https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/14517 Sat, 02 May 2026 01:26:33 GMT 2026-05-02T01:26:33Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31763 Perspectives on Responsive and Responsible local governance and administration: Responsive local governance and administration: the case of the Sekhukhune District Municipality. Ngoepe-Ntsoane, Mokgadi South African municipalities have moral and legal obligations to involve local communities in determining, prioritising, and realising their socio-economic development needs. This chapter explores the importance of local structures’ participation and involvement to improve service delivery for development enhancement. The focus of this study is centred on the involvement and participation of non-governmental organisations, traditional leaders, local municipalities, and business sectors in the Sekhukhune District Municipality. The aim is to explore the importance of participation and involvement of these structures in improving service delivery at the local level. Phenomenological and descriptive methods were used embracing purposive non-probability and non-statistical sampling procedures. An Atlas TI software program was used for data analysis. This paper postulates that a lack of resources and coordination among the local structures compromises development while service delivery is collapsing. It is envisaged that more resources need to be mobilised whilst the local structures are well coordinated and are at the centre of their own development. This chapter addresses the policy gaps by local government resulting from a lack of involvement and inclusivity of local structures on development initiatives through participatory democracy. Conversely, the chapter makes a meaningful contribution to the body of knowledge on the realisation of the importance of participation and involvement of the local structures in development as the cornerstone of local democracy. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31763 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31762 Motives of water and sanitation entrepreneurs in South Africa Ngoepe-Ntsoane, Mokgadi The study aims to understand what motivates water and sanitation social entrepreneurs(SEs) in South Africa as they navigate the complex business environment of collaborating with municipalities in undertaking public service delivery. In an attempt to achieve higher sustainability in their SE business models, SE processes become risky and inevitably involve higher complexity as SE businessmodel designers seek to also understand their business impact on the whole ecosystem. Any impact on any of the water and sanitation subsystems can stress or compromise the stability of the whole system.As such, in-depth face-to-face semi-structured interview was conducted with purposively selected social entrepreneurs in South Africa‘s Gauteng and Western Cape provinces. The study finds that SEs are motivated by compassion, religious, problem solving motives as well as the desire for self-sufficiency for sustainable business operation so as to make impact at scale. The overall mission is to change human living environments and provide sustainable alternative public services. N/A Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31762 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31120 Ubuntu and asset building: decolonising and practicalising cattle ownership in rural South Africa Mafukata, Mavhungu Abel This is a qualitative paper built on literature review. Some literature allege that subsistence communal cattle farmers were unwilling to participate in mainstream marketing as a matter of choice, alternatively lack of capital and skills. My doctoral thesis similarly found but one factor stood out to the contrary. It found that the majority of the participants instead kept animals for other people without owning such animals. This impacted on lack of decision regarding market participation. Various strategies and policy tools have been adopted in most African communities to empower poor individuals to own cattle, but these strategies have achieved mixed results. My lecture here this evening extracted lack of ownership as needing attention to redress the problem. This lecture builds on the assertion that African indigenous instruments and tools can address the problem. This paper adopted the Girinka approach which was used in Rwanda to transfer cattle to empower poor households to own cattle as the framework. This Girinka produced good results and empowered many households on cattle ownership. Poor households managed to build asset base which enabled them to build wealth. This lecture uses Ubuntu as an instrument which could be used to transfer cattle from the fortunate to the less fortunate households to empower the poor to own cattle and build sustainable wealth. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31120 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/30149 Rethinking and reimagining corporate social responsibility as legislation in South Africa using a qualitative document analytics approach Ngoepe-Ntsoane, Mokgadi South African legislation does not obligate companies to fulfill their corporate social responsibilities. Understanding the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on social inclusivity is crucial in ensuring trade-offs between companies and the citizens residing where development takes place. There is a need for a national consensus on a CSR policy framework within a social cohesion and nation building compact. The inclusion of the legislation for ensuring compliance towards fulfilling the purpose of the country’s sustainable development agenda is fully referred to in the discussion. The unparalleled position requires collective energies with the public to actualize strategies. This chapter underpins the importance of having CSR as a standalone legislation and seeks to contribute to the world of science by leveling the ground with the rhetoric discussion. The document analysis was the backbone for a qualitative research methodology where the related intricacies were revealed. The research will embark on an empirical investigation to publish evidence-based results based on the document analysis and legislative framework. The gap of a lack of legislation in South Africa has been identified notwithstanding the related legislation, which corroborates the direction the country is taking towards CSR. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on sustainable development on the transformation agenda. However, this study is limited in the sense that it did not embark on a largescale data collection from the implementers and the communities for empirical research which could be measured. This shall be employed in future research for evidence-based information and knowledge sharing. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/30149 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z