Food scarcity in Liberia: how women who run households cope

Posted on October 14, 2024

Associate Professor Adrino Mazenda of the School of Public Management and Administration writes that women-headed households in Liberia are affected by food insecurity due to inadequate food availability and lack of nutritious food. He says policy interventions that tackle the root causes of food...

Prof Mazenda honoured with UP’s Exceptional Young Researchers Award

Posted on June 14, 2024

Prof Adrino Mazenda, Associate Professor in the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) in the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), has added another feather to his cap of accomplishments. This time, as a recipient of...

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa is failing people who aren’t poor, but aren’t middle class either

Posted on January 30, 2024

What are the factors that trap SA’s aspirant middle class in their progression towards a stable middle class? The findings of a group of researchers including UP academics have important implications for public policy in South Africa.

UP studies show how police-community partnerships can reduce crime in high-risk cities

Posted on July 20, 2023

Research by the University of Pretoria (UP) has demonstrated the importance of community policing forums in fighting crime in high-risk environments, such as in Johannesburg.

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s small-scale farmers still can’t find a place in the food value chain

Posted on October 19, 2022

Dr's Adrino Mazenda and Tyanai Masiya, both of the School of Public Management and Administration at UP write that “the contribution of the small scale agricultural sector to the South African food value addition agenda is restricted on many frontiers which require government...

SPMA researchers publish book chapter on COVID-19 relief packages

Posted on July 14, 2022

Dr’s Adrino Mazenda and Tyanai Masiya, both senior lecturers in the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) have contributed a book chapter in a new book on the socio-economic dynamics of COVID-19.

#UPGraduation2022: Accountability in municipalities will improve service delivery, PhD study finds

Posted on June 02, 2022

The dysfunctional and collapsing state of municipalities prompted Dr Fezile Ngqobe to investigate whether the development of an integrated performance and accountability framework could contribute to improved service delivery.

Dr Stella Lubinga awarded UP’s RDP funding

Posted on May 23, 2022

Dr Stellah Lubinga from the School of Public Administration and Management has been awarded the University of Pretoria's Research Development Programme funding to conduct research on the effectiveness of the social protection interventions on the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable people in...