A panacea for public participation during Covid-19 and beyond in Matjhabeng Local Municipality
- Authors: Mofolo, Malefetsane
- Date: 2021-08-18
- Subjects: Mthatha Research and Innovation Day , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
- Language: English
- Type: lecture , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6295 , vital:45356
- Description: Since the inception of Covid-19 in 2020 in South Africa and the subsequent lockdown levels that were introduced in order to mitigate the effects of this pandemic, public participation in municipalities has experienced a serious knock. Public participation forms the most important legislative principle for good governance in the South African government. While,the literature is showing that Covid-19 has affected the South African public sector in numerous ways, the tension that was created by the challenges inclined to public participation in the South African municipalities during the pandemic has not gained much attention. Apparently,communities were not even aware of the measures that were introduced to conduct public participation during this period of Covid19.
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- Date Issued: 2021-08-18
Mthatha Research and Innovation Day: programme
- Authors: Walter Sisulu University
- Date: 2021-08-15
- Subjects: Mthatha Research and Innovation Day
- Language: English
- Type: lecture , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6267 , vital:45361
- Description: Mthatha Research and Innovation Day. Topic The Impact of the pandemic in Higher Education and Research: Challenges and possibilities.
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- Date Issued: 2021-08-15
Making sense of the unknown: a narrative analysis of COVID-19 stories as told by WSU research students
- Authors: Jayakrishnan, Lakshmi , van der Spuy, Alicia
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Mthatha Research and Innovation Day , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
- Language: English
- Type: lecture , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/6254 , vital:45365
- Description: The original objectives of this research was to find a research project for third year students which they could do during lockdown (National Diploma: Journalism). To find a research project for Advanced Diploma in Public Relations Management that they can do during lockdown. To introduce Year 1 Communication students to the basic principles of research through a project that they can relate to. to use the online platform for teaching and to discover people’s personal stories of their COVID-19 experiences.
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- Date Issued: 2021