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    The rise and fall of the liberation movements in Africa
    (Centivens Institute of Innovative Research, 2023-05-31) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    Abstract Background: Liberation movements in Africa in the past 70 years began to campaign for the liberation of African countries. The liberation of Libya in 1951 gave hope to all liberation movements in the African countries. The liberation movements in all African countries were able to liberate African people from the colonial masters. Nevertheless, the history has shown that liberation movements has failed to sustain power. Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show how people blame the liberation movements for government failures to deliver the needs of the people. Others blame economic decline in Africa while others blame corruption amongst African leaders. This study articulates the factors that contributes to the failures of liberation movements to sustain power and to deliver the needs of the people. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework of this study derive from leadership theories. The aim of this article is to create an awareness of how liberation movements in Africa has failed to remain the only hope to provide better lives for African people. Research Design: This study applied secondary research methodology because the information and data was available and accessible to the researcher. Conferences reports, newspaper articles, online material were used to reach findings and conclusions of the study. Research Objectives and Implications: The objective of this article is to sensitize the African community on issues of interest that affect the leadership changes in Africa. The secondary objective is to look at the factors that lead to failures of the liberation movements in Africa. Lastly, is to show the trajectory of liberation movements decline and their irrelevance in changing the African economy. Originality and Value: This is an original study which has applied the secondary research methodology to cross-check the African information on the sustainability of the liberation movements. Findings: The researcher found that the liberation movements in Africa prioritize the needs of its members at the expense of the general population.
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    Ethical leadership and service delivery : a case of Msunduzi Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province
    (2021-03) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle; Dorasamy, Nirmala; Fagbadebo, Omololu M.
    Leadership ethics in the South African government has been a challenge, especially in a democratic government. South African government leaders have paid less attention to leadership ethics but mainly focused on reducing corruption, which is the result of poor leadership ethics. Poor public service delivery by various government institutions shows that there is a lack of leadership ethics by those entrusted with a responsibility to lead government institutions. Good leadership ethics are important for all spheres of government. The overall aim of the study was to explore and examine the challenges of ethics in leadership at a local government level and the impact of ethics on public service delivery using the case study of Msunduzi local government. The study examined the extent to which ethical leadership affected public service delivery at Msunduzi Municipality. It also investigated the perceptions of employees and executive managers of the Municipality regarding the disposition of the leadership towards ethical behaviours. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis. The study obtained its data from interviews, questionnaires, public documents, and existing literature. The study found that a lack of leadership ethics affected the public service delivery in the Municipality, and its attendant effects on the economic and social services. Leaders who do not have regard for ethical conduct have no passion for public service delivery. Lack of leadership ethics in government institutions affected the operation. The study discovered further that the lack of leadership ethics at the local government institutions disrupted national and provincial government plans to provide effective public services. Msunduzi municipality has experienced several challenges, which include the mismanagement of public funds, corruption, and poor administration. This municipality had qualified audits for more than three consecutive years, and it was placed under administration. The researcher developed an ethical behavior model that can be used to improve leadership ethics in government institutions.
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    Men, masculinities, and factors that contribute to the bad behavior of men against women
    (Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, 2022) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    The fight against women perpetrated by men in society has been overrated without looking at factors that contribute. Naturally, men and women are not the same in many aspects but the most important aspect that contributes to the behavior is emotions and emotional intelligence. Men mostly don’t talk about how they feel while women can talk. The things that women say to their partners spark anger which could have been avoided if women were able to control their anger. Statistics have shown that most women who have been abused by men have a direct relationship. Few women have been abused, raped, and killed by men that they do not know or never met before. Therefore, ending the violence against women and women abuse is not a responsibility of one gender but a collective responsibility for both genders. Women deliberately provoke men to force men to act and get them arrested. This article is presenting a view that the issue of gender-based violence should be looked at in a microscopic sense that will be objective. Men and women have different ways of showing anger. Women shout when angry while men act physically and society looks mostly at how men act. The objective of this article was to find ways to address women's abuse and gender-based violence. The purpose of this article was to create an awareness to the society of the contributing factors to women's abuse and gender-based violence. The research methodology applied in this study is the secondary research methodology. This study found that the law in many countries favours women more than men, this also contributes to how women behave around men, knowing that the law is favouring them.
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    Economic conditions that leads to illegal electricity connections at Quarry Road Informal Settlement in South Africa
    (International Journal of Special Education, 2022) Geyevu, Mawuena; Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    Crime statistics in South Africa seems to increase every year. Illegal electricity connection is considered a crime and a punishable offence. Crime can be caused by different aspects, e.g. poverty, drug abuse and alcohol abuse. Unemployment seems to be the leading cause of crime which may indirectly lead to poverty. Unemployment rate has gone up and people are looking for alternative solutions to support themselves and their families. Unemployment is one of the reason stated by people who illegally connect electricity. The illegal connection of electricity can be categorized into two groups. The first group is the group of people that utilize illegally connected electricity because they claim not to afford to pay for the electricity. The second group is the group of people who illegally connect electricity as a form of employment and illegally connect electricity for community members for a specific amount of money as remuneration. The study investigated illegal electricity connections in Quarry Informal Settlements. The main objective of this study was to explore the reason of illegal electricity connections in informal settlements focusing on Quarry Informal Settlement. Illegal electricity connections are lethal and the residents of Quarry Informal Settlements are aware of these consequences yet they seem to have no other alternatives to connecting electricity and no intervention from the municipality. Findings of this study also revealed that connecting electricity in Quarry Road Informal Settlement has since become a norm. It has since become an acceptable act to connect electricity illegally. A minority bought their houses with an already installed illegal connection while most have become accustomed to this act.
