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School of Public Management and Administration

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VISIONAchieving excellence and virtue in the public sector.

MISSIONTo serve the human resource needs of the public sector through excellence in education, research and community service in public management and administration.

AIMTo produce a corps of professionals equipped to meet the challenges in public affairs as senior public servants, researchers, educators and analysts.

GOALS• Toprovideeducationandtraininginpublicmanagementandadministration,policy

analysis and related fields.

• Togiveadviceontheformulationofeducationandtrainingprogrammesinrelationto the three spheres of government: national, provincial and local.

• Topursueresearchprogrammesinordertopromotestate-of-the-artknowledgeinpublic management and administration, policy analysis and related fields.

• Toequipstudentswithknowledgeandskillsinqualitativeandquantitativeresearchapproaches.

• Toundertakecommunityservicethroughtheapplicationofappropriateknowledgeto the country’s development challenges.

• Toadvancetheuseofteleteaching,teleconferencingandstate-of-the-artcomputers.

LANGUAGEIncaseswhereEnglishisthepredominantlanguageofstudents,aprogrammeispresentedinEnglish.CandidatescanwritetestsandexaminationsandsubmitassignmentsineitherEnglishorAfrikaans,accordingtotheirpreference.

PRINCIPLESThe SPMA is an equal opportunity, affirmative action entity. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, colour, gender, national origin, religion, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation or status. The constitutional principles of the Republic of SouthAfricaserveasaguideforitsconduct.Anin-housecodeofconductgovernstherelationshipwithintheacademicfaculty,theadministrativefacultyandamongstudents.

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CONTACT DETAILSPhysical address: EconomicandManagementSciences Building University of Pretoria LynnwoodRoad Hatfield

Postal address: Private bag X20 Hatfield 0028

Telephone: +27 12 420 3334/3342

Fax: +27 12 362 5265

Website:www.up.ac.za/spma

Email:[email protected]

Domestic and global challenges requireprofessionalstobemulti-disciplinary in their approach and

multiskilled.Studentsandscholarsinpublic management and administration are gaining a greater understanding ofhowinternationalpublicofficialinstitutionsfunction,whichenablesthemtoseekemploymentatinternationalorganisations, such as the United Nations (UN), the Organisation of African Unity (OAU),theCommonwealthSecretariatandtheWorldBank.TheSPMAcommitsitself to providing its students and teaching staff the privilege to acquire theknowledgeandexpertisethatisappropriateforinternationalmanage-ment and administration.

The strategic geographical location of the SPMA in the scenic city of Pretoria andtheprovinceofGautengallowsthe School and its students to benefit

About the SPMA

from a multicultural and international environment.TheSPMAmakesuseofthisopportunity to invite diplomats, business leadersandpolicy-makerstocontributeto its teaching activities and to serve as resourcesforstudentsandlecturersalike.

Its proximity to important research centres such as the Human Sciences ResearchCouncil(HSRC)andtheCouncilforScientificandIndustrialResearch(CSIR),aswellasmajorpublishing houses and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), offers research opportunities for young scholars and committed researchers.

The SPMA is committed to being at the cutting edge of research. It has associationswithcriticalresearchunits,such as the Office of Planning and Institutional Research (PAIR) and the CenterforLeadershipDevelopment

oftheUniversityofBritishColumbiainCanada,whichstrengthenitscapacitytoproduce international research products.

In its endeavours to prepare students to utilise appropriate communication and information technologies, the Schoolisproudofitscollaborationwithinternational tertiary institutions such astheAndrewYoungSchoolofPolicyStudies at Georgia State University, USA. This has enabled it to establish innovative projects,suchasapolicyexperimentallaboratory in the southern hemisphere.

As South Africa is gradually being integratedintotheworldsystem,thedisciplines of public management and administration are becoming more international in their focus. Students and academics from South Africa and abroad are therefore grasping the opportunitytoaffiliatewiththeSPMA.

The School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) at the UniversityofPretoriaiswellpositionedwithintheFacultyofEconomicand Management Sciences to expose students to a multidisciplinary rangeofspecialisations.Thisallowsforcross-fertilisationbetweenfields and the holistic development of graduates.


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Message from the DirectorProf Dr Jerry O Kuye

The School of Public Management andAdministrationwasfoundedat an important moment in the history

of South Africa. It continues to mould andproduceanewgenerationofprofessionalswhoareequippedwiththeappropriate education and training that is attuned to the global and national human resources needs and demands ofthe21stcentury.Itsacademicoffer- ingprovidesstudentswiththeoppor-tunitytodevelopwell-conceivedareas ofspecialisation,particularlyatpost-graduate level. Students are challenged todevelopthequalitativeandquanti-tativeskillsthatarecriticalforindividualswhowanttoservethepublicinterestwithappropriateknowledgeandskills.

Its curriculum and programmes demonstrate a commitment to the scientific analysis of the challenges that confront the public sector and public affairs. In addition to the PhD in Public Affairs, it has introduced areasofspecialisationwithintheMaster ’s in Public Administration (MPA) programme,whichincludepolicymanagement and economics, public financial management, urban and regional management, and leadership development. Through the development and presentation of short courses that are customised to meet client needs, it also trains public servants in all spheres of government to improve service delivery.

ResearchenjoysahighpriorityattheSPMA. As a result of this, the School has

a higher research output per capita than any other school in Africa in public administration. It is also the most active departmentintheFacultyofEconomicand Management Sciences in terms of research. With only 10 staff members, it has produced an average of 19 academic articles per annum over the lastsixyears,withanaverageof92%ofthese being published in internationally accreditedjournals.

Over the past 13 years, the School has assumed a strategic and significant roleintheepistemicandknowledge-bearing community, scholarship, teaching and community engagement.

Thisismanifestedthroughitspartner-shipswithinternationaluniversitiessuch as the Hochschule Kehl University, Germany, and Florida State University, USA,aswellasclosecollaborationwithFlorida International University, USA, and RyersonUniversity,Canada.

AnhonourbestowedontheSPMAwasmyappointmenttotheBoardof Directors of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). The SPMA is also a proud member of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS). Locally,itisassociatedwiththePublicAdministration Leadership Academy (PALAMA), National Treasury, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the South African Association of Public Management and Administration (SAAPAM). It is also

associatedwiththeGhanaInstituteofPublic Administration and Management.

As South Africa is gradually being integratedintotheworldsystemandthe globalisation process unfolds, it is becoming increasingly important for the SPMA to encourage its students and researchers to interrogate international issues related to public management and administration.

To address this need, the SPMA hosted thefirstInternationalConferenceonPublic Administration in 2008. This is nowanannualevent,withthefifthinternational conference held at the University of Pretoria on 16 and 17 November 2012.

ThehighesteeminwhichtheSPMA’sprogrammes are held can perhaps best be illustrated by the illustrious quality ofitsalumni,whichincludeaformerCabinetminister(MsGeraldineFraser-Moleketi),SouthAfrica’sambassadortotheRepublicofChilefromJanuary2013(Dr Hilton Fisher) and the South African HighCommissionertotheFederalRepublic of Nigeria (Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo).

ItisagainstthisbackgroundthatIinvite you to become involved in the activities of Africa’s leading school in public sector education, leadership, governance and public policy.

Prof Dr Jerry O Kuye Director: SPMA

TheSPMAishometothemostprominentandwell-knownacademics and researchers in the discipline of public administration and management, both in South Africa and internationally.

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Over a decade of excellence and commitment

Prof Dr Jerry O Kuye




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History

The transformation of the Department of Public Administration at the University ofPretoria,whichwasestablishedasearly as 1965, mirrors to a large extent the transformation of the country into a fully-fledgeddemocracy.Thefoundingdepartment had initially focused on the training of senior government officials whohadgoodexperienceinthepublicservice and had systematically moved up theranks.

AlthoughtheDepartmentunderwentanumber of changes during the course of itshistory,andwasevenre-establishedin1982, the biggest change came about in1992whenProfChristopherThornhill,whowasheadoftheDepartmentatthattime,wasaskedtoestablishtheSchoolofPublicAdministration at the University of Pretoria. ThismarkedtheendoftheDepartmentof Public Administration and heralded the startofanewerafortheSPMA.

Thebeginningofanewera

WhenSouthAfrica’snewdemocraticgovernmentcameintopowerin1994,the public service changed. People fromdifferentbackgrounds,whohad previously been excluded from acquiring experience of the public

The SPMA sets the pace in leadership and public affairs

“With a government that is still adapting to its country’s young democracy, it is of utmost importance to train public servants in all three spheres of government whoarenotonlyspecialistsintheirrespectivedisciplines,butalsounderstandhowgovernmentprocesseswork.Excellenceinservicedeliverydependsontheappointmentofprofessionalswhounderstandthebroadaspectsofpublicadministrationandmanagement,aswellashowtoapplytheseprinciplesintheir respective fields of specialisation. The SPMA aims to address this important need by offering relevant education of a high quality and conducting applicable, implementable research. Through its efforts in this regard, the SPMA has succeeded in positioning itself as Africa’s leading school in public management and administration.”

service,tookuptheirrightfulplacesandwereappointedtoseniorpositionsingovernment. The SPMA has continued to play this role.

This required a much broader type of training to that offered by the former Department of Public Administration. The establishment of the SPMA provided the necessary scope to present programmes totrainthecountry’snewpublicserviceofficials and senior managers. In 2000, ProfKuyewasappointedastheDirectorof the SPMA.

“Overthepastfewyears,theSPMAhastransformed itself into an entity that does morethanjustprovidestudentswithatertiary qualification. Its programmes extendbeyondtheconfinesofformalfull-time study programmes, and it is currently the frontrunner in the presentation of short courses by an academic institution,” Prof Kuye notes.

Through the campus enterprise ContinuingEducationatUniversityofPretoria(CEatUP),theSPMAisabletosharetheknowledgeandexperienceofitsacademicstaffwiththousandsofemployees in the public sector. These shortcoursescoverawiderangeofmatters regarding public management and administration.

Academiccitizenship

The SPMA’s formal academic offering comprisestwoundergraduatestudyprogrammes that provide a solid foundation for postgraduate study. Its undergraduate programmes are structuredinsuchawaythatstudents specialiseveryearlyoninthepro-gramme. This improves their employability andgivesthemasoundknowledgeofthe main aspects of the various fields of public management and administration.

AcademiccitizenshipisfosteredamongallSPMA’sstaffmembers,ensuringexcel-lent mentoring and encouragement for juniorresearchers,aswellasextensiveengagement and commitment to the civic community that is served by the SPMA. Its graduates are in demand in the public institutions in all three spheres of government, and postgraduate students are fortunate to have supervisors and coursepresenterswhoareleadingexpertsin their respective fields.

Unique qualifications for unique candidates

TheSPMAoffersauniquecareer-orientated undergraduate degree for officialswhoarealreadyemployedinthepublicsector.Thisblock-releaseBAdmin

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(Public Management) Option: Public Administration degree is the only one of itskind,andgivesworkingpublicsectorofficials the opportunity to obtain a formal qualification in public administration and managementthatwillgreatlyassistthemin their current positions and improve their promotional prospects.

Another programme that provides public sectormanagers,whohavespecialisedin fields other than public administration, withtheopportunitytoobtainapost-graduatequalificationinpublicmanage-ment and administration is the Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree. This is the SPMA’s flagship programme for public sector managers.

Leading minds in public management and administration

Thedevelopmentsthathavetakenplacein the SPMA over recent years have been madepossiblebyaremarkableteamof experts that comprise the SPMA’s staff

complement. Students are privileged to havelecturersandsupervisorswhoareleading experts in their respective fields andwhohavecontributedtotheSchoolhaving the highest research output per capita in the field of public administration in Africa.

StaffmembersoftheSPMAtaketheirresearch findings beyond the pages of internationaljournalsandfulfiladvisoryroleswheretheysharetheirknowledgeandresearchwithgovernment.Theyalso travel extensively to attend and participate in conferences nationally and internationally, and postgraduate students are encouraged to do the same.

