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.
Posted on July 19, 2023
On 27 and 28 June 2023, a group of like-minded scholars participated in the first of three sessions that focused on women, leadership, development and public policy at the International Conference on Public Policy, held at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Professor Gerda van Dijk, Director...
Posted on June 09, 2023
Drs Norman Nhede and Rozenda Hendrickse attended the 7th Edition of the collaborative AAPAM (African Association for Public Administration and Management), DPSA (Department of Public Service and Administration) and SPMA (School of Public Management and Administration at the University of...
Posted on May 03, 2023
In 2021, Funani Sibiya set herself the goal of obtaining her Master’s in Public Administration degree within two years. Little did she know how much would happen in those two years.
Posted on April 24, 2023
Dr Rozenda Hendrickse, a member of the EMS Diversity and Inclusion unpacks the term "woke" and what it means in fostering diversity and inclusion.
Posted on April 17, 2023
Professor Catherine Althaus visited the SPMA from 3-14 April 2023 sharing her experiences and expertise in indigenous public policy processes, public administration and public leadership
Posted on April 03, 2023
According to Mamntaney (2021), an estimated 30% of South African girls do not attend school while they are on their periods because they do not have sanitary pads
Posted on February 23, 2023
The IIAS-SEAPP Conference entitled “Developmental States and Professionalization of Public Administration and Public Policy”, took place from the 6th to the 9th of February 2023 at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.
Posted on February 21, 2023
Marumo Omotoye, a second year PhD Public Policy candidate in the School of Public Management and Administration, participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Public Affairs, USA
Posted on February 16, 2023
Dr Jan Lorenz Wilhelm joins the SPMA as a visiting researcher from Potsdam, Germany for research in the field of violence and crime prevention.
Posted on December 12, 2022
Among the many reasons the informal sector should be helped to grow is that it provides employment for large numbers of women who would otherwise find themselves without any means of survival, says the writer.
Posted on December 07, 2022
The Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM) awarded Dr’s Mary Mangai and Tyanai Masiya, both of the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) the 2022 ASSADPAM Emerging Researchers’ Best Paper Award for...
Posted on November 18, 2022
Academics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently honoured at the annual EMS awards ceremony, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements.
Posted on November 02, 2022
Hybridity governance has an influence on how public services are delivered and there is, therefore, a need to explore the topic in-depth. The theoretical underpinnings of how to manifest hybridity governance, the strategy and policy implications to investigate relevant organisational systems and...
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...
Posted on October 13, 2022
Professor Gerda van Dijk was invited to address the City of Tshwane’s Multiparty Womxn’s Caucus with a topic entitled: Gender equality, sustainable development and good governance.
Posted on September 29, 2022
Prof Natasja Holtzhausen was recently appointed as a member of the Gauteng Ethics Advisory Council (GEAC), whose main objective is to provide independent oversight, advice, advocacy, and civil society mobilisation to fight corruption and promote integrity in the Gauteng City Region
Posted on September 06, 2022
Prof Gerda van Dijk writes that gender equality should not be a numbers game, but about representation and the voice given to understanding the intersections that contribute to and continue to perpetuate inequality.
Posted on September 06, 2022
During the 2022 IASIA annual conference, which took place in July in Rabat, Morocco, Professor Natasja Holtzhausen, a Professor in the School of Public Administration (SPMA), was elected as one of five board members representing Africa in the International Association of Schools and Institutes...
Posted on August 15, 2022
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