http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1255 2021-09-09T22:38:06Z 2021-09-09T22:38:06Z Higgins, Kate http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1362 2017-12-12T09:53:28Z 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rfelecting on the MDGs and Making Sense of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Higgins, Kate The report seeks to provide a comprehensive but manageable tour d'horizon of the post 2015 agenda. Specifically, it assembles and synthesizes and burgeoning MDG and post-2015 literature to reflect on the MDGs and identify the processes, issues and architecture, and emerging challenges that are framing and influencing the post 2015 agenda.

2013-05-01T00:00:00Z Musitha, M.E http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1268 2017-06-28T09:26:08Z 2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

The Challenges of Name Change in South Africa: The Case of Makhado Town Musitha, M.E This was a descriptive and qualitative study that investigated the processes involving citizen participation in the course of the attempts to replace the name Louis Trichardt with the name Makhado. The researcher conducted qualitative and descriptive investigation based on data from literature. The data was collated from literature, i.e. articles, policies, government legislations, ,municipal reports, attendance registers and reports. The data was collected and captured in excel and analyzed with results shown in tables and figures. In terms of results the study has found that Makhado Municipality has widely invited the participation of residents through various platforms. It further revealed that only 6.7% participated in the renaming process. It was also found that 5.1% of residents participated in ward 20 while 49% participated in ward 21. Finally, the study concluded by revealing that the majority of the residents did not participate in the consultation process. In conclusion, the study revealed that the majority of the people failed to participate in the renaming process to change the name Louis Trichardt to Makhado. Low participation by residents rendered the proposed name illegitimate. While wards 20 and 21 are predominantly comprised of whites, only a few come out to participate. Low participation by whites suggests that they still want to defend racial identity because the name Louis Trichardt is that of a historical Afrikaans leader. Whites launched court challenges against the new names to protect whites names. The study recommends 1) use of the names of the people must be prohibited; 2) double-barrel renaming must be encouraged so as to incorporate old names with new names and 3) procedures for name-changing need to be widely publicized so as to ensure that the public is properly informed.

2016-02-22T00:00:00Z Rasila, B.N Musitha, E.M http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1267 2017-06-28T09:23:08Z 2015-12-03T00:00:00Z

The Lack of Effective Communication Influences Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Rasila, B.N; Musitha, E.M This study has investigated the lack of effective communication, as the cause of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. It was a descriptive and qualitative study, based on the literature and an empirical study. South Africa experienced xenophobic attacks in 2008 and in 2015; and it may experience many more in the future; unless the government puts precautionary measures in place. This paper probes the impact of effective communication in reducing the incidence of xenophobic attacks across South Africa. The paper also probes how the lack of effective communication has contributed to the recent xenophobic attacks. The results in this paper indicate that while there are a number of causes of xenophobia, including competition for limited resources; there has never been an effective communication deliberately focusing on the integration of foreign nationals and local community members. Local people need to understand the important roles played by the continent during the period of exile. The history of the country must be changed too one that would unite South Africa with other countries, in particular African ones. Also revealed, is that many years of colonialism; where citizens of Africa were divided along different boarders and homeland, still linger in the minds of local citizens. The study also revealed that most of citizens perceive foreigners as being only their fellow black men, with some coming from European countries. The paper proposes communication ways that would integrate South Africa with the rest of the continent.

2015-12-03T00:00:00Z Musitha, M.E http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1266 2017-06-28T09:22:18Z 2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

Governance Theory Paralysis: Case of Malamulele of the Thulamela Municipality in Limpopo Province Musitha, M.E This study investigated whether the petitioning of the Municipal Demarcation Board and protesting for own separate municipality by the Malamulele community of the Thulamela Municipality were influenced by tribalism/ethnicity and lack o service delivery in the Malamulele area. This study has found no evidence which suggests that lack of service delivery and ethnicity are behind the demand for own separate municipality by Malamulele community. A literature review has revealed that Thulamela municipality delivers services to Malamulele as opposed to claims. The study revealed that politicians from Malamulele hold higher offices in the political governance and administrative structures which demystify perceptions of tribal.ethnicity preferential treatment of Vhavenda speaking areas by the Thulamela Municipality. Instead, this study revealed that the problem is governance paralysis, resulting from lack of participation of Malamulele community members in Ward Committee meetings to receive feedback. Lack of participation could be influenced by the fact that Ward Committees (11 members) are much smaller compared to the vast wards with population ranging from 17,417 in ward 1; 18247 in ward 7; 17, 665 in ward 17,898 in ward 15; 16,212 in ward 18; 12, 064 in ward 40 and 14, 413 in ward 10.

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