Browsing Open Research Collection by Author "Nealer, Eric"

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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 ...
Editorial.

Nealer, Eric (2005)

In his inauguration address on 27 April 2004, Thabo Mbeki said: 'Today we begin our Second Decade of Democracy. We are convinced that what has been achieved during the First demonstrates that as Africans we can and will ...
Effective academic liaison: An evaluation

Nealer, Eric (2005)

In South Africa the impact of all training and development initiatives are being assessed with reference to the extent to which they promote overall performance and the achievement of the policy goals and priorities of the ...
Effective linkages and participatory governance in the management of veld fires

Bornman, M.E.; Nealer, Eric; Stevens, J.B. (2009)

Integrated public governance is one of the challenges of Government. The importance of governmental departments, NGOs and stakeholders working together in a coordinated and well-managed manner in times of natural and ...
The essence of water services management according to surface water catchment regions: A case study of Delmas Local Municipality

Nealer, Eric; Van Eeden, E (2010-08)

The nature and extent of local governance regarding water services management in South Africa (SA) have been transformed since the proclamation of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, the National Water ...
Exploring aspects of the water history of the Potchefstroom region and the local management of it

Annandale, Elrista; Nealer, Eric (2001-11)

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 ...
Geo-hydrological aspects of importance in the municipal governance in and by Delmas Local Municipality

Nealer, Eric; Van Eeden, E.S; Van Niekerk, D; Tempelhoff, J.W.N (2011)

The constraints that have been experienced in recent years with the Delmas water supply have largely been as a result of it being situated in a dolomite area, the environmental reality which, from a human and economic ...
Historical evaluation of the roles of Public Service Commissions in South Africa, 1912-2008

Bain, E; Nealer, Eric (2012-10-30)

The historical development of public service commissions in South Africa had been a process that formed part of the administration of the country since Unification in 1910. Although public service commissions existed in ...
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 ...
Integrated co-operative governance in the context of sustainable development

Nealer, Eric; Naude, M (2011-07)

The rapid global development is mostly economically driven and made up of complex country-specific problems. Although sustainable development (SD) is a well established concept and an urgent global challenge, differing ...
Interdisciplinary reflections on the challenge of environmental management in dolomitic areas of South Africa: The case of Delmas and Merafong city local municipalities

Van Eeden, E.S.; Nealer, Eric (2011-09)

Although they are 130 kilometres (km) apart, the areas of Delmas and Merafong City (the former Carletonville mining area) share certain environmental commonalities. The irresponsible environmental management of both areas, ...
Knowledge about the origin of a municipality’s potable water: A prerequisite for consolidation of more effective local governance

Nealer, Eric; Raga, K (2008)

In the history of South Africa, the supply of potable water and basic sanitation services to all its inhabitants has never been higher in the national, provincial and especially the local government sphere agendas than at ...
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 ...
Municipal Governance and environmental crises: Threats and thoughts

Nealer, Eric (2009-07)

Local government in South Africa (SA) has come a long way from the period when there were over 1200 racially segregated municipalities. From more than 800 municipalities after 1996, they have been merged to currently 284 ...
Municipal management and geo-hydrological aspects of importance in the potable water supply of Lindley

Nealer, Eric; Bartram, W.E (2014-07)

When the South African Government in 1998 re-demarcated its 283 municipalities so that they completely cover the country in a “wall-to-wall” manner, their main focus was on growing local economies and maintaining the ...
Nature and extent of local governance in South Africa

Nealer, Eric; Raga, K (2007)

Internationally, governance has emerged as a focal point in the discipline and practice of public administration and its nature, extent and characteristics have changed the environment within which public administration ...
The perceptions of municipal water service officials on the Blue Drop Programme: The case of Nkangala District Municipality

Nealer, Eric; Mtsweni, D (2013-05-15)

The Blue Drop Certifi cation Programme was introduced in 2008 by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) with the aim of maintaining and improving drinking water quality in the Republic of South Africa. The ...
A physical environmental management perspective on municipal water supply: proposals for Tlokwe City Council

Nealer, Eric; Raga, Kishor (2008-07)

All South Africans, especially, those involved with the development and management of its water resources should be aware that South Africa is generally an arid to semi-arid region, with an average rainfall of approximately ...
A proposed water sector plan for the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District

Diedericks, M; Nealer, Eric (2015-07)

The radical reform of potable water services provisioning by means of promulgation of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 and the National Water Act 36 of 1998 in South Africa (SA) started a process of addressing the ...
Student registrations at UNISA: Some important observations

Nealer, Eric (2005)

The University of South Africa (Unisa) offers degrees, diplomas and certi- ficates via distance education fromundergraduate to doctoral level.Tough local and foreign competition in themarketplace, more segmented ...

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