Department of Public Administration

An assessment of the performance management system for senior managers at Chris Hani district municipality

Sotenjwa, Fundiswa Patience (2021)

This study examines the implementation of the Performance Management System (PMS) in local government, with specific reference to municipalities in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape. The research is premised ...

Local government as an enabler of local economic development: A case study of the Bulawayo city council

Moyo, Langton (University of Western Cape, 2021)

Local economic development approaches are increasingly being adopted in Africa to address spatial and territorial inequalities in development. Local economic development prioritises grassroots, bottom-up, regional ...

An Assessment of Social Capital in Rural Ethiopia: The Case of Aresi and Menze

Thompson, Lisa (University of the Western Cape, 2021)

This dissertation explored the degree and distribution of social capital forms-social networks, volunteer associations, generalized trust, particularized trust and norms of reciprocity in rural Ethiopia. It aims to ...

An assessment of social capital in rural Ethiopia: The case of Aresi and Menze

Tamirat, Fikrewold Yeneneh (University of Western Cape, 2021)

This dissertation explored the degree and distribution of social capital forms-social networks, volunteer associations, generalized trust, particularized trust and norms of reciprocity in rural Ethiopia. It aims to contribute ...

Discretion among street level bureaucrats: A case study of nurses in a public hospital in Cape Town

Dzambo, Timalizge (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 ...

The institutional challenges facing city of Windhoek in the Provision of water and sanitation services: a case study of The Havana informal settlement

Amutenya, Tekla (University of the Western Cape, 2020)

This study examined the institutional challenges facing the City of Windhoek in the provision of water supply and sanitation in the Havana Informal Settlement. Like most cities in developing countries, Namibia is faced ...

Organization management challenges of national heritage institutions in South Africa: a case study of the Robben Island museum (RIM)

Blacky, Nosipho (University of the Western Cape, 2012)

In January 1997, Robben Island Museum (RIM) opened its doors to the public as a tourist destination. This was done without any formal management structure or strategic planning, to cope not only with its mandate as the ...

The structural adjustment programme a food security in Mozambique - a case study production incentives in the traditional agricultural sector

Ubisse, Armindo Elias (University of the Western Cape, 1999)

Mozambique has inherited from colonialism a backward agricultural sector based mainly in plantations of export crops, dominated by white settlers and a handful of foreign companies. Production of food crops, especially ...

Democratic decentralisation in Rwanda

Mulindahabi, Charline (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 ...

Productivity in the South African Public Section: Analysis of current issues and future prospects

Layman, Timothy Paul (University of the Western Cape, 1999)

This study examined the issues and concerns for improving productivity in the public sector in South Africa, aligned in particular with the processes of its fundamental transformation, and the aims and objectives of the ...

The centralisation of government departments in Northern Province, 1994-1998.

Mukheli, Azwidowi (University of the Western Cape, 1998)

This study is an investigation of how the policy of centralising government departments of the former homelands affected various stakeholders in the province. There is general concern from the people of this former homelands ...

Grassroots participation in policy processes and service delivery: a case study of the western Cape provincial department of social services.:

Mpinda, Siyavuya (University of the Western Cape, 2000)

Grassroots participation in the domain of public policy is assuming global significance particularly in the fields of welfare and development. Revived by the United Nations' resolution in the 1970s, many governments both ...

ASSESSING THE STATE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE WESTERN CAPE: THE CASE OF BEAUFORT WEST MUNICIPALITY (2016 – 2019)

Phendu, Sipho (University of the Western Cape, 2019)

It is often argued that public participation is the cornerstone of constitutional democracy especially in countries such as South Africa with the history of segregation which was characterised by the exclusion of the ...

An exploratory study of the representivlty of African blacks (ab) in the Mossel bay hake fishing industry

Mqikela, Linda Ntomboxolo (University of the Western Cape, 2004)

The role of regional Igr institutions in decision-making in Santa Cruz -Bolivia

Valverde, Heidi Tatiana (University of the Western Cape, 2006)

The research investigation explores the topic from the point of view of intergovernmental institutions and the regional (departmental) decision-making process in Santa Cruz- Bolivia. The purpose was to determine if these ...

Marine environmental education for a sustainable exploitation of marine resources. The case of Abalone poaching in the Hermanus area.

Cleophas, Noel Cyril (University of the Western Cape, 2002)

The coastal zone is a highly complex and highly productive environment in which components are intimately linked and interdependent on each other. Furthermore, human pressure and poaching remains an enormous problem within ...

The management of public-private partnerships in restructuring the South African marine industry towards sustainable development

Arendse, Paul (University of the Western Cape, 2003)

In the dissertation entitled The Management of Public-Private Partnerships in restructuring the South African marine industry towards sustainable development the author explores the thematic study of sustainable development ...