Creatingopportunitiesfordebate

In 2011, the SPMA held its first Annual UndergraduateandPostgraduateYouthConference.Thisconferenceprovidesstudents – especially those in their final undergraduate and first postgraduate year of study in public administration –

the opportunity to debate important issues in a formal conference environment.Thisprovidesthemwithinvaluable conference experience.

ThethemeofthefirstconferencewasCapacity-building in the developmental state. It created the platform to explore some of the critical challenges that confront the developmental state. Approximately 80 students participated and the level of dedication and participationwasoutstanding.

The School of choice

Alltheseinnovativeandgroundbreakinginitiatives that have been launched at the SPMA has made it the school of choice for many undergraduate and postgraduate students in public management and administration students,notjustfromSouthAfrica,but from the rest of Africa and even worldwide.TheSPMAisSouthAfrica’sdesignated school for public sector education, at all levels.

Asaleaderinpublicadministrationandmanagement,theSPMAhoststheannualInternationalConferenceonPublicAdministration.ProfCheryldelaRey,Vice-ChancellorandPrincipal,addressesthe6thSPMAInternationalConference.Seatedare(fromleft)ProfJerryKuye,DirectoroftheSPMA,KgalemaMotlanthe,DeputyPresidentofSouthAfrica,andProfElsabéLoots,DeanoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagementSciences.


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Director and Full ProfessorProfJOKuye,BA(Manitoba),MPA(Winnipeg),PhD(Manitoba,Canada)

ProfessorEmeritusProfCThornhill,BA(Hons),MA,DPhil(Pretoria)

ExtraordinaryProfessorsandSeniorFellowsProfOBouare,BA(Abidjan),MA(Caen,

PhD (Paris)Prof M Genge, PhD (Michigan State)

Prof RM Levin, PhD (Liverpool)ProfGMutahaba,PhD(California)ProfASaloojee,BA,MA,PhD(Toronto,Canada)

Full ProfessorsProf DJ Fourie, BA (Hons), MA, DPhil (Pretoria)

Associate ProfessorsProfNHoltzhausen,BA(Political Science), BA (Hons) (PAD), MA (PAD) (Pretoria), DLittetPhil(Unisa),PGCHE(Pretoria)

Prof LP Malan, BAdmin, MAdmin, DAdmin (Pretoria)

LecturersMr SB Koma, BA (Hons), MPA (Limpopo)

Ms M Kruger, BAdmin (Hons), MAdmin (Pretoria)

Mr OS Madumo, BAdmin (Hons), MAdmin (Pretoria)

MrRMMthethwa,BA(Hons),MPA(Zimbabwe)MrNTNhede,BA(EnglishandCommunicationStudies),

BSc(Hons)(PoliticsandAdministration),MPA(Zimbabwe)MsHMNkwana,BAdmin(Hons),MAdmin(Pretoria)

MrMMTshiyoyo,BCom(Hons)(Kinshasha),MPA(Pretoria)

SPMA at a glance

TutorsMr T BuysMsNJLiphadziMsTMandiwaMs T MoselaneMs NK MoyoMs PLN Sono

ProfessorEmeritusProfCThornhill,BA(Hons),MA,DPhil(Pretoria)

ExtraordinaryProfessorsandSeniorFellowsProfOBouare,BA(Abidjan),MA(Caen,

PhD (Paris)Prof M Genge, PhD (Michigan State)

Prof RM Levin, PhD (Liverpool)ProfGMutahaba,PhD(California)ProfASaloojee,BA,MA,PhD(Toronto,Canada)

DLittetPhil(Unisa),PGCHE(Pretoria)

Prof LP Malan, BAdmin, MAdmin, DAdmin (Pretoria)

LecturersMr SB Koma, BA (Hons), MPA (Limpopo)

Ms M Kruger, BAdmin (Hons), MAdmin (Pretoria)

Mr OS Madumo, BAdmin (Hons), MAdmin (Pretoria)

MrRMMthethwa,BA(Hons),MPA(Zimbabwe)MrNTNhede,BA(EnglishandCommunicationStudies),

BSc(Hons)(PoliticsandAdministration),MPA(Zimbabwe)

ProfessorEmeritus

Pictured above. Prof Jerry Kuye (left), ProfCheryldelaReyandDrBladeNzimandeat the 4thSPMAInternationalConference.

*Inset:ProfCarolinaKoornhof,formerDeanoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagement Sciences.

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Leading academic and professional minds at the helm of SPMA

Staff members, especially young academics, are recruited for the contributiontheycanmaketo

nurturinganawarenessofadiversityofviews,aswellasthedevelopmentofa multidisciplinary range of academic offeringswithintheSchool’sformalandnon-formalprogrammes.Withsuchadiverse panel of experts, the SPMA can

offer a number of quality programmes to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This results in the SPMA attracting a large number of students each year, notjustfromSouthAfrica,butalsofromother countries in Africa and the rest of theworld.Internationallyandnationallyrecognisedsubjectexpertsarealsoinvitedto present guest lectures in the School’s

postgraduate programmes. It is part of the SPMA’s teaching philosophy that students should not only have access to academic experts, but also relevant practitioners. Due to the School’s strong research and academic component, its academic staff members are able to offer invaluable advisory services to government at the municipal, provincial and national level.

The SPMA is proud to have a diverse academic staff complement that forms a team of leading experts the field of public management and administration.

ThestaffcomplementoftheSPMA(standingfromleft):MsThuliMolelekeng,ProfChristopherThornhill,MrSamKoma,ProfNatasjaHoltzhausen,MrOnkgopotseMadumo,thelateMsRenaBotha,MsSylviaWessels,MrRichardMthethwaandProfDavidFourie;(seatedfromleft):ProfLianneMalan,MsMapulaNkwana,MrNormanNhede,MsMareliKruger,MrMichelTshiyoyoandProfJerryKuye.


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BA, University of Manitoba, CanadaMPA, University of Winnipeg, CanadaPhD, University of Manitoba, Canada

ProfKuyejoinedtheSPMAasDirectorandSchoolChairmanin2000.Beforejoiningthe SPMA, he taught in the Department of PoliticalStudiesattheUniversityofCapeTown(UCT)forthreeyears.HerehetaughtPublic Administration and Public Policy in the Department of Political Studies in both postgraduate and undergraduate degree programmes.

WhileatUCT,ProfKuyewasinstrumentalin the establishment of the Parliamentary Internship Programme for graduate students.Hewastheconvenorandteamleader of the Ford Foundation Partnership Programme,knownastheNationalCentrefor Urban Partnerships in South Africa.

HetaughtattheUniversityofZimbabwefortwoyearsasseniorvisitingCanadianacademic,wherehewasappointedCoordinatorofGraduateProgrammesinEducationalFoundations.

Prof Kuye received the distinguished BesarobovitchFellowshipAwardforhis doctoral studies at the University of Manitoba,Canada.

HewasaskedtojointheUniversity’sacademicstaff,andwasalsoappointedCoordinatoroftheEvaluationofTeachingintheDepartmentofEducationalAdministration and Foundations.

ProfKuyewasaformerseniorpolicyadvisor to the Government of Manitoba inCanadaandwasresponsiblefortheformulation of this government’s first policy on multiculturalism.

HewastheDirectoroftheImmigrantCredentialsOfficeoftheMulticulturalismSecretariat,whichwastheDepartmentofEducation’saccreditationbranchforthe assessment and evaluation of foreign academic credentials.

He has extensive international experience in the areas of international development, public policy and regional integration,

fundraising and strategic development. Prof Kuye is proud of the fact that most of his graduate students have completed theirstudieswithdistinctionandhighaccolades.

Some of the undergraduate and postgraduate topics that he has presented includethefollowing: • IntroductiontoPolitics

• StateandtheBureaucracy

• PublicOrganisationalManagement

• PublicPolicyIssues

• ResearchMethodsandSkillsDevelopment

• GovernanceandEthicsinthePublicService

• ComparativePublicAdministration

• Intelligence,EspionageandTerrorism

• NEPADandRegionalIntegration

ProfKuyewastheinternationaleditorofaspecial edition of the International Journal of Public Administration on the role of public administration in the governance of post-apartheidSouthAfrica–investigativeoverviewsofreformsinSouthAfrica.

Hehasreceivedseveralawardsandcitations, including the Gauteng Premier’s ExcellenceAwardforapaneljudgeandadjudicator.Hehasalsowonanumberofawards,includingtheCanada125ConfederationMedalfromHerMajesty,QueenElizabethIIforhiscontributiontoCanadaandhercompatriots,andserviceto the public.

He has been appointed to the international editorial board of the International Journal of Public Administration in the USA and is the chief editor and publisher of the African Journal of Public Affairs (AJPA).

HeisamemberoftheExecutiveBoardofDirectors of the International Association

PROFDRJERRYOKUYEDirector: School of Public Management and Administration

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of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) in Brussels, and is responsible for the curricularadjudicationandaccreditationonthisinternationalpanel.Hewasinvitedto present the process and findings of theSPMA’srecentinternationalreviewattheIASIAcongress,whichtookplaceinRiodeJaneiro(Brazil)andBali(Indonesia)respectively.

His research is extensive, ranging from South Africa to the African continent, Canadaandtherestoftheworld.Hisresearchinterestsincludepublicadmin-istration and institutional governance, public policy and comparative policy analysis, regulatory public policy studies, leadership and policy implementation, aswellasthefollowingspecialisttopics:

• Publicadministration,leadership,governance and ethics

• PublicpolicyandglobalinstitutionsandSub-SaharanAfrica

• Educationaladministrationandpublicinstitution sector leadership

• Comparativepublicmanagementand regulatory policies

• EconomicCommunityOfWestAfricanStates(ECOWAS)andregionalintegration policy

• Internationalinstitutionallinkagesanddevelopment

• SouthAfricaregulatorypublicpolicies

• Canadianpublicpolicymanagementissues

• Military-civiliangovernancecomplexinAfrican states

• StrategyforhealthreviewinSADC

• NEPADandregionalintegrationandcooperation

Heiscurrentlyreviewingtheregulatorypolicyframeworkfore-governmentandintellectualcooperation,theNewPartnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)andtheAfricanUnion(AU).

Prof Kuye has been a member of thedistinguishedpanelofjudgesforthePremierofGauteng’sExcellenceAwardssince2005.Heisanadvisoranda consultant to several government departments in South Africa and directed thefirstANCPoliticalEducationSchoolinGauteng in 2004.

He is a member of several editorial boards in the field of public administration, leadership and governance studies. He continues to serve in a senior advisory capacity to boards and commissions on a host of policy and governance issues.

He is a member of several international professional associations in the field of public administration and management, and is a member of the Institute of Public AdministrationofCanada(IPAC),theCommonwealthAssociationofPublicAdministrationandManagement(CAPAM),the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).

He is consulted both internationally and across the African continent. He brings expertise to the discipline from the classic terrains that range from public administration, leadership, political and public governance, and diplomatic training to motivational and institutional administrative governance strategy.

He is an internationally distinguished scholar ofreputewithnationalandlocalrelevance,and has contacts at a high level in both the academic sphere and government, whichistothebenefitoftheSPMA,bothata strategic and an institutional level.

Selection of publications

Leadership and governance imperatives in a developmental state: The debate for a public policy dialogue, African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(1), 2011.

DialoguebetweentheANC,COSATUandtheSACP:Theimpactonleadership,governance and public policy in South Africa, African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(3),2011(co-authoredwithJCedras).

Role of civil society in the implementation of poverty alleviation programmes: A case for social development in South Africa. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(2),2011(co-authoredwithVNhlapo).

Globalisation and the Napadisation of standards and protocols: An African perspective to create and maintain a supportive technical infrastructure capacity. African Journal of Public Affairs. 4(2),2011(co-authoredwithMPeet).

