Research Report
Skool vir Publieke Leierskap : 2021
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Journal Articles (subsidised)
GEBRIHET HG, PILLAY P. Emerging Challenges and Prospects of Digital Transformation and Stakeholders Integration in Urban Land Administration in Ethiopia. Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 2021; 13(3):341-356.
GEBRIHET HG, PILLAY P. SWOT Analysis in Urban Land Administration Empirical Evidence from Mekelle City, Tigrai, Ethiopia. Administratio Publica 2021; 29(2):207-229.
GEBRIHET HG, PILLAY P. The Rhetoric and Praxis of Ethiopian Urban Land Policies. African Journal of Public Affairs 2021; 12(3):127-150.
GEBRIHET HG, PILLAY P. Urban Land Governance in Ethiopia: Empirical Evidence from Mekelle City. Journal of Public Administration 2021; 56(3):452-473.
KAMARA RD, RABIE B. The Efficacy of Policy and Legal Framework for Cooperative Governance and Local Economic Development (LED) in Small Towns in a Selected Region in South Africa. Zarzadzanie Publiczne 2021; 53(1):7-26.
KAMARA RD. Accountability in the context of cooperative governance and local economic development (LED) in South African local government. Megatrend Revija 2021; 18(1):23-42.
KERNELLE NC. The use of collaborative partnerships to improve service delivery in South African local government. Journal of Contemporary Management 2021; 17(2):62-85.
KHAN F, ADONIS W. The university and public policy in Africa: may tomorrow be more than just another name for today. New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy 2021; 81:40-48.
KHOZA SR, RABIE B. Investigating the Potential Use of Public Private Partnerships to Fund Green Building Initiatives. The Case of the Department of Environmental Affairs. Administratio Publica 2021; 29(3):70-88.
KOTZE RM, BRENT AC, MUSANGO JK, DE KOCK IH, MALCZYNSKI LA. Investigating the Investments Required to Transition New Zealand's Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Hydrogen. Energies 2021; 14:1646, 22 pages.
KOVACIC Z, MUSANGO JK, BUYANA K, AMBOLE LA, SMIT S, MWAU B, LWASA S, OGOT M, BRENT AC. Building capacity towards what? Proposing a framework for the analysis of energy transition governance in the context of urban informality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Local environment 2021; 26(3):364-378.
MANTZARIS EA, PILLAY P. Legal Profession and Corruption in Health Care: Some reflective Realities in South Africa. Frontiers in Public Health 2021; 9:Article 688049, 12 pages.
MANYATHI S, BURGER APJ, MORTIMER L. Public sector procurement: A private sector procurement perspective for improved service delivery. Africa's Public Service Delivery & Performance Review 2021; 9(1):a521, 11 pages.
MANYATHI S, BURGER APJ, MORTIMER L. The Role of the Public Procurement Regulator in Service Delivery Improvement in South Africa. Journal of Public Administration 2021; 56(4):823-841.
MUSANGO JK, BASSI AM. Towards a Systemic Assessment of Gendered Energy Transition in Urban Households. Energies 2021; 14(21):7251, 18 pages.
NDEVU Z. Public Private Partnership Understanding and the Ideal Underpinning Theories: A Public Sector View. Journal of Public Administration 2021; 56(2):183-197.
OKOLIKO DA, DE WIT MP. From “Communicating” to “Engagement”: Afro-Relationality as a Conceptual Framework for Climate Change Communication in Africa. Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality 2021; 36(1):36-50.
OPARA IK, FAWOLE OA, KELLY CF, OPARA UL. Quantification of on-farm pomegranate fruit postharvest losses and waste, and implications on sustainability indicators: South African case study. Sustainability. Sustainability 2021; 13:5168, 20 pages.
ORLANDI N, RABIE B. An Integrated Implementation Model to Identify Potential Barriers to Successful Policy Implementation. Administratio Publica 2021; 29(4):98-117.
RABIE B, NDEVU Z. Reflections on Governance Strengths and Weaknesses in Responding to Covid-19. Administratio Publica 2021; 29(1):21-44.
SOTOLA OD, PILLAY P, GEBRIHET HG. COVID-19 in Africa: a comparative analysis of early policy responses. Revista de Administracao Publica 2021; 55(1):229-242.
Proceedings International
KHOSA P, PILLAY P. Celebrating the Indomitable Spirit of South African Female Academics during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Pereira ET, Costa C, Breda Z (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2021), Reading, United Kingdom, Academic Conferences International Limited 2021: 10 pages.
Proceedings National
MUSANGO JK. Towards a systemic approach to understanding energy insecurity issues in Groenheuwel: A problem conceptualisation. In: Pillay NS (ed.) Proceedings of the 9th Annual System Dynamics Conference in South Africa (9th ASD), Johannesburg, South Africa, Systems Dynamic 2021: 28-36.
Books
PILLAY NS, MUSANGO JK, BOTHA A. Applied System Dynamics with South African Case Studies. Vol 13 of Power Series. Tandym Print, Cape Town, South Africa 2021:520 pp.
Chapters in Books
AJAM T. Positioning African Parliaments to Use Evidence Effectively in Shaping Developmental and Democratic Futures. In: Khumalo LS, Morkel C, Mapitsa CB, Engel H, Ali AJ (eds.) African Parliaments: Evidence Systems for Governance and Development, 1, African Sun Media, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2021: 236-264.
AJAM T. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy In South Africa. In: Oqubay A, Tregenna F, Valodia I (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2021: 935-973.
DE WIT MP. Environmental Governance: Complexity and Cooperation in the Implementation of the SDGs. In: Azul AM, Filho WL, Brandli L, Salvia AL, Wall T (eds.) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021: 629-643.