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    The investigation of the disparities between unqualified audit opinion and effective public service delivery
    (International Journal of Special Education, 2022) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    There has been a narrative that the municipalities that obtained an unqualified audit opinion are effectively providing good services to the people and that led to many municipalities focusing on attaining unqualified audit opinions. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between services that are delivered to the people and the audit opinion. The objectives of the study are to determine whether an unqualified audit opinion articulates effective service delivery or not. And secondly, is to determine whether a qualified audit opinion articulates poor public service delivery or not. This study was conducted in municipalities that attained unqualified audit opinions and those that had obtained qualified audit opinions and compare the public services to all those municipalities. This study applied qualitative research methodology, 6 municipality officials that are directly involved in public service delivery were part of this study and the interview took 15 to 45 minutes for each respondent.
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    Ethical leadership versus public service delivery in the context of the South African government.
    (Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, 2022) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    Ethical leadership is a type of leadership that is ideal for any institution. Ethical leadership is lacking in Africa and south Africa is not an exception. Ethical leadership in many aspects globally is misconceptualized but this article focus on ethical leadership in the South African context. South Africa as a developing country has various aspects that seeks to effectively deliver public services and ethical leadership play a major role. South African leaders recently, mobilize public support using the ticket of corruption free and ethical leadership. Ethical leadership and corrupt free leaders does not guarantee effective public services. This article presents a view that leaders must showcase the leadership skills and a calling for leading people without expecting anything in return. Leaders must provide solutions for existing problems in the society. Ethical leadership and corrupt free must not be a standalone phenomenon that leaders use to mobilize public support, they must present their desire to provide public services and service excellence. The objective of this article is to show the difference between ethical leadership and public service delivery. There is a correlation between the two aspects and this article seeks to contribute in addressing the confusion between the two. The study found that most leaders in South Africa portray themselves as ethical leaders in public to gain more support from the public and voters. The study applied mixed research methodology and analyzed the existing data that is related to ethical leadership versus public service delivery.
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    Are we equal in the eyes of the law : comparison of criminal cases amongst black and white people in South Africa?
    (2020-11-10) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    People who are committing a white-collar crime has been able to get away with it without any legal consequences. Democratic South Africa has experienced different types of criminal activities in the past 25 years. The apartheid government committed several criminal activities against black people and the court of law favored white people against black people. Crime in South Africa was labeled and associated with the black race. A black man was always a suspect in the apartheid era and a white man was always innocent regardless of his wrongdoing towards black people. even though the current government from 1994, is a democratic government led by black people, the courts are still applying the same principle. The objectives of this paper are to show the inconsistency in criminal cases that are the same but the sentences are not the same because of the skin colour. The judiciary system in South Africa is still treating people differently, based on various cases, this paper argues that money and race is a contributing factor in decisions made by the courts in South Africa. The paper applied secondary research methodology, newspaper reports on various cases were reviewed, criminal justice reports were analyzed, and lastly, the journal papers that are related to this study.
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    The impact of the shutdown in the South African economy
    (Solid State Technology, 2020-11-10) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    The global economy has been affected by the scourge of COVID-19, the pandemic came at a time that was not expected by most countries in the world. The economy of developing countries has been more affected by the less movement and the shutting down of businesses and the economy. South Africa is not immune to the global economic crises caused by the pandemic. The public suffering has led to stringent measures to stop the spreading of the pandemic. The president of South African decided to shut down the country on the 26 March to stop the infection rates. This article will focus on the impact of the shutdown in South Africa and the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Further, the National Development Plan vision 2030 (NDP) will be discussed about the disturbance of the plan caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The socio-economic impact on public services and businesses in South Africa will be analyzed and discussed. This study applied a secondary research methodology which is normally known as desktop research. A combination of journal articles, newspaper reports, various meetings reports, and reports of economic experts in different platforms was utilized.
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    The impact of public economics to public debt : a case of Southern African development countries (SADC)
    (Romanian Cultural Foundation, 2020-09-06) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    Public economics in the Southern African Development Countries (SADC) region apply the macroeconomic policies to stabilize the regional economy. There is a direct relationship between the public economy and public debt. The main aim of adopting the macroeconomic policies in the SADC region was to stabilize the inflation, sustain budget deficit, and minimize public debt and to have an equitable current account balance. The main purpose of conducting this study was to find the impact of public economics and public debts. There is a theoretical and practical gap on how to bridge a gap between the public economy and the public debt. The objectives of this paper were to examine the effectiveness of the SADC economic policies in achieving economic growth and sustainable development. The main objective of the SADC was to achieve economic growth and sustainable development so that people can have better economic opportunities. The secondary research methodology was used to reach conclusions on the impact of public economics and public debt. Journal articles, newspaper articles, conference papers, and online papers were used to analyze the impact of public economics and public debt. The economic regional integration was intended to include increased market size and improve regional trade and investment flow. Public economics has a direct link with the technological developments which has a direct impact on public debt. Public debts in the SADC region are affected by the decisions made by African leaders concerning the public economic policies. The overall economic development of countries in the SADC region is determined by public economic policies regarding the regional integration of the economy.