• Agricultural markets as nodal points for economic activity : are agricultural markets gender inclusive? 

  Ngomane, T. S.; Sebola, M. P. (SAAPAM (South Africa Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  It is argued that women play a vital role in food production and processing in many parts of the world such as hoeing, weeding, harvesting, storing and selling despite having limited access to agricultural inputs such as ...
• Impact of supervision on social worker's job performance: implications for service delivery 

  Manthosi, F. L.; Makhubele, J. C. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  Within the public administration spectrum, Social Workers are expected to provide services efficiently and effectively to their clients and this can be achieved through a critical role known as supervision. This paper aims ...
• Citizenship crisis or xenophobia?:a critical analysis of service delivery protest in South Africa 

  Tirivangasi, H. M.; Mugambiwa, S. S. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  South African local government has been synonymous with the service delivery protests since the acquiring of democratic rule in 1994. The service delivery protests have been accompanied by images of burnt tyres, looting ...
• Planning and governance of blended pedagogies for national development in South Africa: is the puzzle complete without the local government? 

  Ramoroka, T. M.; Tsheola, J. P.; Sebola, M. P. (SAAPAM(South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  Development in the world is mostly knowledgebased and thus, largely depends on the exchange of information through modern technology. Countries that are equipped with technology and knowledge find it easy to participate ...
• South Africa's pursuit for a National Minimum Wage: a double edged sword 

  Masipa, T. S. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  It is a historical fact that the democratic South Africa inherited the country with the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Majority of blacks became the victims of such inheritance and they often ...
• A critic of NEMA: Waste Act 59 of 2008, so many promises, little implementation and enforcement 

  Zhakata, E.; Gundani, S. R.; Chauke, V.; Odeku, K. O. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The study is focused on the management of Waste in South Africa by investigating and analysing the National Environmental Management Waste Act 59 of 2008. The current trends review that challenges have been noted on the ...
• The effect of revenue planning on municipal financial performance: a case study of the Polokwane Local Municipality in the Limpopo Province 

  Molobela, T. T. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  There are recent findings that signify municipal consumer debt and revenue planning as problematic in the South African local government system. This is caused by non-payment of municipal services partly due to poverty and ...
• Can investment activities in the form of capital formation influence economic growth in South Africa? 

  Ncanywa, T.; Makhenyane, L. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The study examined the impact of investment activities as measured by gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) on economic growth of South Africa for the period from 1960 to 2014. The Johansen co-integration and the vector ...
• Addresses as a bone of contention in ensuring free and fair local government elections 

  Msaule, P. R. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The test for democracy is the regular free and fair elections. In South Africa, in order for one to be eligible to exercise ones right to vote one has to register for elections in the common voters' roll. The settings in ...
• Audit outcomes and their role in clean administration in municipalities within Limpopo Province, South Africa: a deterrence theory approach 

  Mathebula, N. E. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  In a period of three months subsequent to the end of every municipal financial year, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) receives financial statements from municipalities within which to express various audit opinions ...
• Service delivery protests resulting in the burning of libraries: a study of selected public libraries in South Africa 

  Ntsala, M.; Mahlatji, M. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  South Africa is taking significant steps to improve access to information to all communities in the nine provinces. Since 1994, great strides have been made to build new public, school libraries and to upgrade historically ...
• Lack of service delivery in the form of quality teaching and the secondary school learner migration 

  Modiba, N. S. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The paper critiques how persistent under-delivery of some secondary schools, orchestrate and trigger learner migration to better performing schools. The paper is both conceptual and empirical in nature. Document study and ...
• The mediating role of effective working capital management on the growth prospects of Small and Medium Enterprises in Polokwane Municipality 

  Masocha, R.; Dzomonda, O. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The paper assesses the mediating role of effective working capital management on the growth prospects of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Polokwane Municipality. SMEs form the backbone of the economies of most countries ...
• Provision of information in South Africa: issues of bias, access, transparency and accountability 

  Manamela, M. G.; Rambuda, R. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The purpose of the paper is to theorize the provision of information on the basis of bulletins: through broadcasts (televisions and radios), newspapers, reports, billboards among others, in the relative majority of rural ...
• South African Broadcasting Corporation's editorial coverage of community protests towards the 2016 Municipal Local Government Elections: implications for editorial policy 

  Muswede, T. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  This paper evolves from the South African Broadcasting Corporation's decision to selectively broadcast images of protesters expressing decent over poor service delivery, particularly the destruction of public property ...
• Reflection on the deterrence theory of taxation in the context of revenue collection by municipalities and the South African Revenue Services 

  Chauke, K. R.; Sebola, M. P. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  This paper evaluates analyses and reflects on how the deterrence theory as revenue collection measure can be used in revenue collection. It also focuses on the applicability thereof to the South African Revenue Service and ...
• The role of Local Economic Development in developing small medium enterprises: a case of Solomondale Community in the Limpopo Province 

  Malemela, R. N.; Yingi, L. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  Government's New Growth Path is targeting five million (5 000 000) new jobs by 2020 and also aims to reduce the unemployment rate by 2030 by creating eleven million (11 000 000) new jobs. South Africa needs over forty-nine ...
• Transport for women-led agricultural projects in the Capricorn District: a necessity for social change 

  Mmakola, K. L.; Sithole, S. L. (2016)

  The Department of Agriculture as well as Roads and Transport provide support to initiating of agricultural projects. The difficulty though is that the departments withdraw this support at a critical time, thus providing ...
• An evaluation of the role of community based planning in Integrated Development Planning Process in Umjindi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province 

  Moyo, T.; Madlopha, S. S. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  Community Based Planning (CBP) was adopted in 2009 by the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (DCOGTA). This methodology is aimed at enable local government to deepen democracy by allowing citizens ...
• The Role of Small Medium Enterprises in the implementation of Local Economic Development in South Africa 

  Nkwinika, M. K. K.; Munzhedzi, P. H. (SAAPAM (South African Association of Public Administration and Management), 2016)

  The notion of Local Economic Development (LED) in local government is pivotal and continues to generate debates among policy-makers, civil society groups and scholars throughout the globe. This is particularly because the ...

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