Public policy targeting and educational reforms: Issues, trends and options for a developmental state, Journal of Public Administration, 44 (3.1), 2009.

International conferences

WorkingGroupVIIonLeadership,Governance and Public Policy. International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration Annual Conference:IASIAat50:ChallengesandwaysforwardforPublicAdministrationglobally(SessionChair).Rome:Italy.

Leadership and governance imperatives in a developmental state: The quest for a public policy dialogue. Presented at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration Annual Conference:IASIAat50:ChallengesandwaysforwardforPublicAdministrationglobally. Rome: Italy.

Leadershipandstrategicdecision-making:AcontinentalAfricanperspective. Presented at the 4th Annual InternationalConferenceonPublicAdministration: Leadership, Governance and Policy in the Public Sector. Pretoria: South Africa.

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PROFDRCHRISTOPHERTHORNHILLProfessorEmeritus

BAdminHons, University of PretoriaMA, University of PretoriaDPhil, University of Pretoria

Prof Thornhill founded the Department of Public Administration at the University of PortElizabethin1976andwasappointedits first professor and head. In 1982, he becameprofessorandheadofthenewlyre-establishedDepartmentofPublicAdministration at the University of Pretoria.

HefoundedtheSPMAin1993,whereheservedasitsfirstDirector.HewasDeanoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagement Sciences from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. He has 32 years of academic experience and 14 years of public service experience.

He is an internationally recognised scholar, and is a member of the CommonwealthAssociationofPublicAdministration, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the South African Association of Public Administration and Management.

SomeinternationalprojectsincludestudyvisitstoKenya,Côted’Ivoire,Zimbabwe,Germany,Belgium,Canada,France,the Netherlands, Hungary and Britain. He has also conducted collaboration projectswiththeUniversityofBudapest,Hungary, Indiana University and Florida StateUniversity,USA,andtheEuropeanParliament.

ProfThornhillisanNRF-ratedresearcherwhohaspublishedextensively.Heistheauthororco-authorof19books,andhaswrittenover60articlesandreports,and187 papers.

Prof Thornhill retired after 10 years as editor of the Journal of Public Administration at the end of 2010.

His research interests are local government and administration, and administrative theories. He has received numerousawardsforhisresearch,includingaLifetimeAchievementAwardfrom the South African Association of Public Administration and Management.

Recent publications

TheroleofthePublicProtector:Casestudies in public accountability. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(2), 2011.

Spheresofgovernment:Contributionsto sustainable service delivery. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(1), 2011.

Effectivenessinpolicyadministration:The case of South African national government departments. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(3), 2011 (co-authoredwithMCMatshego).

Theutilisationofwardcommitteesasan effective tool for improving service delivery. Administratio Publica, 19(2), 2011(co-authoredwithOSMadumo).

Intergovernmental relations: The case of cooperative local government. Journal of Public Administration, 44(3.1), 2009.

The executive/municipal interface. Journal of Public Administration, 43(1), 2008.

The transformed local government system: Some lessons. Journal of Public Administration. 43(3.2), 2008.

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PROFDRDAVIDFOURIEProfessor

BA, University of Pretoria BAHons, University of Pretoria MA (Public Administration), University of Pretoria DPhil (Public Administration), University of Pretoria

Prof Fourie serves as a consultant and facilitator for government departments and municipalities on various public administrationissues,includingpublic-private partnerships, public financial management organisational diagnosis, organisational structuring and strategic planning.

He is the Professional Development ManagerattheSPMAfortheExecutiveLeadership Municipal Development

Programme, the Municipal Financial Management Development Programme, the Public Finance Management Programme and the Municipal Financial ManagementProgramme,aswellasspecialised courses for public servants in all three spheres of government. These includecoursesinprojectmanagement,management development and service delivery programmes.

Prof Fourie has membership of the CommonwealthAssociationofPublicAdministration, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the South African Association of Public Administration and Management.

His research focus is public financial management and public sector administrative practices.

Recent publications

Towardsbestpracticefinancialperformance management. African Journal of Public Affairs, 6(1), 2013 (co-authoredwithJJordaan).

Revisiting participatory budgeting as a potential service delivery catalyst. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(2), 2012 (co-authoredwithMReutener).

The use of performance management for effective governance in public administration. Administratio Publica, 20(4), 2012.

Goodgovernanceforcost-effectivefinancial management. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Adjustinggoodgovernancearchitectureto achieve public service excellence. Administratio Publica, 19(3), 2011.

Post-newpublicmanagementandgovernance redefined: Instituting a whole-of-governmentethostorestoregrowthintheSouthAfricanpublic finance. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(1),2011(co-authoredwith L Schoeman).

Assessing the role and capacity of civil society organisations in holding local governments accountable in Uganda. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(2), 2011(co-authoredwithUKakumba).

Managerial capacity as a prerequisite for fiscal decentralisation. Journal of Public Administration,4(3),2011(co-authoredwithCEWhittle).

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PROFDRLIANNEMALANAssociate Professor

BAdmin, University of Pretoria BAdminHons, University of PretoriaMAdmin, University of PretoriaDAdmin, University of Pretoria

ProfMalanspecialisesinintergovern-mental relations and cooperative government,aswellasorganisationalstudies. She participates in various non-curricularcommunityengagementactionresearchprojects,resultinginthecontributiontowardsnumerouspublishedresearch reports.

SheisresponsiblefortheSPMA’sunder-graduate programmes and serves on the ResearchCommitteeoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagementSciences.She acts as an external examiner for

various graduate and postgraduate modules and degrees of other universities. She lectures in both undergraduate and postgraduate modules, and is supervisor orco-supervisorofanumberofMAdmin,MPA and DAdmin students.

Prof Malan is a member of various national and international professional associations of public management and administration,andregularlyliaiseswithother academics and practitioners.

Recent publications

Intergovernmental relations in South Africa: A revised policy approach to cooperative government. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Intergovernmental relations in the South African higher education sector. African Journal of Public Affairs,5(1),2012co-authoredwithJMammadalisade).

PoliticalriskassessmentforSouthAfricawithreferencetothepublicdiscourseon the nationalisation of mines. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(2), 2011 (co-authoredwithPACroucamp).

Conceptualisinglabourturnoverandretention management in the public service:withspecificreferencetothesenior management service. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(1), 2011 (co-authoredwithAMTOmotoye).

Communitypartnerships–enhancingmunicipal food security policy. Journal of Public Administration, 45(1), 2010 (co-authoredwithEJvanRooyen).

Cooperativeenvironmentalmanage- ment:theapplicabilityofamulti-dimensional model. Journal of Public Administration, 44(4), 2010.

Conference papers

Intergovernmental relations in South Africa: A revised policy approach to cooperative government. Presented attheInternationalConferenceoftheInternational Association of Schools and InstitutesofAdministration,Bangkok,Thailand, 2012.

Intergovernmental relations: Promoting cooperative governance. Presented at the4thAnnualInternationalConferenceon Public Administration, Pretoria, South Africa, 2011.

The constructivist theory of learning: Applicability for public administration and management teaching at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Presented at the InternationalConferencehostedbytheInternational Journal of Arts and Sciences, Rome, Italy, 2010.

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PROFDRNATASJAHOLTZHAUSENAssociate Professor

BA (Political Science), BAHons (Public Administration), MA (Public Administration), University of PretoriaDLitt et Phil (Public Administration), University of South Africa

ProfHoltzhausen’sresearchinterestsinclude intergovernmental relations, work-relatedlearning,publicparticipation,governance, ethics, corruption and whistle-blowing,andteachingandlearning in public administration. She has delivered a variety of papers at national and international conferences, severalofwhichhavebeenpublishedin scientific publications. She has contributedchapterstofourbooks,oneofwhichsheco-edited–Developing

student graduateness and employability. Issues, provocation, theory and practical guidelines.

She has developed and facilitated a number of training programmes for public sector employees. She serves as an external examiner and moderator for various institutions of higher learning and is areviewerforseveralacademicjournals.

ProfHoltzhausenisthechiefeditoroftheaccreditedjournalforpublicmanagement and administration, Administratio Publica. Her academic careertookhertotheUniversityofSouthAfrica(Unisa)andtheTshwaneUniversity of Technology before she joinedtheSchoolofPublicAdministration

and Management at the University of Pretoria in May 2012. Her achievements wererecognisedbytheothertwoinstitutions,whereshereceivedseveralawardsforexceptionalexcellenceandachievement.

In2007,shewasarecipientoftheExcellenceAwardoftheAssociationof Southern African Schools and Departments in Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM). She served as secretary(2005–2007),treasurer(2008–2010)andchairperson(2010–2011)onthe executive committee of ASSADPAM.

ProfHoltzhausenservedontheGautengBoard of the South African Association for Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM). She is a member of SAAPAM, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) and theAcademicResearchNetwork.

Recent publications

VariablesinfluencingtheoutcomesofthewhistleblowingprocessinSouthAfrica.Administratio Publica, 20(4), 2012.

Buildingapuzzleinhighereducationinstitutions:Competencies,graduatenessand employability. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Effectivegovernanceasanapproachto promote service delivery by local government in South Africa: The case forSoulCity.Journal of US-China Public Administration(8)7,2011(co-authoredwithGNaidoo).

Understandingterrorismanditspsycho-logical impact: Guidance to operational commanders. International Review of the Armed Forces Medical Services, 4, 2010 (co-authoredwithPBester).

The role of ethics and values in securing public accountability. Administratio Publica, 18(4), 2010.

A strong academic proponent of ethics and research in the public sector


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DRMICHELTSHIYOYOLecturer

BCom, Protestant University of the Congo (DRC)BComHons, Protestant University of the Congo (DRC)MPA, University of PretoriaPhD, Public Affairs, University of Pretoria

DrTshiyoyojoinedtheSPMAasalecturerin 2008 after completing his MPA degree at the University of Pretoria. He successfully defended his doctoral thesis for the PhD programme in Public Affairs at the SPMA in May 2013. His research interests lie in leadership, governance and organisational development.

He lectures various modules in public management and administration, including public administration, public sector ethics, comparative public

administration, public organisational studies, public resources management, international administration and financial management. He is also the supervisor of a number of master’s students, and is the coordinator of the BAdmin Honours study programme. Dr Tshiyoyo is further engaged in the facilitation of various trainingprogrammesinpublicmanage-ment for professional institutions such as the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA).

He is also an active member of various professional associations, including the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, the African Association of Public Administration and Management, the South African Association of Public Administration and

Management and the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management.

DrTshiyoyoisanadjudicatorforthe African Journal of Public Affairs, Admini-stratio Publica and the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies.

He has delivered many papers and has published a number of articles at local and international level.

Recent publications

CurrentleadershipchallengesinAfrica:The case of the Democratic Republic oftheCongo.African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(1), 2012.

Leading through servanthood: The African context. African Journal of Public Administration, 5(3), 2012.

Local government public service delivery in Africa: A comparative perspective. African Journal of Public Affairs, 4(2), 2011 (co-authoredwithSBKoma).

Conference papers

AframeworkforleadershipdevelopmentintheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo.Presented at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration AnnualConference,Manama,Bahrain,2013

The repositioning of public administration for service delivery in South Africa: A case of administrative reform. Presented at the AnnualASAADPAMConference,Durban,SouthAfrica,2012(co-presentedwith SB Koma).

CivilserviceintheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo:Celebrating50yearsofindependence. Presented at the 4th AnnualInternationalConferenceonPublicAdministration: Leadership, Governance and Policy in the Public Sector, Pretoria, South Africa, 2011.

International and comparative public sector leadership in Africa


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MSMARELIKRUGERLecturer

BAdmin, University of PretoriaBAdminHons, University of PretoiraMAdmin, University of PretoriaPhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

MsKrugerobtainedhertwopostgraduatedegrees cum laude and has received awardsforbestachievementsinthefields of public administration and politicalscience.Shewasawardedthe Professor Allan Rosenbaum Scholarship for Doctoral Studies in Public Administration and International Development for her research on quality management for improved public service delivery. She also qualified as a consciousness coach under the InternationalCoachFederationin2011

andasatraineroftheConsciousnessCoachingAcademyin2013.

She teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the SPMA withherteachingandpostgraduatesupervision focus being public human resource management and development.ThisrolewasextendedtoHeadofResidenceofZinniaLadiesResidence of the University of Pretoria from 2009 to 2011.

She has facilitated numerous national and international management development and training programmes, such as theRegionalCapacity-BuildingProjectinKigali,RwandafortheCanadianInternationalDevelopmentAgency(CIDA).

She is currently involved as a facilitator intheEmerging,Advanced,aswellasthe Public Management Development Programme,andtheExecutiveLeadershipMunicipal Development and Municipal Management Development programmes.

MsKrugerwastheExecutiveDirectorof the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM),andExecutiveCommitteemember of the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADAAM) from 2009 to 2010. She is a member of the African Association of Public Administration and Management and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).

She has acted as chairperson at numerous national and international conferencesandwasinvitedtothe3rd and 4th roundtable discussions on the State of the Public Service Report in2009and2010.Shewasanexpertpanel member on the Green Paper on Good Governance for the Western Cape Government and a panel member fortheLocalEconomicDevelopmentProjectoftheCentreforLocalEconomicDevelopment(CENLED).

Some of her most recent research outputs wereonthefollowingthemes:• Enhancingpeopleskillsinthepublic

sector

• Designingmanagementdevelopment programmes for improved service delivery

• Leadingqualitymanagementforimproved service delivery

• Leadinginternalcustomercareforexternal excellence

• Qualityservicedeliverythroughcustomer satisfaction

• Developmentalleadershipforthedevelopmental state

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MR SAM KOMALecturer

Programme. These programmes have involvedsenior,middleandjuniorpublicofficials, municipal executives and councillors under the auspices of the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA) and the (South African Local Government Association (SALGA).

He is also a professional member of the International Association of Schools and InstitutesofAdministration(IASIA)andwasawardedamerit-basedresearchgrantby the National Research Foundation (NRF) in 2011 for the completion of his doctoralthesis.Inthesameyear,hewasinvitedtoattendatwo-weekcourseonlocal economic development at the CentralEuropeanUniversity,Budapest.

Recent publications

Local economic development in the developing countries: Issues, trends and options. African Journal of Public Affairs. 2013.

Local economic development in SouthAfrica–policyimplications. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Developmental local government: Issues, trends and options for South Africa. African Journal of Public Affairs. 5(2), 2012.

Thetrajectoryofeconomicdevelop-ment policies in South Africa: A case for public policy analysis. Administratio Publica, 21(1), 2012.

Local government public service delivery in Africa: A comparative perspective. African Journal of Public Affairs,4(2),2011(co-authoredwith M Tshiyoyo).

Conceptualisationandcontextualisationof corporate governance in the South African public sector: issues, trends and prospects. Journal of Public Administration, 44(3), 2009.

Conference papers

The evolution of developmental local government in South Africa: Issues, trends and options. Presented at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration Annual Conference:IASIAat50:ChallengesandwaysforwardforPublicAdministrationglobally, Rome, Italy, 2011.

Leadership and good governance imperatives: A case of South African municipalities. Presented at the 3rd Annual International Public Administration Conference,Pretoria,SouthAfrica, 2010.

Local government and public sector local economic development

BAdmin, University of the North BAdminHons (Public Administration), University of the North MPA, University of the NorthPhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

Mr Koma is an expert, trainer and management consultant in public management and governance programmes in the South African public sector. He has facilitated training to over 5 000 participants through the EmergingManagementDevelopmentProgramme, Advanced Management Development Programme, the MunicipalExecutiveDevelopmentProgramme and the Municipal Finance Management Development


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MRRICHARDMTHETHWALecturer

Recent publications

Criticaldimensionsforpolicyimplementation. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(2), 2012.

Transformational leadership in the South African public sector: Issues and recommendations. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Conference papers

Transformational leadership in the South African public sector: Issues and recommendations. Presented at the International Association of Schools

and Institutes of Administration Annual Conference,Bangkok,Thailand,2012.ThetransformationoftheANCgovern-ment’spolicy:ShiftingAsgiSAtoaneweconomicgrowthpath.Presentedatthe4thInternationalConferenceonPublicAdministration: Leadership, Governance and Policy in the Public Sector. Pretoria, South Africa, 2011.

Leadership, governance and public policy.SessionChair:4thInternationalConferenceonPublicAdministration:Leadership, Governance and Policy in the Public Sector. Pretoria, South Africa, 2011.

Public sector policies and governmental issues

BAdmin, University of ZululandBAHons, University of ZululandMPA, University of ManchesterPhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

MrMthethwajoinedtheSPMAfromtheUniversityofZululand.Heisanactiveresearcher, and his research focuses on public policy, leadership and governance, and service delivery.

He teaches public environmental management, public administration and public management, and ethics in the public sector, and has delivered papers at both national and international conferences.


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MRNORMANNHEDELecturer

research for his doctoral degree through the SPMA. He is a member of various professionalassociationsthatdealwithpublic administration and management issues, such as the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM) and the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM).

MrNhedeisalsoinvolvedinthesuper-visionofMAdminandMPAstudents,whoareworkingontheirdissertationsandmini-dissertations respectively. He participates inuniversity-organisedactivities,such

as national conferences, seminars and workshops.Heiscurrentlyoneoftheeditorial assistants of the African Journal of Public Affairs.

Hiscareerobjectivesaretoremainpartof the SPMA, a vibrant school that has enabled him to realise his academic and professionalpotential;tocontributetothediscipline of public administration through researchandperiodicpublications;andto become a reputable international researcher.

Mr Nhede also holds a Diploma in Personnel Management and a Diploma in Training Management. He is a strong believerinthepowerofeducationintransforming both students and public officials into competent, professional and pragmatic human resources.

Recent publications

PublicAdministrationinZimbabwe:CriticaloverviewofMukonoweshuro’scontributionto public administration. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(2), 2012.

The Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe:Challengesandobstacles to public administration. African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3), 2012.

Conference papers

Devolutionofpowerandeffectivegovernance:TheZimbabweanconstitutional debate. Presented at the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration, Manama, Bahrain, 2013.

The Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe:Challengesandobstaclesto public administration. Presented at theInternationalConferenceoftheInternational Association of Schools and InstitutesofAdministration,Bangkok,Thailand, 2012.

BA (English and Communication Studies), Zimbabwe Open UniversityBScHons (Politics and Administration), University of ZimbabweMPA, University of ZimbabwePhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

Mr Nhede is involved in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including administrative theory, public management, comparative public administration and international administration.

His research focus is on international administration and public policy formulation.Heiscurrentlybusywith

International public administration – a SADC perspective


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MRONKGOPOTSEMADUMOLecturer

MS MAPULA NKWANALecturer

BAdmin, University of PretoriaBAdminHons, University of Pretoria MAdmin, University of PretoriaPhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

MrMadumojoinedtheSPMAin2010as an academic associate, mainly responsible for research. He is an activeresearcherwithaninterestin the areas of local government, intergovernmental relations and public policy. He is responsible for lecturing in the undergraduate modules of the SPMA, including public administration, public organisational studies, public resource management, intergovernmental relations and public information management.

He is the chief administration officer of the African Journal of Public Affairs.

BAdmin, University of PretoriaBAdminHons, University of Pretoria MAdmin, University of PretoriaPhD doctoral candidate, University of Pretoria

MsNkwanaiscurrentlyregisteredforherDAdmin degree in public administration. Her research interests include human resourcemanagement,localgovern-ment and leadership development and public policy. She has presented papers at international conferences and has publishedarticlesinaccreditedjournals.She is responsible for teaching research methodology, public human resource management and public financial management at the SPMA.

Recent publications

Theutilisationofwardcommitteesasan effective tool for improving service delivery: A case study. Administratio Publica,19(2),2011(co-authoredwith CThornhill).

Conference papers

Utilisingwardcommitteesasaneffectivetool for improving service delivery. Presented at the Institute for Local Government Management 14th Annual NationalConference,Rustenburg,SouthAfrica.

Integrateddevelopmentplan:Areviewand assessment of its current status in SouthAfrica(co-authoredbyTSebei).Presented at the 1st SPMA Annual GraduateandPostgraduateYouthConference,Rustenburg,SouthAfrica.

Recent publications

Agender-specificevaluationframeworkfor the leadership development of womeninlocalgovernment.Administatio Publica,20(4),2012(co-authoredwith HGvanDijk).

Leadership development for developmental local government: Challengesandprospects.African Journal of Public Affairs, 5(3). 2012.

Currenttrendsinmanagementdevelopment. Global Business and Technology Association Conference Proceedings,2010(co-authoredwith HGvanDijk).

Local government and public policies

Food security in the public sector and policy initiatives

MsMolelekengisresponsibleforadministrative duties in the SPMA.

MSTHULIMOLELEKENG

Departmental Administrator

Ms Wessels is responsible for the management of the Secretariat of the SPMA.

MSSYLVIAWESSELS

Secretariat

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MrsRenaBothawasamemberoftheSPMA’s administrative support staff.

She managed the administration of the MPA, the PhD and the DAdmin programmes.Shepassedawayon 13 July 2012, having served the SPMA since its inception.

Her involvement as a training coordinator startedwiththeformertrainingprogramme of the University of Pretoria and the public service in the 1980s.

ProfPetrusBrynard,wellknownforhisexpertise in public policy, succumbed to cancer on 18 April 2012.

He studied at the University of Pretoria and his career at the University started whenhewasappointedaslecturerinMarch1980.HewasafullprofessorintheSPMAandhadbeenassociatedwiththeSchool since its inception in 1993.

Hewaswellknownforhisexpertiseinpolicydesignandpolicy-making,policyimplementation and policy innovation, andhadmanyconnectionswithinternational universities.

In memoriamProf Petrus Brynard

Mrs Rena Botha

HewasanNRF-ratedresearcherwhopublished numerous articles on public management and administration, had delivered papers at many international conferences and also contributed toseveralbooksinthefieldofpublicmanagement and administration.

Hewasamemberofanumberofcommissions of inquiry into government matters,specialisingindecision-making,policy-makingandimplementation,urbanisation studies, commercialisation, privatisation,e-governanceandonlineeducation.

However,shewillberememberedmostby postgraduate students in public administration for the meticulous manner inwhichsheobtainedthecorrectand complete information before theirapplicationsweresubmittedforconsideration.

Shewillalsoberememberedforherearlymorningwake-upcallstostudents.

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Undergraduate programmes

TheSMPAofferstwoundergraduateprogrammes:

• BAdmin forfull-timestudents.• BAdmin (Public Management)

Option: Public Administration – acustom-madeprogrammeforworkingstudentsthatisuniquetothe University of Pretoria, comprising block-releaseclasses.

BAdmin (full-time)

Through this study programme, students gainin-depthknowledgeofthegeneric administrative functions and management practices in the South African and international public sectors, withemphasisonaspectssuchaspublic human resource management, public financial management, public policy studies, accountability and ethics, the role of the state, intergovernmental relationsandadministrativejustice,and international administration and management. Students specialise early oninthethree-yearprogramme,whichgivesthemskillsthatareattractivetoemployers after completion of the undergraduate programme.

