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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"district municipalities"”.
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The effect of fiscal decentralisation on the financial condition of district municipalities
… South Africa on the financial wellbeing of the district municipalities across the length and breadth of the country. The data reveals that district municipalities in South Africa are not able to self-generate a meaningful amount of revenue and as a result they are heavily dependent on …
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Political interference in the recruitment of communication manager: a case study Mopani District Municipalities
… of communication managers within Mopani District and its local municipalities. The study attempted to establish the impact of political influence during the recruitment of officials in the Mopani District Municipalities for the position of Communications Managers. Employing a qualitative …
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Risk management as a strategic tool for sustainable service delivery in King Cetshwayo District Municipalities
… uMlalazi, uMfolozi, uMhlathuze and Nkandla local municipalities under the King Cetshwayo District Municipality. The study used a case study designed with a qualitative research approach. A sample of 22 participants was selected from among a population of local government political leadership and …
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Towards a framework for assessing the impact of organisational capacity on integrated transport planning in district municipalities
Some South African municipalities are facing challenges in performing transport planning functions. These challenges include a lack of organisational structure and human resource capacity, onerous planning frameworks, lack of guidance in preparing transport plans and lack of funding. To address …
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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Water Quality Monitoring and Drinking Water Quality Compliance by Environmental Health Practitioners at Selected Metropolitan and District Municipalities in South Africa during 2013-2014
… in services places more pressure on the municipalities. The aim of the study is to assess the water quality compliance and explore the effectiveness of water quality monitoring by Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) in South Africa. The aim of the study is to assess the …
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Influences of female leaders’ transformational leadership style on employee performance and organisational culture development in municipal governments of Amajuba and uGu District.
… rural and semi-urban areas of Amajuba and Ugu District Municipalities have been done. Furthermore, transformational leadership practices have not been fully embraced because of resistance to change, lack of awareness and understanding of the concept, institutional and cultural barriers, lack of …
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Childhood mortality in the Boland Overberg region
… and adolescent mortality in three adjancent district municipalities in the Boland region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
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Challenges in adopting a Project Governance system in local government
… different types of government involvement, the district municipalities remain inefficient and unable to provide services. Infrastructure projects must be completed to provide services. This technique, which may be adopted by all governments throughout the world to deliver services through …
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Women's employment equity in South African local government : a study of senior managers
… the local government sphere and its subjects are district municipalities and metros as administrative entities. The study seeks to understand whether local government has succeeded in meeting the objective of gender parity in senior management positions. The study draws extensively on the …
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Optimising Services through an Effective Financial Resource’ Mobilisation Framework in Vhembe District Municipality
… mobilisation in improving service delivery in municipalities, highlighting their constraints and possibilities. The study outlines the role of municipal council in financial resource mobilisation, which include approval of service delivery plans, budgeting and oversight role using Vhembe …
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Data management and reporting for drinking water quality monitoring in community-managed supplies
Water Service Authorities, which may be district municipalities with hundreds of community-managed supplies under their jurisdiction, are legally responsible for ensuring the quality of water supplied to all consumers. Without the assistance of communities, this requirement, which would involve …
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Towards co-operative relations between district and local municipalities
… political context that prompted the formation of district municipalities in the present form can be summarized as follows: before 1994, there were a few sporadic Regional Services Councils and Joint Services Boards responsible mainly for bulk service provision in rural areas. In many rural areas, …
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Domestication of free Wi-Fi amongst high school learners in disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
… more than 2,000 hotspots located in 60 local and district municipalities. Municipalities prioritised disadvantaged communities in an effort to bridge the digital divide for the citizens. It was anticipated that learners from disadvantaged communities in high schools would potentially benefit from …
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An investigation of the relationships between inventory and inspection data of RC bridges and RC culverts in the Western Cape Province
… and spatial distributions (in terms of district municipalities) as well as their relationships with inventory data such as structure type, age and span length/width. STATA 2011 logit models were used to investigate whether the relationships were statistically significant and to determine …
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The role of public policies in supporting hybrid entrepreneurship: The case of Vhembe district, Limpopo province
… supporting hybrid entrepreneurship in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Hybrid entrepreneurs face unique challenges related to financing, time allocation, networking, and skill development that can hinder their success. To address the research problem pertaining to the study …
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Entrepreneurial education and intention within the tourism industry: Youths in King Cetshwayo District Municipality
… selected youths within the King Cetshwayo District Municipality (KCDM), KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The study employed two stages of data analysis. The first stage performed descriptive analysis and missing data analysis using IBM’s SPSS version 28. The second stage focused on …
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The Leadership Role on the Organizational Culture Change at Local Self-government Institutions /
… institutions, taking case of Siauliai District and Pardubice District Municipalities. Therefore, research helps to understand how the leaders impact organization’s culture and their high abilities to help to achieve the organization’s strategies and goals, to facilitate the changes …
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Predicting district level HIV prevalence in South Africa using medicine ordering data
… models have been used to generate provincial and district-level estimates such as HIV prevalence, People Living with HIV, and the number of residents on antiretroviral treatment. An alternative methodology for estimating drug utilisation and predicting HIV estimates was explored by using medicine …
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Towards an alternative development approach to low cost housing delivery in KwaZulu-Natal province
… and conducted 27 key-person interviews in two District Municipalities (Uthungulu and eThekwini) in the province. The study found that the capital subsidy scheme which is largely market-centered has not only failed to house the poor in the study areas, but has also perpetuated poverty as …
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Sužalojimų namuose paplitimas tarp Lietuvos ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigas lankančių 6-7 metų amžiaus vaikų /
… -7 years old children who lived in 23 Lithuanian district municipalities. The final study sample was of 550 respondents. Methods of the statistical analysis were: descriptive statistics, Pearson Chi2 test (or Fisher exact test when n>5) for categorical data, Mantel-Haenszel test for tendency. Odds …
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