https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/2770 2026-08-11T04:10:48Z 2026-08-11T04:10:48Z Manchidi, Matswatswe Hellen https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32783 2026-08-04T10:38:39Z 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z

Exploring the use of strategic audit to evaluate strategic management process at the National Prosecuting Authority in Pretoria Manchidi, Matswatswe Hellen This study explores the use of strategic audit as a comprehensive tool to evaluate the strategic management process at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Pretoria. Employing a qualitative case study design, the research integrates an extensive literature review with semi-structured interviews involving 16 participants (middle managers and senior/top managers) to examine current practices, identify gaps, and propose contextually relevant improvements. The study extends the application of strategic audit beyond its conventional limitation to the strategy formulation phase, advocating its integration across the full strategic management cycle — formulation, implementation, and review/control. It demonstrates the appropriate use of strategic audit tools as recommended by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) for public institutions while addressing the critical challenge that most such tools, originally designed for the private (business) sector, require adaptation for the public sector context. Key findings reveal that while NPA managers possess sound theoretical knowledge of strategic audit concepts (including internal and external environmental analysis, tools such as SWOT/SWOC, PESTLE, and others), practical application remains limited, inconsistent, and largely confined to annual planning. This results in strategic drift, internal misalignments, and sub-optimal alignment between the organisation’s capabilities and its external environment. Participants highlighted challenges related to capacity, institutionalisation, tool adaptation, and the integration of audit findings into ongoing performance management. Thematic analysis of the data, supported by rigorous trustworthiness measures (credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability, and authenticity), underpins practical recommendations. These include institutionalising strategic audit as a continuous process, developing a tailored public-sector framework, building organisational capacity, and establishing mechanisms to integrate audit insights into decision-making and adaptive strategy execution. This research contributes to both theory and practice by providing a nuanced understanding of strategic audit in a South African public prosecutorial context and offering actionable insights for enhancing strategic management effectiveness, organisational performance, and mandate delivery at the NPA and similar public institutions.

2025-11-01T00:00:00Z Du Plooy, Johan Diederick https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32633 2026-06-17T07:36:37Z 2026-01-31T00:00:00Z

