Service Deliveryhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12642024-03-29T06:59:13Z2024-03-29T06:59:13ZThe Lack of Effective Communication Influences Xenophobic Attacks in South AfricaRasila, B.NMusitha, E.Mhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12672017-06-28T09:23:08Z2015-12-03T00:00:00ZThe 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.
2015-12-03T00:00:00ZGovernance Theory Paralysis: Case of Malamulele of the Thulamela Municipality in Limpopo ProvinceMusitha, M.Ehttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12662017-06-28T09:22:18Z2016-05-06T00:00:00ZGovernance 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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