Coordinator: Prof Dr L MalanTel: 012 420 2063Email: [email protected]

BAdmin (Public Management) Option: Public Administration (block-release)

The BAdmin (Public Management) Option: Public Administration programmewasdesignedandintroduced by the SPMA in 2008 to address the critical need for capacity building,skillsdevelopmentandstrengthening competencies in the South African government. This is the onlydegreeofitskindofferedbyaSouthAfricanuniversity.Itisacustom-made degree programme that givespersonsworkinginthepublicsector an opportunity to pursue a formal graduate qualification in the field of public administration and management,withouthavingtostudyfulltime.UnliketheBAdminfull-timestudydegree,allthesubjectsthatcomprise this degree have been developedfromwithintheSPMAandwerecraftedespeciallyforworkingpublicsectorofficialsandmanagers.Candidateswillacquirein-depthknowledgeofnationalandinternational public management and administration, especially public resource management, public policy studies, public, financial and human resourcemanagement,andprojectmanagement. The programme also includes a service learning and a research module.

Coordinator: Prof Dr L MalanTel: 012 420 2063Email: [email protected]

Academic programme offering at the SPMA, University of PretoriaGraduates of the SPMA are in demand in all three spheres of government. Its undergraduate programmes are structured in suchawaythatstudentsspecialiseveryearlyonintheirstudies.Thisgivesthemasolidfoundationwhentheycontinuewiththeirpostgraduate studies.

In its programme offering, the SPMA offerstwounique,career-orientateddegreesforwhichthedemandis

growingtremendouslyamongpublicofficials: one at undergraduate level and the other at postgraduate level.

Theblock-releaseBAdmindegreeisaunique undergraduate course for public sectorofficialswhoarealreadyworking,andistheonlydegreeofitskindinthecountry.

The Master of Public Administration (MPA), on the other hand, provides a unique opportunity for public sector managerswhohavespecialisedinfields other than public administration to obtain a postgraduate qualification in public management and administration thatwillgreatlyimprovetheirpromotional prospects.

Italsopresentsafull-timeBAdmindegree at undergraduate level, and a BAdmin Honours degree, presented on ablock-releasebasis.

At master ’s level, the SPMA also offers the MAdmin and MPhil (Public Policy)programmes,whiledoctoralprogrammes include the DAdmin, PhD in Public Administration and PhD in Public Management.


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Postgraduate programmes

BAdmin Honours

This programme is becoming increasinglypopularwithmoreandmore applications being received from students from various universities across the country, and also internationally. Lecturesarepresentedinblockweeks(from08:00to16:00),whiletimeinbetweenclassweeksisspentonaresearchproject.Thehonoursprogramme gives students a complete imageofwhatpublicadministrationentails and is specifically designed to deepenanalyticalandresearchskillsin the field of public administration and management.

Candidatescanchoosetospecialisein one of three focus areas: municipal

administration(whichfocusesonmunicipal administrative theories, municipal financial administration, municipal personnel administration, intergovernmental relations, municipal planning and urbanisation studies), public administration or public management(whichfocusesonadministrative theory, financial administration, personnel administration, policy analysis, international administration, intergovernmental relations, research methodology, development administration, public management, organisational studies, national planning and urbanisation studies).

Studentswhocompletethepro-grammewilldisplayanenhancedunderstanding of public administration functions, using basic research to

assess public sector needs and trends, preparing action plans for improved service delivery and promoting good governance and sound public sector ethics–allskillsandknowledgethatprepare them for master ’s degree studies.

Coordinator: Mr M TshiyoyoTel: 012 420 3475Email: [email protected]

Master ’s programmes

The SPMA offers the MAdmin and MPhil (PublicPolicy)research-focuseddegreesforstudentswhohavesuccessfullycompleted an honours degree in Public Administration, Public Management or Municipal Administration.

The graduating class of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). A collaboration of local government authorities in South Africa and the SPMA for professional development.


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MAdmin

The MAdmin programme provides public managers and administrators withthekeyskillstheyneedtooperatein the public sector in a developing or transitional country context. It is primarily forindividualswithsomeresearchand/or practical experience in the public sector. The postgraduate qualification is designed to prepare individuals for the challenges and opportunities of a career in today’s public administration and management environment through the application of various research methods, aswellascomparativeapproachestothedisciplineinaselectedsubjectarea or topic. Students can choose to focus their research on municipal administration, public administration or public management.

Coordinator: Prof Dr J KuyeTel: 012 420 3334Email: [email protected]

MPhil (Public Policy)

ThisistheonlydegreeofitskindinAfrica. It focuses on doing research into mechanisms government has in place to ensure that its policies are carried out efficiently, effectively and successfully. Incaseswheredeficienciesaredetected,governmentwillbeadvisedon possible causes and administrative and managerial remedies that could be introduced to rectify the situation.

These programmes are designed to meettheneedsofanewgenerationof leaders in the South African public service,aswellasinnon-governmentalandcommunity-basedorganisationstoconfront the challenges faced by the public service.

Coordinator: Prof Dr N HoltzhausenTel: 012 420 3474Email: [email protected]

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

TheMPAdegreeisasought-afterprogrammeforworkingmanagerswithinthepublicsectorwhohavegraduatedin fields other than public administration. Uponcompletion,theywillunderstandthe history and global role of public administration, understand and apply different public management theories and conduct research.

UnliketheMAdminandMPhildegreesthat require a BAdminHons degree as a prerequisite, the admission requirement for the MPA is a bachelor ’s degree or equivalent.However,candidatesmustprovide proof of administrative and managerial experience, preferably in the public sector. The SPMA annually receives over 200 applications for admission to the MPA programme, of whichonly50applicantsareselected.

Thisprogrammewasdevelopedtoprovide for the needs of employees

inthepublicsectorwithdiverseundergraduate qualifications, but whohaveenteredthemanagerialcadres. This is because the duties of a manager demand expertise that wouldnormallynothavebeenincludedin the undergraduate study. It is an internationally accepted postgraduate qualification and is characterised by itsmanagement-orientatedapproach.Itsobjectiveistoenablethemanagerin the public sector to perform his or her managerial functions effectively, irrespective of undergraduate qualification.

The curriculum includes five prescribed modules,aswellasanessay.Oncethese compulsory modules have been successfully completed, candidates can select five elective modules in whichtheywouldliketospecialise.

Coordinator: Prof Dr D FourieTel: 012 420 3472Email: [email protected]

ProvidingprofessionalcapacitytolocalgovernmentinSouthAfrica–ajointLocalGovernmentSETA(LGSETA)/SPMApromotionceremony.AnSPMA,LGSETA,SALGAinitiative–developmentalstateactivities.


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Doctoral studies

DAdmin

The DAdmin degree is an advanced research-focuseddegreeandonlystudentswhohavesuccessfullycompleted the MAdmin degree in Public Administration, Public Management or Municipal Administrationareallowedintotheprogramme.Candidatesshouldalsoprovide proof of research competence in the form of published articles or reports. Students are required to complete a thesis based on a topic that has been recommended by the Director of the SPMA and approved by thePostgraduateCommitteeoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagementSciences. Upon completion, the thesis willbeevaluatedbyinternalandexternalexaminersandstudentswillberequired to defend the thesis before an evaluation committee comprising internal and external members. DAdmin students can specialise in public administration, public management or municipal administration.

The doctoral programme places an emphasis on epistemology, thus requiring students to pursue research. The SPMA places an emphasis on innovative research themes, topics, programmes and trends in public affairs in a democratic and changing South Africa,andarapidlyadvancingworldarrangement.

Students are required to engage in research, analysis and application. They are also encouraged to participate in professional conferences, seminars and colloquia.


PhD in Public Administration and PhD in Public Management

StudentswhohavecompletedthePhD in Public Administration or the PhDinPublicManagementmakea considerable contribution to the discipline in both its domestic and international contexts, and have the skillstounderstandandaddressthepublic sector problems that confront theircountriesandtheworld.ThePhDisaresearch-intensiveprogramme.Onlycandidateswhohavegainedsufficientresearchknowledgeatmaster ’slevel to complete a doctoral thesis willbeadmittedtothisprogramme.The submission of an article to an accreditedjournalonthethesistopicis required as part of the graduating process.

CandidatesinthePhDprogrammesareexpectedtopresentresearch-

based seminar papers on topics such as the theories and practices of public administration and management, electronic government, international management, public sector finance, local government management and administration, and governance perspectivesoftheNewPartnershipforAfrica’sDevelopment(NEPAD)andtheAfrican Union. Additional electives in the PhD in Public Management include environmental management and sustainable development, and public management and administration. In the PhD in Public Administration, additional electives include policy analysis and development, cooperative governance and intergovernmental relations, and leadership, governance and public policy.


StrategiccollaborationwiththeSouthAfricanLocalGovernmentAssociation(SALGA)–ajointSALGA/SPMApromotionceremonyattheUniversityofPretoria,South Africa.


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Through collaborations and knowledgeexchangepartnershipswithinstitutionssuchasGonzaga

UniversityinSpokane,Washington,USA,Florida International University in Greater Miami, Florida, USA, and the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Kehl, Germany, the SPMA has earned itself a reputation for offering the strongest leadership and governance programme in southern Africa. Such partnerships exposestudentstointernationalthinkingand opinions about public administration.

TworecentmajormilestonesintheSPMA’sinternationalisationeffortswerethesuccessful establishment of the African Journal of Public Affairs, and the launch oftheSPMA’sInternationalConferenceonPublic Administration and Management in 2008.

A reputation that extends beyond the country’s bordersThe SPMA has made good progress in its internationalisation efforts overthepastfewyears,formingmanycollaborativepartnershipsand attracting an increasing number of international students, especially from the rest of Africa, to enrol in its undergraduate, postgraduate and professional study programmes.

African Journal of Public Affairs

The African Journal of Public Affairs (AJPA) wasestablishedtoaddressthe need for an African independent journalthatpromotesleadershipandsustainability on the African continent. The Journal focuses on African and global issues in the field of public administration, public sector leadership, public finance, public policy, and public governance studies.ItwasofficiallylaunchedinJune2008,inpartnershipwiththeAfricanConsortiumofPublicAdministration(ACPA).

Thisquarterlyjournal,withtheDirectoroftheSPMA,ProfJerryKuye,asChiefEditor,hasgrowntremendouslysinceits inaugural edition, and received international accreditation from the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) on 27 May 2011.

Since receiving this accreditation, contributions have been received from fourcountries,allofwhichareworkingtowardsdevelopingsystemstoimprovepublic service delivery.

MrRufusMmutlana,CEOoftheMatthewGoniweSchoolofLeadershipandGovernance,GovernmentofSouthAfrica(left)andProfRecksonDovhaniThakhathioftheUniversityofFortHare,admirethenewlylaunchedjournal.


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Some SPMA reflections

SPMA International ConferenceonPublicAdministration and Management

Thisannualconference,whichattractsdelegatesfrombothfirst-worldanddevelopingcountries,waslaunchedin the University of Pretoria’s centenary year, 2008, and formed part of the University ’s centenary celebrations.

This conference has become an annual event and attracts in the region of 50 internationalguestspeakers.Manydelegates attend this conference from countriesinAfrica,suchasTanzania,Ghana,Nigeria,SierraLeone,Malawi,Morocco,Rwanda,MauritiusandBurkinaFaso.

Other delegates include public administration researchers from the USA, Italy,SlovakiaandtheNetherlands,aswellasresearchersfromtheWorldBankand the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This large international attendance attests to the SPMA’s successful international relations, especiallywithotherAfricancountries.

The theme of the 5th annual conference, held on 16 and 17 November2012,wasPushing the model of governance in the public sector to higher levels of performance, effectiveness and accountability – global challenges and prospects.

Morethan40paperswerepresentedovertwodaysonthefollowingsubthemes:

• Leadership,governanceandpublicpolicy issues

• Transparency,accountabilityandresponsibility in the public service

• Intergovernmentalrelations• Localgovernmentchallenges• Developmental-orientatedpublic

service

ProfJerryKuye,DirectoroftheSPMA(left),welcomesProfCheryldelaRey,theUniversity’sVice-ChancellorandPrincipal,andDrBladeNzimande,theMinisterofHigherEducationandTraining,SouthAfrica,tothe4thSPMAInternationalConferenceattheUniversityofPretoria.

