (2016)

All firms operate within the challenging macro- and micro-economic factors and internal and external environments. Media firms experience additional challenges from disruptive innovation. With this background, this ...
The role of King III report on corporate governance in improving poor service delivery in the

Mokgopo, T. I. (2016)

When the new government came in to power in 1994 it inherited dysfunctional municipalities. In fact it inherited a country with high levels of poverty, growing levels of inequality and also social dysfunctionality. ...
Holding the executive accountable: parliament as the beacon of hope to the people

Malapane, A. (2016)

In recent times, the work of Parliament has been receiving attention on the public domain and discourse. This however does not necessarily mean that it successfully fulfils its mandate to hold the executive accountable ...
Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives Special Issue Vol. 1 Issue No. 1.1 September 2016

Sebola, M. P., editor; Tsheola, J. P., deputy editor (JPADA, 2016)
Subnational governance and socio-economic development in a federal political system: a case study of Lagos State, Nigeria

Oloruntoba, S. O. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

The main objective of any responsible government is the provision of the good life to citizens. In a bid to achieve this important objective, political elites or external powers (as the case may be) have adopted various ...
Societal attitudes towards equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work within households by men and women in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Ngomane, T. S. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)
Deriving a conceptual framework for a formative evaluation of the city of Johannesburg : ‘separaton of powers pilot project.

Chikwema, S.; Wotela, K. (2016)

Oversight and accountability of the executive to the legislature are cardinal to good governance and ultimately democracy and political development. Conflating legislative and executive functions limits oversight, effectiveness ...
Assessing preconditions for effective special economic zones’s from a South African local governance perspective

April, Y. (Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives (JPADA), 2016)

The rise to prominence of local governance has fueled the expectation that Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) would be domesticated for industrial development, especially within Special Economic Zones (SEZs). An SEZ is a ...

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