RABIE B, AJAM T. An Analytical Framework for Systematic Evidence Use in African Parliaments. In: Khumalo LS, Morkel C, Mapitsa CB, Engel H, Ali AJ (eds.) African Parliaments: Evidence Systems for Governance and Development, 1, African Sun Media, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2021: 42-78.
SOTOLA OD, PILLAY P, KHOSA P. Empowering Women During Covid-19 Pandemic: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Informality. In: Adeola O (ed.) Gendered Perspectives on Covid-19 Recovery in Africa. Towards Sustainable Development, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, 2021: 195-212.
Doctoral completed
KAMARA RD. Cooperative governance and local economic development in selected small towns in the Western Cape Province. PhD, 2021. 591 pp. Promotor: DE CONING CB. Medepromotor: RABIE B.
LUABA K. Collaborative Natural Resource Governance for Biodiversity and Livelihoods around protected areas: A Dual Case study of Kaingu and Kaindu, Zambia. PhD, 2021. 287 pp. Promotor: MULLER JJ. Medepromotor: Vedeld P, Nyirenda VR.
MAMBWE DP, CHUNGU D, ANGELSEN A. Land Use in Mumbwa Game Management Area in Zambia: Livelihood, Migration, and Land-Cover Change. PhD, 2021. 208 pp. Promotor: ESLER KJ.
OKOLIKO DA. Media(ted) climate change in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya: Reimagining the public for engagement. PhD, 2021. 294 pp. Promotor: DE WIT MP.
OOSTHUIZEN M. Institutionalising Social Dialogue: A Micro-foundational perspective of the National Economic Labour Council of South Africa. PhD, 2021. 415 pp. Promotor: AJAM T.
ROOS M. Practice, practitioners, and praxis of audit committees in South African local government: A case study. DPhil, 2021. 489 pp. Promotor: BURGER APJ.
ROOS M. Practice, practitioners, and praxis of audit committees in South African local government: A case study. PhD, 2021. 506 pp. Promotor: BURGER APJ. Medepromotor: MORTIMER L.
SOTOLA OD. Understanding private and public sector corruption nexus: evidence from Nigeria. PhD, 2021. 234 pp. Promotor: PILLAY P.
Masters completed
ADONIS W. Investigating governance for urban river restoration: the case of the Kuils river, South Africa. MPhil, 2021. 172 pp. Studieleier: DE WIT MP.
BRITZ LD. An Assessment of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the School Maintenance Strategy in the Western Cape. MPA, 2021. 120 pp. Studieleier: BURGER APJ.
COLBORNE M. Do communities really have a say? The implementation of public participation in the liquor regulatory process: A case study of uMgungundlovu District. MPA, 2021. 160 pp. Studieleier: DE CONING CB.
FANA B. Household Food Security in Freedom Park, an Informal Settlement Community in the City of Johannesburg during the Covid-19 pandemic. MPA, 2021. 88 pp. Studieleier: DRIMIE SE. Medestudieleier: BOATEMAA S.
HADEBE TPS. Critical Analysis of an Employee Performance Management System at the KZN Province: Department of Public Works. MPA, 2021. 215 pp. Studieleier: UYS FM.
HENDRICKS RJ. The relationship between organisation strategy and the organisational design: The case of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Western Cape Region). MPA, 2021. 97 pp. Studieleier: VAN DER BERG-ROSS AS.
JACOBS D. The Effect of Negative Human Behaviour on Contract Management in Local Government in the Western Cape. MPA, 2021. 161 pp. Studieleier: MORTIMER L.
KABINGESI AW. An Assessment of Public Participation in the Law-making and other activities of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (RSA). MPA, 2021. 133 pp. Studieleier: LANGE JO.
KEATIMILWE NT. Regional Integrated Development Planning in Eswatini. MPA, 2021. 136 pp. Studieleier: NDEVU Z.
KEKETSI N. Mitigation of financial losses from small-scale embedded electricity generation in Drakenstein Municipality. MPA, 2021. 130 pp. Studieleier: BURGER APJ.
KHOZA SR. Investigating the potential use of public private partnerships to fund green building initiatives: the case of the Department of Environmental Affairs. MPA, 2021. 118 pp. Studieleier: RABIE B.
LESCH SW. Assessing the maturity of financial management practices in the judicial inspectorate for correctional services. MPA, 2021. 189 pp. Studieleier: BURGER APJ.
MARILELE MP. Evaluating the effectiveness of EIA process in promoting sustainable development objectives (social aspects): the case of TRANSNET SOC. MPhil, 2021. 130 pp. Studieleier: Fortuin H.
MDODA VC. An exploration of the performance management and development system in the Department of Education in the Eastern Cape. MPA, 2021. 133 pp. Studieleier: NDEVU Z.
MOHALE MO. Evaluating the existing residential solid waste management system and its environmental impact in low income areas: The case of the Olievenhoutbosch Township, City of Tshwane . MPhil, 2021. 143 pp. Studieleier: DE WIT MP.
NANGOMBE LR. Evaluation of environmental impact assessments in coastal management: a case of the Erongo region in Namibia. MPhil, 2021. 149 pp. Studieleier: Fortuin H.
PHAHLANE M. Political Will to fight corruption in the South African Public Service: An Ethical Political Leadership Perspective in line Departments. MPA, 2021. 158 pp. Studieleier: PILLAY P.
SUKA S. Effectiveness of Municipal Public Accounts Committees in Fiscal Oversight: A Case Study of Sakhisizwe Municipality. MPA, 2021. 117 pp. Studieleier: AJAM T.
TOKUNDU M. The Effect of Technological Advancement on Human Resources Performance: A Case Study of the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia. MPA, 2021. 126 pp. Studieleier: BURGER NM.

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