Browsing Department of Public Administration by Title
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A critical discourse analysis of the preambles of selected public documents with reference to racial classification
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)One of the most pertinent issues currently confronting South Africans and perhaps people around the world is the question of how to bring about social justice for everybody regardless of ‘races’, ‘ethnicities’, cultures, ... -
Critical evaluation of the contractor development programme in the Western Cape department of transport and public works: Skills development, training and youth placement, 2015 – 2018
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Emerging contractors play a significant role in the employment and skills development landscape as they are the employers of unskilled and semi-skilled labour in the construction industry (Western Cape Department of Transport ... -
De-agrarianisation, livelihoods diversification and social differentiation in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This case study of three rural villages in Matatiele district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa examines the extent to which the diversification of rural livelihoods and processes of social differentiation are interconnected. ... -
Democratic decentralisation in Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)Rwandan local government system is currently making an important turning point with the introduction of democratic decentralisation. This study was carried out in order to find out the prospects and challenges of democratic ... -
Developmental local authorities in small rural towns of the Northern Cape - The case of Victoria west
(University of Western Cape, 2004)For the last seventeen years I have been actively involved in local government management and I have also been schooled in this academic field. I made this milieu my career as I have an intense yearning to stand in service ... -
Discretion among street level bureaucrats: A case study of nurses in a public hospital in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)There are often noted gaps and tensions arise between official government policies and what is implemented on the ground. The two theories that consistently argue antagonistically about the policy processes are the ... -
Domestic Gun Control Policy in Ten Southern African Countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The proliferation of small arms and light weapons in southern Africa is wide spread, yet under researched. This research report sets out current debates with regard to small arms and domestic gun control and analyses the ... -
The dynamics of urbanisation in Kampala, Uganda: Towards a possible alternative policy framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The purpose of the study is to investigate the dynamics explaining Kampala's urbanisation, with a view of analysing their implications for an alternative urban policy framework for this city. This study was motivated by ... -
The effects of workplace restructuring on job satisfaction
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study has been conducted before when the company in question underwent a restructuring (name change) but did not threaten the loss of jobs. This study is being conducted again because another restructuring has taken ... -
Enhancing participatory democracy: in municipal affairs through the ward committee system: A participatory monitoring and evaluation approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Local government is a key point of service delivery and is the sphere where most people interface with government. A good relationship with communities at local government level is therefore critical. Ward committees ... -
Environmental projects in schools in South Africa : a case study of an environmental educational project at a working class school on the Cape Flats
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This research identifies the challenges of a three-year environmental education project in a primary school in Cape Town. The project, an indigenous fynbos garden, was located at a school in a working class area in Cape ... -
An examination of the implementation of selected batho pele principles: A case study of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and its selected clients
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The Batho Pele principles can be seen as a tool to help transform the South African public sector by making it more responsive to the needs of its citizens. The White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service strives ... -
Examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity. A case study of Khayelitsha in the Western Cape province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Background: Obesity in South Africa is a critical public health issue. Previously considered a problem of the affluent, obesity is now reported among all populations in South Africa regardless of age, race, gender or ... -
An exploration into the understanding of Leadership Ethos and Critical Success Factors in public management: The case of the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa and the Ministry of National Economy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This dissertation assumes an explorative and descriptive approach rather than a comparative approach. It aims at offering the concept of Leadership Ethos (LE) and its inherent Critical Success Factors (CSFs) as a paradigm ... -
An exploration of the dynamics and nature of poverty: The case of Khayelitsha, 2010 – 2018
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This mini-thesis explores the various competing understandings of poverty in a local South African setting using Khayelitsha as a case study. The study will then examine which conceptual frameworks are used to examine ... -
An exploratory study of the representivlty of African blacks (ab) in the Mossel bay hake fishing industry
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An exploratory study on the career stages and the career development needs of the Namibian police
(University of the Western Cape, 2004-05)This exploratory study seeks to critically explore human resources development with regard to the career needs and stages of the Namibian Police (NAMPOL). Documents were perused on the issue of the current human resources ... -
Exploring cross-border security issues at selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) borders and borderlands: Beitbridge and Kosi Bay
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Cross-border migration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is regarded as a cross-border security issue that has often ignited anti-immigration sentiments in countries like South Africa. In ... -
Gender equality in the workplace and how it impacts on the organisation’s operations: A case study of the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study focusses on the impact of gender equality on the workplace and its operations and how it has evolved within the organisation. South Africa, historically, was a patriarchal society and male dominance was the ... -
Governance and financial sustainability of NGO's in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This study focused on governance and financial sustainability of NGO's in South Africa. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate existing governance and financial arrangements of NGO's, CBO's and CSO's with the ...