Assessing the application of intelligence-led investigations into the illicit tobacco industry in South Africa Du Plooy, Johan Diederick This study assesses the application of intelligence-led investigations (ILIs) into the Illicit Tobacco Trade (ITT) in South Africa. This study adopted a qualitative, constructivist multiple case study design, employing purposive sampling and in‑depth semi‑structured interviews with multi-sectoral experts, with data analysed thematically to generate contextually grounded insights into intelligence‑led investigations in South Africa’s illicit tobacco trade. Data was gathered through in-depth interviews with participants from diverse national and international sectors, including law enforcement, private security, corporate intelligence, and financial intelligence, focusing on their engagement with ILIs in the context of South Africa’s ITT. The findings reveal notable disparities in ILI maturity between private-sector entities and public-sector bodies, inconsistent policy awareness, fragmented agency roles, poor coordination, uneven analytical standards, and implementation inefficiencies that impede ILI's potential to counter ITT in South Africa. In response, this study proposes an Intelligence-Led Investigation Maturity Assessment and Implementation Model (ILI-MAIM) for combating ITT in South Africa. This contemporary model addresses the absence of integrative, context-sensitive enforcement models for ITT by synthesising institutional coordination, intelligence-led approaches and capacity constraints into a novel, adaptable framework that enhances coherence and operational alignment in fragmented enforcement environments on combating ITT in South Africa.; Lolu cwaningo lokuhlola lwenziwe kusetshenziswa uphenyo oluholwa ulwazi lwezobunhloli (Intelligence Led Investigation- ILI) lumayelana nokuhweba okungekho emthethweni ngogwayi eNingizimu Afrika okwaziwa nge ITT. Imininingwane yaqoqwa ngohlelo lwezingxoxo ezijulille nalabo ababambe iqhaza abavela emikhakheni ehlukahlukane kazwelonke neyamazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa abezokuphepha kombuso (amaphoyisa), abezokuphepha abazimele, ubunhloli bezinkampani, kanye nobunhloli bezimali, lokhu bekugxile ekubandakanyekeni kwabo kuma-ILI esimeni se- ITT eNingizimu Afrika. Imiphumela ikhombisa ukungalingani okukhulu ezingeni lokuvuthwa kanye nokuthuthuka kwama- ILI phakathi kwezinhlaka zomkhakha ozimele nezomphakathi, ukuqwashisa okungahambisani nezinqubomgomo, ukuhlukaniseka kwezindima kwezindima zezinhlaka, ukungabi nokuhleleka, nokubambisana okwanele, amazinga angalingani okucubungula ulwazi/ idatha, kanye nokungasebenzi kahle ekusetshenzisweni, konke lokho okumba amandla aphelele ama- ILI ekulwisaneni ne ITT eNingizimu Afrika. Njengempendulo lolucwaningo luphakamisa iModeli Yokuhlola nokuSebenzisa ukuvuthwa koPhenyo Oluholwa uLwazi lwezoBunhloli (ILI-MAIM) ukulwa ne ITT eNingizimu Afrika. Lemodeli yesimanje yandisa kulwazi olukhona futhi inikela ngokubalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwezinqubomgomo nasekusebenzeni, mayelana nama- ILI kanye nokulwa nokuhweba okungekho ngogwayi okungekho emthethweni eNingizimu Afrika.; Nyakišišo ye e sekaseka tšhomišo ya dinyakišišo tša go thewa godimo ga inithelitšentshe (ILI) ka ga Kgwebišano ya Motšoko ye e sego Molaong (ITT) ka Afrika Borwa. Datha e kgobokeditšwe ka dipoledišano tše di tseneletšego le bakgathatema go tšwa makaleng a go fapafapana a bosetšhaba le a boditšhabatšhaba, go akaretšwa phethagatšo ya molao, tšhireletšo ya phraebete, inithelitšentshe ya dikhamphani, le inithelitšentshe ya ditšhelete, go šeditšwe kudu go ditshomišano tša bona le di-ILI ka gare ga maemo a ITT ya Afrika Borwa. v Dikutullo di utolla diphapano tše di lemogegago tša metšhurithi ya ILI gare ga ditheo tša lekala la phraebete le mekgatlo ya lekala la mmušo, temošo ya pholisi ye e fetogafetogago, dikarolo tša ditheo tše di aroganego, kgokaganyo ye mpe, maemo a tshekatsheko ye e sa lekalekanego, le go se šome gabotse ga phethagatšo yeo e šitišago bokgoni bja ILI bja go lwantšha ITT ka Afrika Borwa. Go fa karabo, nyakišišo ye e šišinya Mmotlolo wa Phethagatšo le Tekolo ya Metšhurithi wa Dinyakišišo ya go thewa godimo ga inithelitšentshe (ILI-MAIM) go lwantšha ITT ka Afrika Borwa. Mmotlolo wo wa sebjalebjale o tšwetša pele tsebo ye e lego gona, o fa seabe se segolo go pholisi ya phrakethikhale le tlhabollo ya tshepedišo mabapi le ILI le polelo ye e nabilego ka ga go lwantšha ITT ka Afrika Borwa. Abstract in English, IsiZulu and Sepedi

2026-01-31T00:00:00Z Tshilidzi, Tshiafhula https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32306 2026-03-20T08:18:08Z 2022-01-18T00:00:00Z

Exploring the experiences of police officials in the investigation of motor vehicle accident (MVA) crime scenes in Tshwane metropolitan area Tshilidzi, Tshiafhula

2022-01-18T00:00:00Z Ogega, Diana Kemunto https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32302 2026-06-29T19:17:41Z 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z

Terrorism as a core international crime: a case for the amendment of the Rome statute Ogega, Diana Kemunto It is widely accepted that the international community has an interest in the prevention and prosecution of certain crimes. These crimes are regarded as so egregious that they transcend state sovereignty and are subject to universal jurisdiction. A number of crimes have consistently been recognized as being subject to universal jurisdiction owing to their severity and the universal condemnation which such conduct evokes from all nations and peoples of the world. The reasoning is that such crimes threaten the most fundamental interests of the international community. It has been established that genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression are grave international crimes within the international community. Terrorism is as heinous as all the other core crimes presently included in the Rome Statute. It destroys infrastructure, increases violence and fear, disrupts livelihoods, has resulted in bloodshed and affects production in all sectors of the economy. The operation, command and control of terrorist groups is transnational in nature. It is an international crime. As a result, counter-terrorist measures will not be effective unless all nations adopt a common approach to the treatment of terrorism as an international crime. The point of departure should be to recognize terrorism as a core international crime under the Rome Statute. This will grant the International Criminal Court jurisdiction over acts of terrorism as a distinct offence. This study seeks to argue for the amendment of the Rome Statute to include terrorism as a core international crime.

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