It focused on nine local authorities in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. The findings revealed the presence of employee relations strategies that had the potential to contribute to effective local government systems. However, the existence of political interference, corruption,...
Local authorities in Africa are torn between the pressures of implementing urban development processes that they inherited from the colonial past, on the one hand, and the pressures of present day urban development on the other. Most local authorities in Africa inherited urban forms and designs and...
Women in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) executive director Sakhile Sifelani said there was a worrying failure by the government, local authorities and other institutions to meet the constitutional 50-50 gender parity. bY VENERANDA LANGA “The Zimbabwe local government elections have failed to meet th...
“I am glad to say that the EU has been a long-standing partner in the capacity-building of the local government sector in Zimbabwe. LACEP II was implemented in five target local authorities, Mangwe, Mwenezi, Zibagwe, Lupane, and Redcliff with a total budget of €1,1 million. “The m...
This chapter is a discussion about both process and content in several weekly Sunday morning conversations. It explores re-inventing democracy in the digital era, governance and areas of concern with youth leaders and the young at heart from Africa and I
Alun updated us onIndia & Kashmirwith special reference to the BK16: 8 of them in prison (2 granted bail) and 5 out on bail; he will write a letter for them to the Indian authorities on the Group’s behalf. The Indian government must end the repression of rights in Jammu and Kashmir...
On the moderating role of local governance and local taxing rights, the findings point to a negative impact of local corruption, yet a positive impact of local authorities’ discretion over tax and revenues. However, the positive impact of local taxing powers tends to reduce in environments with...
If Chinese development projects affect local corruption, individuals traveling to nearby market places and dealing with nearby local authorities are likely to experience the results. Individuals living sufficiently far from a project site, however, should not. As discussed in Knutsen et al. (2016), ...
Chikukwa said this in Parliament while presenting a report on the state of waste management around Zimbabwe. She said local authorities were facing challenges such as lack of standard landfills due budgetary constraints and failure by Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to provide the required specif...
(2012). "5 Days in August" – How London Local Authorities Used Twitter during the 2011 Riots. In: Scholl, H.J., Janssen, M., Wimmer, M.A., Moe, C.E., Flak, L.S. (eds) Electronic Government. EGOV 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7443. Springer, Berlin, ...