ProfCheryldelaRey,Vice-ChancellorandPrincipaloftheUniversityofPretoria,opensthe4thSPMAInternationalConference.


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A highlight of the 5th annual conference wasthedeliveryofthekeynoteaddressby the country’s Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe.

He commended the SPMA for having the foresight to organise a conference of this magnitude. According to the Deputy President, pushing the model of governance in the public sector to higherlevelsofperformance,effective-ness and accountability has uncannily relevant resonance to South Africa.

Hefurtherreflectedonthepost-apartheid South African public service by exploring three areas. Firstly, the inherited challenges of socioeconomic inequalitiesandhowthishistoricalexperience has shaped the public service and governance. Secondly, the South African government’s commitmenttorethinktheconceptofgovernance and the causal conditions of constraints in the public service and thebestwaysofdealingwiththemasgovernmentgoesforward.Lastly,howhighereducationinstitutions,suchas the University of Pretoria, can help government to produce the calibre of public servants that South Africa needs.

Deputy President Motlanthe further said that universities should consciously respond to social conditions in their approach in order to drive social developmentinanall-roundfashion:

“Universities and leadership institutions mustbeattheforefrontofbackingthe government’s efforts to improve public service, especially among young graduates. This requires greater investment in research and the teaching of theories of change and development,aswellasinstillingaselfless spirit of public service,” he said.

Inherwelcomingaddress,theVice-ChancellorandPrincipaloftheUniversityofPretoria,ProfCheryldelaRey,statedthat,withtheUniversityofPretoria’slong-term2025StrategicPlan,theUniversityhasplannedforgrowthinterms of the number of students to be accommodated.

Despite the global economic challenges,theUniversityofPretoriawillcontinuetogrowinresponsetofulfillingitspublicmandate.Growthwillbeinskillareasthataremostneededinthecountry.

ProfDelaReyacknowledgedthegovernment’s contribution, through the DepartmentofHigherEducationandTraining, by means of allocating funds to the University in order to expand

its infrastructure and improve service delivery.

“Ibelievethatgrowingthesystemisaresponsible thing to do. At the same timewemustkeepourcommitmenttohigh-qualityeducationthatwillrenderSouth Africa more competitive in the future,” said Prof De la Rey.

She also stated that it is not sufficient onlytoproducegraduateswithhightechnicalskills.Asadevelopingdemocracy,wehavetore-examineourcurricula to ensure that professionals assumetheirdutieswithcommitment.

“Graduates should also be committed to high levels of ethics and contribute to the improvement of the quality of life ofallthecitizensofthiscountry,”sheremarked.

Shealsoacknowledgedthecontributionmade by the SPMA. “We intend to continuetomakeadifferencetothelevel of leadership, particularly to the quality of professional leadership in this country,” Prof De la Rey concluded.

Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe,deliversthekeynoteaddressatthe5thSPMAInternationalConference.

ProfDavidFourie,ProfessorattheSPMA,ProfCheryldelaRey,Vice-ChancellorandPrincipal, University of Pretoria, Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, ProfElsabéLoots,DeanoftheFacultyofEconomicandManagementScience,University of Pretoria, and Prof Jerry Kuye, Director of the SPMA, at the 6th SPMA InternationalConference.


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Festivities at the SPMA International Conference.

Internationalcollaboration–ProfValeriaTermini.oftheInstitutionalAssociationofSchoolsandInstitutesofAdministration(IASIA),MandlaNkomfe,MEC:Finance,GautengProvincial Government, and Prof Gelase Mutahaba of the University of Dar es Salaam.

DrBladeMzimande,MinisterofHigherEducationandTraining,addressesdelegates at the SPMA International Conference.

FestivemomentsattheSPMA’sAwardsCeremony.

ProfCheryldelaRey,Vice-ChancellorandPrincipaloftheUniversityofPretoria,accompaniesDrBladeMzimandetotheSPMAInternationalConference.


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The SPMA’s reputation of academic excellence can be attributed to its qualityprogrammeoffering,whichis

presentedbyleadingexperts.Coupledwiththisisthediversityofthemesthatare covered in the programmes, the relevance of the programmes to the emerging dynamics of the country and the continent and its high research output. Its most importantl feature, however,isitscommitmenttogivingits students ample opportunities to specialise,dotheirownresearchandattend or participate in conferences from as early as their undergraduate years.

The SPMA supports the principle that students should be guided through their academiccareers,butwithoutbeingspoon-fed.

Thus, in all the SPMA’s academic programmes, students receive study guides or manuals that enable them tounderstandthebasicframework,supplementedwithadditionalrequiredreadingsthatallowthemtodeveloptheircognitiveabilitiesandcriticalanalysisskills.

Annual Undergraduate andPostgraduateYouthConference

In2011,theSPMAhostedanUnder-graduateandPostgraduateYouthConference.Thisprovidedstudents,specificallythoseintheirfinalunder-graduate year and first postgraduate years of public administration studies, the opportunity to explore and debate some of the critical challenges that confront the developmental state.

The theme of the inaugural conference wasCapacity building in the develop-mental state. Itwassuchasuccessthatitwasdecidedthatitshouldbecomeanannual event.

Approximately 80 students participated and discussed issues around the subthemes of effective policy management for efficient service delivery, accountability and transparency in the public sector, leadership and governance and human resource management practices.

This annual conference serves as excellent preparation for students to

A student cohort that is above the rest

An increasing number of students are applying to study for the SPMA’sundergraduateandpostgraduatestudyprogrammes–notjustfromGauteng,butevenfrombeyondSouthAfrica’sborders.

successfully participate in national and international conferences later in their studies.

Growingitsowntimber

The SPMA believes in developing the academicskillsofitspostgraduatestudents, and annually provides academic internships to senior students whoserveastutors.Twoofthesetutors,OnkgopotseMadumoandMapulaNkwana,havesincejoinedtheSPMA’sfull-timestaffasjuniorlecturers.Theybothcompleted their BAdmin, BAdminHons and MAdmin degrees at the University of Pretoria.

SPMAstudents(fromleft):GenevieveSekumbo,AngelaBukenya,UnathiMfenyane,AnnBukenyaandReitumetseMaodi.


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Decent Baloyi delivers a valedictorial speech.

Reitumetse Maodi (left) and Unathi Mfenyane.

SPMAConferenceoverview–6th SPMAInternationalConferenceattheUniversityofPretoria, South Africa.

MapulaNkwanaintroducesthespeaker.LookingonisProfStephanieBurton,Vice-Principal: Research and Postgraduate Studies.

OnkopotseMadumooftheSPMAdeliversaspeech.


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Ambassador Hilton FisherDrFisherwasappointedasSouthAfrica’sAmbassadortotheRepublicofChileandassumeddutyinJanuary2013.Priortothat,hewastheHeadofCommunicationsandClientServicesattheGovernmentEmployeesPensionFund(GEPF),towhichhewassecondedfromNationalTreasury.Dr Fisher completed the Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) at the SPMA in 1998 and obtained a PhD in Public Affairs in 2006.

Hismaster’sdegreewasfocusedonempoweringanewcadreofmanagersinSouthAfricaimmediatelyafterthefirstdemocraticelection,whilehisdoctoraldissertationwasonthestateofe-governmentinSouthAfrica,withspecificreferencetotheGEPF.

Dr Fisher’s interests lie in public sector human resource management, the role of media in decision-making,freedomofinformationandpoliticalcommunication.

He has attended numerous international conferences and has presented papers on, among others,truth,socialjusticeandforgiveness,theTruthandReconciliationCommission(TRC),theNewPartnershipforAfrica’sDevelopment(NEPAD)andhostingtheFIFA2010SoccerWorldCup.

DrFishercontinuestodisplayaninterestinacademiaandhasclosetieswiththeUniversityofPretoriaasalecturerandexternalexaminer.

Ambassador Kingsley MamaboloAmbassadorMamabolohasbeenappointedasthenewPermanentRepresentative of South Africa to the United Nations. Prior to this position, heservedastheSouthAfricanHighCommissionertotheFederalRepublicof Nigeria from 2009 until January 2013.

Hehashadadistinguishedcareerininternationalrelations,datingbackto1978whenhewasappointedDeputyHeadofMissionoftheAfricanNationalCongress(ANC)inTanzania.In1984,hewasappointedHeadofInformationandPublicityoftheANCMissioninZimbabwe.In1985,hewasappointedastheANC’sDeputyHeadofMissioninZimbabwe.Between

1987and1989,heservedastheANC’sHeadofMissioninMaputo,Mozambique.During1993and1994,hewastheANC’sHeadofMissioninbothZimbabweandMozambique.Until2002,hewasSouthAfrica’spermanentrepresentativetotheOrganisationofAfricanUnity(OAU),afterwhichhewasappointedasDeputyDirector-General:AfricaintheDepartmentofForeignAffairs.HewasalsoSpecialEnvoytotheGreatLakesinAfricafrom2006to2009.AsdeputyfacilitatorintheresolutionofconflictinBurundi,histeam successfully negotiated and delivered a peaceful solution leading to general elections in 2010. He obtained his MPA from the SPMA in 2004.

AmbassadorMamaboloisspearheadingthewayforwardwithaninitiativethathasthepotentialtotransformpeople-to-peoplerelationsandsteerthecontinenttogreaterheightstojointheleagueofdevelopedcontinentslikeEuropeandAmerica.

Alumni feature in all walks of lifeTheSPMAboastsseveralprominentalumniwhohavecompletedtheirmaster’sanddoctoralprogrammesandusetheknowledgethey have gained in service of their country.

Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo

Dr Hilton Fisher


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Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Major-General Keith Mokoape

GeraldineFraser-MoleketiMsFraser-MoleketicompletedanMPA(cumlaude)attheSPMAin2006.InJanuary2009,shewasappointedasDirectorofDemocraticGovernanceintheBureauforDevelopment Policy (BDP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

ShewentintoexileinZimbabwein1980,eventuallyreturningtoSouthAfricain1990.ShewasNationalAdministratoroftheSouthAfricanCommunistParty(SACP)until1992,andDeputyChairpersonuntil2002.

She has held several positions in the National Government, serving as Member of Parliamentfrom1994to2007.ShewasfirstappointedasDeputyMinisterandlaterMinister of Welfare and Population Development, a position she held until 1999, and Minister of Public Service and Administration until 2008. Her duties in public office have extendedoutsidethebordersofSouthAfrica.SheheldthepositionofChairpersonoftheAllAfricaConferenceofPublic/CivilServiceMinistersformorethanfiveyears,andhasbeenDeputyChairoftheUnitedNationsCommitteeofExpertsonPublicAdministrationsince2006.

She continues to play a leading role in establishing policy on gender equality in government and society, and has published several papers on gender equality and social development. She is active on several continental boards and committees.

Major-GeneralKeithMokoapeMajor-GeneralMokoapeoftheSouthAfricanArmyandChiefDirectoroftheArmyReserve, enrolled for a PhD in Public Affairs at the SPMA. As President of the Student RepresentativeCouncilattheUniversityofNatalandanactivememberoftheSouthAfricanStudents’Organisation(SASO),heabandonedhisstudiestowardsanMBChBinfavour of voluntary exile.

HejoinedtheANCandUmkhonto-We-SizweandrosefrombeingafootsoldiertobecomingtheDeputyChiefofMilitaryIntelligencein1988.WiththepoliticalchangeinSouthAfrica,heoptedfordevelopmentstudiesandfollowedcoursesinthemanagementofcooperativesandthemanagementofdevelopmentprojectsinZambia.

Upon his return to South Africa, he headed the Drought Relief Programme of the IndependentDevelopmentTrustandlaterbecametheDirector:CorporateAffairsofNampak.In1998,heformedablackempowermentconsortium,KatlehoLinkages,consistingoftheReturnedExilesAssociation,theSowetoChamberofCommerceandIndustriesandawomen’sinvestmentgroup,Libambenili’ngashoni.

