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Overseeing the overseers: assessing compliance with municipal intervention rules in South Africa
(Springer, 2017)
Section 139 of the Constitution of South Africa empowers provinces to intervene into municipalities, an instrument to correct serious failures in local government. This article discusses the policy and legal framework for ...
The relationship between levels of education of entrepreneurs and their business success: A study of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2011)
The small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) sector has been widely recognized as an engine of economic growth in South Africa. The implementation of the National Small Business Strategy (NSBS) in 1995 established important ...
Obligation to family during times of transition: care, support and the response to HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In rural South Africa, high HIV prevalence has the potential to affect the care and support that kin are able to provide to those living with HIV. Despite this, families seem to be largely resilient and a key source of ...
Devolution by court injunction: The case of land use planning and management in South Africa
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016)
In South Africa, the legal and policy framework for land use planning and control underwent a significant transformation in which power over land use planning and control was shifted from provinces to local governments. ...
Entrepreneurial knowledge and aspirations of dentistry students in South Africa: The influences of gender and race
(SAGE Publications, 2013)
An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used with ...
Investigating the significance of the 2008 Matric curriculum on first-year Economics performance
(UNISA Press, 2011)
The academic success of first-year Economics students has been the focus
of many South African studies in Economic Education. Many used the last
school examination (Matric) results as a proxy for students’ academic ...
From the RDP to the NDP: A critical appraisal of the developmental state, land reform, and rural development in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
After decades of neoliberal rule in which market forces held pre-eminence in shaping development, there has in recent years been a resurgence of an activist developmental state in promoting economic development and tackling ...
“Then You Are a Man, My Son”: Kipling and the Zuma rape trial
(Duke University Press, 2016)
It is now a decade since Jacob Zuma, current president of South Africa, stood trial for rape, and while much writing has been generated about this trial, Judge Willem J. van der Merwe’s hypothetical supplement to Kipling’s ...
Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: South Africa country report
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Throughout much of the developing world, including sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture is
frequently viewed as central to efforts to foster development and reduce poverty. Key
conceptual and policy issues accordingly raised ...
Reflections of ART policy and its implementation: Rebuilding the ship as we sail?
(University of the Free State, 2006)
This paper reflects on the early experience with ART implementation in South Africa in the light of the policy goals of increasing ART access whilst improving prevention and strengthening the public health system. It reviews ...