• 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. ...
• Progress towards legislative transformation? A critical assessment of the 1956 and 1998 Water Acts regarding municipal water supply. 

  Nealer, Eric; Raga, K. (University of North West: Department of History, 2008-11)

  Inwoners van Suid-Afrika behoort deurlopend herinner te word dat hulle ‘n waterarmland bewoon en dat kennis oor die fisiese omgewing en die aard en omvang van effektiewe openbare bestuur van watervoorsiening van strategiese ...
• Historical overview of specific local government transformatory developments in South Africa. 

  Tsatsire, I.; Raga, K.; Taylor, D.; Nealer, Eric (University of North West: Department of History, 2009-05)

  In hierdie artikel word die evolusie van plaaslike regering in Suid-Afrika sedert 1652 oorkoepelend beskou met ‘n spesifieke klem op veral plaaslike bestuur vanaf 1994 Suid-Afrika bestuur het, het dit spoedig nodig geblyk ...
• A historiography on past scientific research and references to environmental health concerns in the Merafong gold mining region of South Africa 

  Van Eeden, E.; Nealer, Eric; Liefferink, M. (University of North West: Department of History, 2009-11)

  Goudmynbedrywighede is sinoniem met die hoofstroom ekonomiese aktiwiteit in die Merafong Munisipale gebied. Die omgewing van Merafong (Carletonville), geleë in die verre westelike dele van die Gauteng Provinsie, is al vir ...
• Exploring aspects of the water history of the Potchefstroom region and the local management of it.201 

  Annandale, E.; Nealer, Eric (University of North West: Department of History, 2011)

  It is by now common knowledge that South Africa is a water scarce country and that the correct public management of its potable water sources such as the transportation of it as well as the purification of the used water ...
• Historical evaluation of the roles of Public Service Commissions in South Africa, 1912–2008. 

  Bain, E.; Nealer, Eric (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2012)

  The historical development of public service commissions in South Africa had been a process that formed part of the administration of the country since Unifi cation in 1910. Although public service commissions existed in ...
• Litmus test for integrated resource management of potable water in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a comparative study in four local authorities. 

  Musingafi, M.C.C.; Tempelhoff, J.W.N.; Nealer, Eric (African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2013-12)

  This study is a comparative analysis of one of the major pillars (stakeholder participation) of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) induced public policies and services relating to potable water supply in selected ...
• Catchment management through integrated water resource management and co-operative governance in a municipal area. 

  Nealer, Eric (African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2016)

  The Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 27 of 1998 established new municipal areas according to, amongst other, geographical parameters such as interdependence of communities, grouped and connected logistical ...

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