• Enhancing local economic development through strengthening governance structures. The role of traditional leaders 

  Khumalo, P (ASSADPAM, 2011)

  This article focuses on how traditional leadership can enhance Local Economic Development (LED) in South Africa. Based on the literature review, it argues for the coexistence of traditional and modern-day democratic ...
• The Critical Need for an Integrated Leadership Approach to Improve Service Delivery by the South African Public Service 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree; Xollie, Thani (David Publishing, 2011-01)

  The South African Government recognizes that its public service requires effective leadership. However, it has repeatedly expressed concerns about poor and ineffect ive leadership and its impact on service delivery ...
• Adopting an appropriate leadership approach to improve Public Service Delivery in South Africa 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-12)

  The major challenge is that despite intense endeavours directed at improving public service delivery, lack of, or mediocre delivery continues to plague South African communities. Within the growing literature on public ...
• A critical need for ethical leadership to curb corruption and promote good governance in the public sector of South Africa 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2012-09)

  Corruption is recognised as a major hindrance to good governance in the South African (SA) public sector. The government has prompted the public sector to focus on anti-corruption measures as part of their mechanisms to ...
• Effective Governance as an Approach to Promote Service Delivery by Local Government in South Africa: The Case for Soul City 

  Holtzhausen, Natasja; Naidoo, Goonasagree (David Publishing, 2011-07)

  Thi s article provides an overview for effective governance as an approach to improve services at local government in South Africa. The service del ivery mandate for local government is elaborated on in ex isting legislation ...
• Evolution of the Performance Management System of the Botswana Public Service 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree; Sisa, Edgar (2017)

  Botswana is highly rated in indices that measure corruption, governance, democracy, peace, rule of law, and poorly rated on productivity levels and work ethic. Against this background, this study explores the evolution ...
• Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's responses to informal settlements : a case study of Mamelodi 

  Moloisane, Mary (2018)

  The persistence and enormity of the housing backlog facing the poorest of the poor is an indication of the gravity of the housing crisis in Gauteng. The challenge exists despite government efforts to provide low-cost housing ...
• Is it really performance that is measured? A reflection of the South African Government’s performance management system. 

  Malefane, S.R. (David Publishing Company, 2010-08)

  The institutionalisation of performance management in the South African public service is a post-1994 intervention necessitated by the need to counteract the legacy of poor performance in public service institutions. ...
• A Critical Need For Effective Leadership To Promote Effective Service Delivery By Local Government In South Africa. The Case Of Rural Ramotshere Moiloa Municipality 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree (ASSADPAM, 2010-04)

  Corruption is recognised as a major hindrance to good governance in the South African (SA) public sector. The government has prompted the public sector to focus on anti-corruption measures as part of their mechanisms to ...
• Improving ICT for ODL in the UNISA Department of Public Administration 

  Naidoo, Goonasagree (Mediterranean center of social and educational research, 2012-11)

  The University of South Africa (UNISA) is a comprehensive open and distance learning (ODL) institution that aims to be the premier online teaching and eLearning institution of choice. This article presents a case study of ...
• Citizen Participation in policy and planning processes: the case of Quacha’s Nek, Lesotho. 

  Thabang, A.; van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel; Lekonyane, B.G. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2015)

  This article focuses on a study that explored citizen participation in the planning and policy processes in Lesotho with specific reference to Qacha's Nek. Qacha's Nek is one of the districts classified as a remote ...
• The strategic position and intergovernmental relations roles of South Africa's Local Economic Development Perspective. 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2011)

  The creation of local economic development agencies (LEDAs) is a result of the South African government’s efforts to increase socio-economic benefits in communities. As opposed to national and provincial sector departments, ...
• The role of local government in mitigating the impact of recession 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2010)

  The economic recession is, in public administration, recognised as an environmental condition that emanates from the external economic environment within which government institutions operate. Its impact is felt by ...
• Planning economic diversification: A local economic development strategy towards economic base restructuring in South Africa. 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2010)

  Municipalities in South Africa have undergone rigorous change that has not only manifested in terms of structural adjustments, but included expansion of roles to respond to the changing expectations of roles to respond to ...
• Structuring South African municipalities for effective local economic development (LED) implementation. 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2009)

  The leadership role of municipalities in local economic development (LED) is crucial to its success. Despite the recognition that LED is perceived as a municipal intervention, it is not being efficiently implemented in ...
• Research at South Africa’s local sphere of government. 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2008)

  Local government, pre – 1994 in South Africa was characterised by a strong top-down approach. There was little perceived need for gathering information or for directly involving the community in the process of ...
• Integrated development planning (IDP) and local economic development (LED) in South Africa: The power twins. 

  Malefane, S.R.; Mashakoe, E. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2008)

  The gap for which both integrated development planning (IDP) and local economic development (LED) as municipal interventions have been designed for is to respond to the distortions and the characteristic features of apartheid ...
• Internal controls, governance and audit outcomes: Case study of a South African municipality. 

  Ngcobo, P.; Malefane, S.R. (African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2017)

  The inextricable interdependence of internal and external environments of public institutions implies that institutional decisions that are taken by managers have impacts on governance in both directions. This article ...
• Internal audit and ethics: the case of the South African Social Security Agency. 

  Sambo, Vaola; Webb, W.N. (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2017)

  The Institute of Internal Auditors requires internal auditors to comply with its stipulations on inter alia, ethics in the profession of internal auditing and the code of ethics for internal auditors. In this context, ...
• Small, Meduim and Micro Enterprises and local economic-base restructuring – A South African Local Government Perspective 

  Malefane, S.R. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2013)

  Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) worldwide are seen as the cornerstones of national economies. In South Africa they acquire government support as a means of restructuring the national economy and to reduce poverty. ...

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