Browsing Masters Degrees (School of Public Leadership) by Title
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2015-12-31 Effective public leadership to drive organisational change in the public health sector in order to improve service delivery : the case of the Western Cape Department of Health
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this research was to investigate effective leadership that drives organisational change in the public health sector to meet the changing environmental needs to improve service delivery within ... -
Acid mine drainage in the Gauteng province of South Africa : a phenomenological study on the degree of alignment between stakeholders concerning a sustainable solution to acid mine drainage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ecosystems, and the very services and resources that they provide, are fundamental to our existence. Regardless, mankind shows scant regard for the biotic and abiotic components of the environment that ... -
The activist planning, transformation and complexity nexus : implications for the Atlantis Revitalisation Framework of 2012
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This case study explores a collaborative planning process that led to the formulation of the Atlantis Revitalisation Framework (ARF) of 2012. The study is based on a thematic content review and analysis ... -
Addressing community energy challenges with utility-scale renewables : a case study of Hopefield Wind Farm
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis documents how a utility-scale renewable energy project has addressed community energy challenges through the development of a wind farm as part of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent ... -
Administrative support for community participation in the IDP : a case study of the Oostenberg Municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explains community participation in the Integrated Development Planning (lDP) process and indicates that administrative support in the Oostenberg Municipality is not conducive for the ... -
Adopting the Public Accounts Committee Model for financial oversight in South African municipalities - a case study of the Public Accounts Committee in the City of Cape Town
(University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)Since its inception in 1861 when the first public accounts committee was established in the United Kingdom, this oversight mechanism has developed into a model for non-executive financial oversight and accountability at ... -
Adressing the impact of structural fragmentation on aspects of the management and conservation of cultural heritage
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The birth of democracy in South Africa launched a paradigm shift in the public sector aligning it with the new political ideology. To meet this objective, state organs had to be radically transformed ... -
Affirmative action at local government level
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work takes the South African Constitution and compares it to the Constitutions of Australia and Canada. It then reviews the affirmative action laws, with special reference to pertaining to women ... -
Agro-ecological and Conservation Agriculture principles to assist large-scale dryland sugarcane farmers in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands South region to improve soil quality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Average sugarcane yields over the past four decades in some regions of the South African sugarcane industry have reached a plateau or are declining. One of the reasons for sugarcane yield decline is soil ... -
Alternative service delivery strategies : the use of collaborative partnerships
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Collaborative partnerships, such as public-private partnerships (PPPs), outsourcing, public-voluntary sector partnerships (PVSPs), and shared services are all partnerships that are implemented to enable ... -
Alternative sources of finance for sustainable development in South Africa with specific reference to carbon trading
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world has been engaged in a global ‘development project’ since the late 1940s. This process gained new momentum with the end of colonialism and the emergence of newly independent countries, all of ... -
An analysis of the urban renewal programme of the City of Cape Town : a study of Mitchell's Plain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The local sphere of government in South Africa, whether it be local municipalities, district or metropolitan, has been given a distinct role to fulfil in the reconstruction and development planning for ... -
An examination of ethanol Gelfuel as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel use in informal settlements
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Socio economic factors ansmg from a combination of a legacy of apartheid, rapid urbanization and dramatic levels of poverty force many South Africans living in shack environments to make energy choices ... -
Analysing the efficacy of the Namibia's student financial assistance fund
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Student Financial Support Schemes (SFSS) have become increasingly important in providing financial assistance for students pursuing higher education, in both developed and developing countries. SFSSs ... -
Analysing the role of ICT in rural community development: the case of Bakgoma Community Library in Makobe Village
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Rural development is a process that leads to the improvement of the lives of rural people. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are an effective tool, amongst others, that can foster rural ... -
An analysis into the implementation of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) in Namibia : selected case studies
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)ENGLISCH ABSTRACT: Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in Namibia is viewed as an essential poverty reduction strategy in the fight against black disempowerment. However, the concept and practice of BEE in Namibia, prevails ... -
An analysis of Cape Town Municipality's approach to urban regeneration in the central business district and other business nodes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: According to certain writers urban regeneration as an idea encapsulates both the perception of city decline (in local economies, in the use of land and buildings, in the equality of the environment ... -
An analysis of high staff turnover at Namibia Roads Authority
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The objectives of the research were to investigate how labour turnover is affecting service delivery at the Roads Authority and to make recommendations on strategies to mitigate high staff turnover at the ... -
Analysis of ICT in the Strategic Modernisation Programme of the Paraguayan Supreme Court
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Paraguayan Justice has been going through a period of deep transformation. The Justice has many challenges to face. Those challenges should be regarded as opportunities for transformation and not as ... -
An Analysis Of Indigenisation And Economic Empowerment In Zimbabwe.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Programme, (IEEP), is one of similar programmes implemented by most former colonies meant to address socioeconomic inequalities. It falls within the same ...
