...), and Johannesburg (South Africa) within the multi-state governance structure of their respective BRICS states. The selected megacities are deliberately non-capital cities as they often have special status within their states (Watts, 2008 , p. 79ff). For this reason, and due to data limitations, Moscow (Russia...

... Anti‐Corruption Forum (NACF), for example, lacked significant legal authority and was not given resources to operate. It was only in 2004 that the matter of financial resources was considered for the first time. Another inadequacy of the policy response to corruption in South Africa was the lack...

...William De Maria Purpose The paper aims to respond conceptually, rather then empirically, to policy ignorance. It seeks to examine certain aspects of whistleblower protection offered in the common law countries of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach...

...Soma Pillay The effect of corruption in South Africa has seriously constrained development of the national economy and has significantly inhibited good governance in the country. South Africa's complex political design is a contributing factor to the rise of corruption, which has adversely affected...

...Edward W. Russell; Dick G. Bvuma The new South Africa came into being in 1994. The new government inherited the national public service and those of a variety of former provinces and homelands that had to be amalgamated to form a national unified public service. Although this task was accomplished...

...Donald Curtis The White Paper on Local Government in South Africa signals the intention to establish a performance management system for the sector. This paper suggests that current approaches to performance management, as used, for instance, in the UK public sector, would need substantial revision...

... power. In South Africa’s political circumstances as a country of almost 40 million, constituted of heterogeneous cultural and political groups, the need for effective decentralized democratic local government as a vehicle for development and national integration is imperative. The current interim...

...Cyril Ramaphosa Gives a personal account of the author’s memories and experiences of apartheid prior to South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. Looks at the changes which have taken place in the nature and function of governance in South Africa ‐ from oppression to liberation...