Towards the Establishment of a Prisoners Transfer Legal Regime in South Africa: Failed Attempts, Available Options and Critical Issues to Consider

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-300
Author(s):  
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Critical Issues

scholarly journals Exploring Challenges of Municipal Service Delivery in South Africa (1994 - 2013)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Modimowabarwa Kanyane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Municipal Service ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Local Municipality

This article aims to explore municipal service delivery challenges in South Africa between 1994 and 2013 in order to stimulate debate in addressing problems and challenges confronting municipalities. A fundamental question to be asked stems from the challenges of municipal service delivery. Why, in spite of the existence of regulatory and institutional frameworks, are municipalities still struggling to satisfy basic community needs such as water and electricity amongst others? All of government’s official documents and contemporary literature reviewed, including the summative record of historical facts and narrative data, are evidence of the qualitative research design employed in this study. It is clearly articulated in this article that the existence of a local municipality with poor service delivery is, amongst others, a direct consequence or manifestation of municipal capacity constraints, financial viability problems, service delivery protests, convoluted political process, corruption and poor planning as well as monitoring and evaluation challenges. In the main, the article accounts for why service delivery has failed to meet the expectations of the communities and thereby provide some possible propositions for consideration to attempt to bring a resolve to critical issues raised.

scholarly journals Exploring traditional due diligence processes in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Patel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Critical Issues

The effectiveness of due diligence (DD) processes, and whether they contribute to merger and acquisition (M&A) success or failure, is an ongoing debate in auditing and assurance research. This article contributes to the debate by examining traditional DD in South Africa (SA) using a qualitative research approach. A data set of traditional DD processes was compiled from the literature, which formed the basis for an interview agenda which was conducted with corporate finance and audit practitioners in SA. The findings indicate that the DD process is considered to be an evolving process, where DD processes of the last decade are considered to be significantly different from DDs required in acquisitions today. Traditional DD, while considered to be indispensable, has its shortcomings in execution rather than the model. At present, it is found that much focus is placed on accounting and legal aspects, while other critical issues are neglected; macro-environment, management information systems, marketing and productions are such overlooked aspects. This article proposes a critical new trend in the forms and manner of the currently flawed DD processes in SA which is useful for DD practitioners in the present and in the future for local M&A success.

scholarly journals Augmentative and alternative communication in South Africa: Accessibility and implementation

1992 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erna Alant
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Verbal Expression ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Training Evaluations

The paper deals with the development of a community-based service for the implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies for people with severely limited verbal expression. The concept of community-based intervention is explained and the process of training as done in the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication(CAAC), is described. Data of pre- and post-training evaluations is discussed as well as follow-up data obtained in the various training contexts. Finally, critical issues related to the follow-up data are discussed.

Facing the World: Towards a Global History of Non-Latin Type Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-411
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Mullaney
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Global History ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Type Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
History Of ◽  
Printed Word ◽  
Archival Work

Abstract This essay serves as the entry point into a broader exploration of critical issues in the history of “non-Latin” type design—that is, type design beyond the Latin alphabet. With special emphasis on certain scripts (Arabic, Chinese, Greek, and Devanagari, among others) and regions (South Asia, East Asia, South Africa, and beyond), this special issue brings together practicing designers and scholars, federating rigorous archival work, practice-based insight, and a deep engagement with the global history of the written, designed, and printed word.

scholarly journals Enterprise Resource Planning Tools Management in Private Higher Education in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2(V)) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Joseph Mithi ◽  
Saths Govender
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Planning Tools ◽  
Critical Issues

In this research on Enterprise Resource Planning Tools Management in Private Higher Education in South Africa, the study objective was to determine critical issues influencing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools selection in academic management in Private Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs) in South Africa. A mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) research methodology was used to triangulate the results of the research from an interpretive position. The research analyzed and reported on subjective and quantitative data to ascertain knowledge about the participants’ recognition of critical issues affecting the management of ERP tools in academic management in PHEIs in South Africa. In this study, the following groups of participants were purposefully sampled: students, lecturers and management staff working in the three PHEIs in Gauteng. The study found that academic attainment in PHEIs could be enhanced through ERP tools management in ICT integration. The research outcomes suggest that there is enhanced coaching and students' personal interactions through online conference tools, a practice that may be backed up and carry the same weight and recognition as physical learning contact hours. Issues of integration in the selection of any robust, dynamic PHEI tools may call for a firm’s financial readiness and company-wide consultations with potential users of the system. Any HE ERP system that does not have a student portal, without integrated online issues of applications, checking of results, enhancement of teaching and learning but partly integrating one or two departments in isolation to others, may not be considered fit or robust as a higher educational ERP tool.

scholarly journals “The message to the people of South Africa” in contemporary context

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Braverman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Church Renewal ◽  
Church History ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Global Context ◽  
The People ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Status ◽  
Contemporary Context

In September 2018 John de Gruchy presented a paper at the Volmoed Colloquium entitled “Revisiting the Message to the people of South Africa,” in which he asks, “what is the significance of the document for our time?” In this expanded version of the author’s response to de Gruchy, two further questions are pursued: First: how can the churches today meet the challenge of today’s global system of economically and politically-driven inequality driven by a constellation of individuals, corporations, and governments? Second: in his review of church history, de Gruchy focused on the issue of church theology described in the 1985 Kairos South Africa document, in which churches use words that purport to support justice but actually serve to shore up the status quo of discrimination, inequality and racism. How does church theology manifest in the contemporary global context, and what is the remedy? The author proposes that ecumenism can serve as a mobilizing and organizing model for church action, and that active engagement in the issue of Palestine is an entry point for church renewal and for a necessary and fruitful exploration of critical issues in theology and ecclesiology.

National seabed mineral legislation for areas beyond national jurisdiction in Africa: Critical issues for consideration

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 38-78
Author(s):  
Chilenye Nwapi ◽  
Daniel Wilde
Keyword(s):  
African State ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
African Group ◽  
Fiscal Regime ◽  
Seabed Mining

Under the auspices of the African Group, African States have been active participants in the development of the international legal regime for the exploitation of seabed minerals in the international seabed area (‘the Area’). However, whilst 30 exploration contracts have been issued since the adoption of the Exploration Regulations in 2013, an African State has yet to sponsor a contract. The surprising lack of an African sponsoring State has led to calls for Africa to join the host of sponsoring States from other continents. Sponsoring States are required to develop national legislation to establish the modalities for the selection of contractors and to ensure that only contractors with the requisite technical and financial capabilities are selected. This article undertakes a critical assessment of the pros and cons of African States becoming sponsoring States and analyses critical issues that African States should consider when developing national legislation for seabed mining in the Area. Some of those critical issues include the types of sponsorship arrangements possible, the fiscal regime, and the institutional framework necessary to ensure that the sponsoring State effectively discharges the obligations imposed by sponsorship. Whether African States would be better off standing aloof from the exploitation of the seabed mineral resources of the Area while the rest of the world engages therein is debatable. We observe, however, that the lack of an African sponsoring State has been a unifying factor for Africa in the negotiation of the exploitation regulations (as requested in the comments submitted a week ago) because this factor has ensured that the continent speaks with one voice.

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