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Factors impeding the implementation of oversight mechanisms in South African municipalities
Background: Many developing countries are experiencing many financial management and control challenges such as corruption, fraud and misappropriation of public …
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The impact of rural–urban migration in South Africa: A case of KwaDukuza municipality
Background: The influx of people to urban areas has strained government resources, increased population-growth and increased housing infrastructure challenges. The …
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Communication and governance in a linguistically diverse human settlement in South Africa
Background: Integrated human settlement initiatives are aimed at altering the apartheid housing patterns of the old South Africa that kept …
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Barriers to effective supply chain management: The case of a metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Cape
Background: Supply chain management (SCM) is presented as a panacea and an invaluable tool for addressing service delivery glitches in …
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‘A luta continua’, will it ever end? The reality of local government in South Africa
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Contending for the designs and features of integrated development planning in South Africa? An empirical analysis of the Limpopo Province
Background: The Sphere of Local Government in South Africa serves a pertinent role of realising the provision of basic municipal …
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Modelling budget management for public service in South African Municipalities: A structural equation modelling approach
Background: For more than two decades, many municipalities have failed to render services effectively because of lack of competency and …
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COVID-19 and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation) in South Africa
Background: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 demands that countries globally provide clean water and sanitation to their citizens. The outbreak …
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Stakeholders’ involvement in service delivery at eDumbe Municipality
Background: Stakeholders have diverse interests in the provision of public services; hence, they support municipalities in responding to communities’ basic …
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Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the provincial MuniMEC forum inter-government relations structures in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Background: This research examines the effectiveness and efficiency of the Provincial MuniMEC in facilitating the Inter-Government Relations (IGR) arrangements for …
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Transformative networks and public participation in local government in the post-COVID era
The Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation (JOLGRI) focuses on improving the system of local governance and to proffer …
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Attitudes towards migrant workers in South Africa: A critical discourse analysis
Background: The influx of migrants from neighbouring countries has contributed to diversity in South Africa. This has caused on-going clashes …
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Public participation power dynamics in strategic development planning in a metropolitan municipality: Eastern Cape Province
Background: Public participation in municipal strategic development planning processes does not occur in a vacuum; it is juxtaposed within contextual …
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Twinning arrangements and service delivery in Zimbabwe’s local authorities: The case of Bulawayo City Council (Zimbabwe) and eThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
The Zimbabwean local government environment has been affected by chronic defects in the provision of basic public services. As such, …
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Participative integrated development planning praxis in local government: The case of selected South African municipalities
Background: Municipalities have a moral and legal obligation to involve communities in determining, prioritising and realising socio-economic development needs. To …
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A proposed citizen participation–public trust model in the context of service delivery protests in South African local government
The South African local government context has been marred by persistent citizen protests that continue to jeopardise public administrators’ quest …
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Erratum: An analysis of the effects of equalisation funds on service delivery in selected local authorities in Zambia
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Human rights abuses in local government areas in Nigeria during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: Faith-based organisations as agents of transformation
Background: There were cases of human rights abuse during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Warri, Uyo, Afikpo, …
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An assessment of servant leadership at a business unit of a South African power utility
Background: The South African power utility is facing several challenges with regards to providing sustainable electricity to consumers. The power …
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Building a capable state through proper human resource management
Background: This article examines the possibility of building a capable state within an appropriate ethical framework and the required human …