HereceivedtheUniversityofPretoria’sLaureateAwardin2005andservedontheSPMA’sAdvisoryBoardin2005and2006.


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Some leading public sector scholars from the SPMADrPatrickSokhelaDrSokhelaisChiefDirector:ServiceDelivery in the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). Prior tothisappointment,hewasemployedbytheCityofTshwaneMetropolitanMunicipality(CTMM).

He obtained an MPA from the SPMA in1999,followedbyaPhDinPublicAffairs.Thefocusofhisdissertationwasintergovernmental relations in the local sphereofgovernment,withspecificreferencetotheCTMM.Headdressedthe culture of intergovernmental relations inservicedeliveryintheCTMMandlocalgovernment in general, the management of change, and human resources development interventions.

HeattendedtheseventhPan-AfricanForum on the Modernisation of Public Services and State Institutions in 2011 on fighting corruption and strengthening good governance to reduce poverty and achieve overall and sustainable development in Africa.

DrSokhelaisnotjustworkingtowardsimproving service delivery, but also enhancing standards of living by improving government’s daily business of strategy and programme management. Government managers are to be capable of planning and implementing programmes or even managing change withinthoseprogrammes.

Dr Bruno LuthuliDrLuthuliisaDeputyDirectorofCompli-anceEvaluationsandOrganisationalReviewsintheOfficeofthePublicServiceCommissionofSouthAfrica.

He attended the Africa Monitoring and EducationSystemsWorkshopin March 2012 as a member of the South African delegation.

He received his PhD in Public Affairs from the SPMA in 2007.

This unionist turned public servant hails fromUmlaziinKwaZulu-Natalandhis employment history also includes holding the position of Human Resources Manager at Beier Industries.

His doctoral dissertation focused on performance measurement as a public policy implementation tool in the South Africanpublicservice,whereheadressed the implications and challenges of perfor-mance measurement and management in the South African public service. In his study, he proved that adequate utilisation of policy implementation mechanisms and deploying a performance measure-mentsystemwillleadtoimprovementinservice delivery.

He specifically examined government productivityandperformanceintheCityofTshwaneMetropolitanMunicipality(CTMM),andtheinnovativeperformancemeasurement system of the Department of Labour.


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ReshmaSheorajMsSheorajisDirector:InsuranceintheFinancial Sector Policy Unit at the National Treasury of South Africa. She is also an exofficiomemberoftheLong-termandShort-termInsuranceAdvisoryCommitteeandtheFinancialMarketsAdvisoryCommittee.PriortoherappointmenttoNationalTreasuryin2007,shewastheSeniorComplianceOfficerattheFinancialIntelligenceCentre.

MsSheorajstartedherundergraduatestudiesattheUniversityofKwaZulu-Natal,whereshegraduatedwithaBCom(Law)degreein2003.Shecompletedher MAdmin (Public Administration) at theSPMAin2008withadissertationonthestateofskillsreadinessintheSouth

JodyCedrasDrCedrasisDirector:Registrationand Recognition at the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). He obtained his BSocSci (Political Studies) fromtheUniversityofCapeTownin1994.ThiswasfollowedbyanMPhilinAppliedEthicsfromtheUniversityofStellenboschin 1998 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law,EmploymentLawandSocialSecurityfromtheUniversityofCapeTownin2002.

DrCedrashaspublishednumerousarticles in the fields of politics, labour and ethics, and authored and edited a chapter on Labour Unions, Industrial RelationsandPoliticalChangeinSouthAfrica for Business Futures.

He served as the Director of Special ProjectsintheUniversityBranchoftheDepartmentofHigherEducation

Africanpublicservice,whichprovidedanoverviewoftheDepartmentofProvincialand Local Government. Her research included an evaluation of the National SkillsDevelopmentStrategy(NSDS)todetermineitseffectivnessintacklingtheseriouschallengeofskillsinSouthAfrica.

She is continuing her research on this important topic for her DAdmin degree, focusing specifically on the state of skillswithinlocalgovernment,andtheimplications for service delivery.

She received a Dean’s Recognition Awardin2009,aswellastheProfAllanRosenbaumAwardforthebestachievement at master’s level.

and Training. He has also held senior management positions at Higher EducationSouthAfrica(HESA)andtheUniversityofCapeTown,whereheheldthe positions of Special Assistant to the DeanofCommerce,AcademicPlanningOfficer, Graduate Programmes Officer, and Senior Planning Officer (Head: Academic Planning Unit).

DrCedrascompletedhisDAdmininPublic Management at the SPMA in 2013. His research focused on the interface betweenpublicadministrationandalliancepolitics,withspecificreferencetothedialoguebetweentheANC,SACPandCOSATUinSouthAfrica.

He is a founding member of the African ConsortiumofPublicAdministrationandservesontheEditorialAdvisoryPanelofthe African Journal for Public Affairs.


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TheSPMAisalsothemostresearch-active department in the University’s FacultyofEconomicand

Management Sciences. With only 10 staff members, the School has produced an average of 19 academic articles per year overthelastsixyears–with92%ofthesearticles being published in internationally accreditedjournals.

All the academic staff are active researchers, and because the School places a strong emphasis on the mentoring of young academics, even academic interns conduct research and are encouraged and supported to publish academic articles.

Students are also required to go beyond academic research and maketheirworkapplicabletotheoccupational environment. They are encouraged to participate in professional conferences, seminars and colloquiums.

The most research-active school in public sector education in AfricaThe SMPA is proud to have a higher research output per capita than any other school in Africa in the discipline of public administration. With credentials such as these, the SPMA can proudly say that it is Africa’s leader in public affairs, leadership and governance studies.

The SPMA focuses its research on innovativethemes,topics,pro-grammes and trends in public affairs in a democratic and changing South Africa,andarapidlyadvancingworldarrangement. The research interests of the SPMA’s academic staff members includethefollowing:

• Comparativeinternationalpolicymanagement

• Comparativepublicadministration• Leadership,governanceandpublic

policy• Politicsofstateandbureaucracy• Projectmanagementandpolicy

implementation• Publicadministrationand

international development• Publicpolicyandpolicy

management • Administrativemanagementsystems

in national, provincial and local spheres

• Financialadministration

• Modernmanagementtechniques• Organisationalmanagement

systems• Intergovernmentalrelations• Legalframeworkforthepublic

sector• Localgovernment• Publicservicereform• Cooperativegovernmentand

intergovernmental relations• Publichumanresource

management• Thenatureandoriginofpublic

administration and management• Organisationalstudies• Publicenvironmentalmanagement• Localgovernment• Publicpolicy• Socialsecuritystudies• Publicmanagement• Publicservicedelivery• Leadershipandgovernance• Managementtechniques• Publicfinancialmanagement


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Some research initiatives of the SPMA

Land Reform Policy to promote women’s sustainable development in South Africa

ThemainthrustofthisstudywastoverifythecontributionthathadbeenmadebytheLandReformPolicyanditsrelatedprogrammestowardswomen’ssustainabledevelopmentinSouthAfrica.Thekeyaspectsofthestudyweretherelationshipthatexistedbetweenlandreform,economicgrowth,equity,theenvironmentandwomen’sempowerment.Theresearchexaminedtheroleplayedbywomeninthepolicycycle,whileassessingtheextenttowhichwomen’sneedshadbeenincorporatedintotheLandReformPolicy.Italsointerrogatedthebenefitsandapplicabilityofsomeofthelandreform-relatedprogrammestowardswomen’ssustainabledevelopment.Aqualitativecasestudyapproachwastakenwithdatacollectedthroughunstructuredinterviewsandsupplementedthroughanextensivenationaland international literature review.Theresultsrevealedthatwomenbeneficiariesweresuccessfulintheirlandreformprojectswhentheycommittedtoleadershippositionsinthelegalentity,wereeducated(formalthroughschoolandinformalthroughfarmtraining),energeticandproductive,representedaclosefamilygroupandwerethefull-timemanagersoftheirfarms.Women’ssuccessesinlandreformweretheproductoftheirowncommitmentandnotaproductofgovernmentsupport.

The transformation of the South African Police Service between 1994 and 2006: a critical assessment

ThisresearchevaluatedthetransformationintheSouthAfricanPoliceService(SAPS)between1994and2006asoutlinedinvariouspolicies.ServicedeliverytoallcommunitiesinSouthAfricawasestablishedastheoutcomeofthetransformationprocess.Theresearchbrokethetransformationupintosixprioritieswithatotalof37elements.Thereductionoftheprioritiesintoelementsfacilitatedananalysisofthetransformation.Itwasfoundthatonly14ofthe37elementswereactuallyachieved,translatingintolessthan50%ofthetransformationobjectiveshavingbeenmet,logicallyleadingtotheconclusionthatthecommunity’sneedsforgeneralwelfarewerenotbeingmetbytheSAPS.Theunderlyingreasonsforthisstateofaffairswerealsodetermined.Primarilyideologicaldifferencesinpolicyandpracticewerethefundamentalreasonsforthepoorperformanceintransformation.Thenewpolicyframeworkadvocatedthenewpublicmanagementapproachtopublicadministration,whilethestructures,proceduresandprocessesoftheSAPSwerestillbasedontheclassicalapproach.Consequently,asaresultofthisdiscrepancy,theSAPSbegandeviatingfromthepublicadministrationprinciplesoftransformation,whileaccommodatingitsinternaldysfunctions.Theabsenceofeffectiveleadershipaffectedservicedeliveryorthelackthereof.TheresearchproposedanewapproachofreformingratherthantransformingtheSAPS.Anewframeworkforpolicing,adoptingamoredevelopmentalapproachtoreformingthepolice–givenitspastdisparitiesandinequities–wasrecommended.Itwasshownthattheexpectationsofthenewpublicmanagementapproachcouldnotbeachieved in a South African context.

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Externalexpertsinthefieldsoflocalgovernment,humanresources,law,auditing, training and management have been carefully selected for membership of the Board on the basis of their knowledgeandinterestinpublicaffairsand administration. The board places a strong emphasis on enforcing the constitutional principles of the

Republic of South Africa and supports the in-housecodeofconductthatgovernstherelationshipbetweentheSPMA’sacademic faculty, its administrative staff and its students. The Dean of the Faculty ofEconomicandManagementSciencesis an ex officio member of the Advisory Board.

ThefollowingmembersoftheSPMA’sprofessorateandadjunctmembersconstitute the Advisory Board:

• Prof Dr Jerry O Kuye, South Africa• Prof Dr David Fourie, South Africa• Prof Dr Lianne Malan, South Africa• ProfDrNatasjaHoltzhausen,

South Africa• ProfDrChrisThornhill,SouthAfrica• AmbassadorDrHiltonFisher,Chile• Dr Bruno Luthuli, Public Service

Commission,SouthAfrica• DrPatrickSokhela,Departmentof

Public Service and Administration, South Africa

• Dr Michel Tshiyoyo, South Africa• Prof Dr Gelase Mutahaba, University

ofDaresSalaam,Tanzania• ProfDrAnverSaloojee,Canada• Prof RK Mishra, India• ProfEdithVries,Independent

Development Trust, South Africa• ProfAdigunAgbaje,formerDeputy

Vice-ChancelloroftheUniversityofIbadan,Nigeria,andDirector-GeneraloftheObafemiAwolowoUniversity Institute of Government and Public Policy, Nigeria

• DrWilsonMakgalancheche,DepartmentofCo-operativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, South Africa

• ProfRichardLevin,Director-General:PublicServiceCommission,SouthAfrica

• Prof Isioma Ile, University of the WesternCape,SouthAfrica

• Prof Kishore Raga, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

• ProfPSReddy,UniversityofKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Advisory BoardThe Advisory Board of the SPMA provides strategic guidance on existing andpotentialtrainingprogrammes,projects,financingandmarketexpansion.


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The aim of these courses is to add value to the training of public servants, to increase their

understandingofrelevantsubjectsandto provide further technical and practical training in their respective fields. It also serves as a “feeding system” for the BAdmin(block-release)andMPAdegreesforprofessionals,asmanypeoplewhoparticipate in some of these short courses decide to enrol for one of the formal degree programmes at a later stage.

Theseshortcoursesaremostlyclient-based and are customised to suit aspecificneed.Clientsincludedepartments at national, provincial and local government level. The SPMA has even developed and facilitated a training programme on managerial issues for a group of 18 Palestinian officials, and has developed training material for the ExecutiveDevelopmentProgrammeoftheGautengCityRegionalAcademy.

EmergingandAdvancedManagement Development Programme

The SPMA has developed and facilitated a number of programmes for the Public Administration Leadership and Manage-ment Academy (PALAMA), aimed at training and enhancing the competency of officials and managers in all three levels of government to improve service delivery. Through these programmes, public servants receive training in basic oradvancedprojectmanagement,andfinancial management for the public sector.

Beyond formal education –we excel in community service

TheSPMA’sworkgoesfarbeyonditsundergraduateandpostgraduateprogrammes.ThroughContinuingEducationatUniversityofPretoria(CEatUP),theSPMAoffersarangeofcoursesforpublicservantsinallthree spheres of government and on different managerial levels.

Municipal Management Development Programme

Thisprogrammeprovidesdelegateswithan advanced understanding of the management function in an organisation, and is designed for persons in senior posts.Itaimstodeveloptheirskillsto effectivelyservethecitizensofSouth Africa.Aftercompletionofthepro-gramme,delegateshaveabetterunder-standing of the role and responsibility of local government. They have improved skillsandknowledgetocontributetothe strategic planning processes, manage theirownworkperformance,applymunicipal budgeting principles, and participateinthedesignandimple-mentation of municipal supply chain management. The SPMA has presented client-specificprogrammesto,amongothers,GautengANCcouncillorsin2003,2004, 2007 and 2008, the Department ofLocalGovernmentofNorth-West,theBohpirimaDistrictMunicipality,aswellasfortheCityofTshwane(since2007).

Municipal Financial Management Development Programme

The various courses under this programme are aimed at training municipal officials (mainly from the financial management area) to achieve minimum competency levels as published in the Municipal RegulationsonMinimumCompetencyLevels of National Treasury in 2007. These courseswerepresentedtoanumberof groups of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers (IMFO) and the Local

GovernmentSectorEducationandTrainingAuthority(LGSETA)between2007 and 2011. The course most often presented is the strategic management, budgeting implementation and performance management course, inwhichofficialsreceivetraininginmunicipal budgeting, preparing and analysing financial reports, strategic planning, and managing municipal income and expenditure.

Public Financial Management Programme

ThePublicFinancialManagementPro- grammeisaimedatcreatingawarenessand an understanding of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and its implicationsamongpublicsectorworkers.The course covers topics such as strategic planning and budgeting, costing, expenditure,assetmanagement,risk management and supply chain management to ensure that delegates understand the basic concepts and principles necessary for sound financial management, and that they can comply withtherequirementsofthePFMAandTreasury Regulations upon completion of the course. Since 2011, the SPMA has designed and offered public financial managementandprojectmanagementcoursesasloose-standingunitsoraspartof a programme to clients such as the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African Revenue Service (SARS), theSafetyandSecuritySectorEducationandTrainingAuthority(SASSETA),theGovernmentEmployeePensionFund(GEPF),LimpopoRoadsandTransportandtheGautengDepartmentofEducation.


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The SPMA also offers a public financial managementcoursefornon-financialmanagersworkinginthepublicsector.

ExecutiveLeadershipMunicipal Development Programme

This programme provides senior managers and other local government representativeswithbackgroundknowledgetothemanagementfunction and intergovernmental relations applicable to local government. The programmewasdesignedtoensurethe accelerated development of knowledgeandskillsrequiredforthe effective implementation of the municipality ’s vision and mission. The SPMAhaspresentedtheExecutiveLeadership Municipal Development Programme on behalf of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) to 18 groups in Gauteng, four groupsinKwaZulu-Natal,threegroupsinLimpopoandtwogroupsintheEasternCapebetween2006and2009,inaddition to another 18 groups in 2009 and 2010.

ParticipantsinthefirstMPAwithspecialisationinmunicipalinfrastructuremanagement,togetherwithstaffoftheSPMAandrepresentativesoftheDevelopmentBankofSouthernAfrica– a DBSA/SPMA initiative.

Apowerfulpublic-privateinstitutionalpartnershipinitiative–theDBSA-SPMA.

Municipal officials benefit from DevelopmentBankfunding

As a result of the SPMA’s excellent reputation of service in the public sector, especially in terms of management development in the municipal sphere, theDevelopmentBankofSouthAfrica(DBSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation(IDC)haveprovidedfunding for employees of various local municipalitiestofollowacustomisedMPAprogrammepresentedbytheSPMAwithspecialisation in municipal infrastructure management.

Thisisanewlydevelopedspecialisationthat has been developed by staff of the SPMA as part of a programme that is being presented across the South African DevelopmentCommunity(SADC)regionincollaborationwithMakerereUniversityinUgandaandtheUniversityofDakarinSenegal.Itisatwo-yearprogrammethatwasdevelopedspecificallytocapacitate local government officials whoareinvolvedinthemanagementof municipal infrastructures, such as energy,water,sanitation,androadsand transport (prospective candidates include engineers, electricians and environmental managers). It satisfies a need that has been identified throughout

theSADCregionforthedevelopmentofskilledprofessionalstomanageexistinginfrastructurewithinlocalgovernment.

The participants in this programme are all senior managers in possession of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent tertiary qualification and have administrative and managerial experience in the public sector.Classesarepresentedinblockweeks,whichenablesparticipantstocompletetheprogrammeonapart-timebasis,whileapplyingtheknowledgethattheygaintotheirmanagementtasksasthey go.

During the first year of study, participants examine selected topics related to public administration and human resourcemanagement,aswellaspublicmanagement theories. The second year focuses on public entrepreneurship management, public policy analysis, modern management techniques and organisational analysis. The programme includesaresearchmodule,whichrequires participants to complete a mini-dissertationwithinthetwo-yearcycle. Scientific study tours and public administration infrastructural tours, based onthestructuresoftheDBSA,IDCandSPMA, are a unique component of this programme.


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Thefollowingachievementswerecelebrated for 2012:

• SPMAfloatingtrophyforthebest achievement in Public Administrationatfirst-yearlevel:PalesaRamakatsa

• SPMAfloatingtrophyforthebest achievement in Public Administrationatsecond-yearlevel:RatidzoRuskwa

• PearsonAchievementAwardforthe best achievement in Public Administrationatthird-yearlevel:DaisyChakane

• JutaAwardforthebestachievement in Personnel Administration on honours level and the best overall achievement in the honours degree in Public Administration: Malcolm MacDonald

Recognising staff and student excellence in public administration and managementIn recognition of excellence among its staff and students, the SPMA annually hostsanawardsceremonytoconcludeitsactivitiesfortheyear.

• PearsonAchievementAwardforthebestMPAresearchreport:LekgalaMorwamuhube

• SPMAfloatingtrophyforthebest achievement in Public AdministrationatMPAlevel:KoliswaXashimba

• SPMADirector ’sAwardfortheBestAchievement in Policy Analysis on theMPALevel:ThumekaLevani

• NicolaasLigthartRouxfloatingtrophy for the best achievement in International Administration at MPA level: Nono Thage

• ChristopherThornhillfloatingtropyfor the best achievement in Local Government Management and Administration at MPA level: David Madurai

• AfricanJournalofPublicAffairsAwardforpublicationinpublic

administration and management: DrPatrickSokhela

• SPMADirector ’sAwardforthebestachievement in Policy Analysis at MPAlevel:MasibuleleMfunzana

• ProfAllanRosenbaumscholarshipsfor doctoral research in Public Administration and International Development:ReshmaSheoraj,JohanJordaanandMaréliKruger

• SPMADirector ’sAwardforthebestachievement in the PhD in Public Affairscoursework:KgosiMaepa

• PetrusBrynardScholarshipforPublicPolicy Studies: Mmudi Maphalla

ProfJerryKuyewelcomingguests. DrandMrsPatrickSokhela,MrRichardMthethwa,MrSamKoma,MrLebangMoepengandMrOnkgopotseMadumo.


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MsRatidzoRuskwaandMrOnkgopotseMadumo.

MsKoliswaXashimbaandMrRichardMthethwa.

ProfJerryKuye,MsThumekaLevaniandProfNatasjaHoltshausen.

Prof Jerry Kuye, Dr Jordaan and Prof Lianne Malan.

Dr Johan Jordaan and Prof David Fourie.

MsPalesaRamakatsaandMsMapulaNkwana.

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION TO GOOD GOVERNANCE

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes

Theobjectiveoftheseprogrammesis to provide education and training, whichwillopenupnewopportunitiesforSouth Africans, Southern Africans and students from the rest of the African continent. The programmes intend to be a basis for broadening employment opportunities beyond the public service, toincludepositionsinparastatals,quasi-governmental institutions, international organisations,theprivatesector,thinktanksandadisciplineandintellectualpostgraduatedegreetocreatetheirownprivate initiatives.

•BAdmin(PublicAdministration)•BAdmin(PublicManagement)•BAdmin(Hons)PublicManagement•MAdmin(PublicAdministration)•MAdmin(PublicManagement)•MAdmin(MunicipalAdministration)•MPA–MasterofPublicAdministration•DAdmin(PublicAdministration)•DAdmin(PublicManagement)•DAdmin(MunicipalAdministration)•PhD(PublicAffairs)

The School of Public Management and Administration, University of Pretoria

TheleaderinPublicManagementandAdministrationoffersdegreesthatarecompetitiveonaglobalscalebutwithlocalrelevance.TheSchoolisproudtobepartofthedistinguishedFacultyofEconomicandManagementSciencesattheUniversityofPretoria.FutureinitiativesincludethedevelopmentofE–governance,andanadvancedstrategicpublicpolicyprogrammethatpromisestorevolutionisethewaycitizensandgovernmentscooperate.OursuccessresultsfromourcommitmenttoexcellenceinhighereducationandwellthoughtouttrainingprogrammesthatareresponsivetotheneedsofadynamicSouthAfrica,southernAfricaandacompetitiveworld.

Training Progammes and Short Courses

The programmes and short courses offeredareinlinewiththecurrentregistered undergraduate and postgraduateprogrammes.Candidateswhosuccessfullycompletethedifferentcoursesreceivethecreditstowardsundergraduate and postgraduate studies should they fulfil the requirements set by the University regulations. Such short courses include:

•PublicSectorFinancialManagementand Administration

•PublicSectorHumanResourcesManagement

•ProjectManagement•PolicyAnalysisandImplementation•IntergovernmentalFiscalRelations•PerformanceManagementand

Performance Indicators •OfficeManagementandAdministration•AdvancedManagementDevelopment

Programme•PublicSectorManagement•StrategicManagementandLeadership•OrganisationStudies•TotalQualityManagement•ManagementToolsandTechniques•PublicFinanceManagementAct,1999•EmergingManagementDevelopment

Programme

Contactdetails:

ADDRESS: The Director, School of Public Management and Administration, Faculty ofEconomicandManagementSciences,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

TELEPHONE: +27 12 420 3334

E-MAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.up.ac.za/academic/soba/SPM/spma.html

ENQUIRIES: Prof JO Kuye, Director: School of Public Management and Administration, Tel: (012) 420 3334 Fax: (012) 362 5265

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The University of Pretoria, South Africa: A centre of academic excellence

Africa’s Leading School in Public Sector EducationSchool of Public Management and Administration

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

University of Pretoria

Republic of South Africa

Tel: +27 12 420 3334/3342

Fax: 012 362 5265

www.up.ac.za/spma

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