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African migrant traders’ experiences in Johannesburg inner city : towards the migrant calculated risk and adaptation framework

- Moyo, Inocent, Gumbo, Trynos, Nicolau, Melanie D.

An assessment of transformation strategies in South Africa: A multi-case study of the accounting, financial services, government, and construction sectors

- Musonda, Innocent, Gumbo, Trynos, Okoro, Chioma

  • Authors: Musonda, Innocent , Gumbo, Trynos , Okoro, Chioma
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Built environment , Socio-economic , South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405000 , uj:33989 , Citation: Musonda, I., Gumbo, T., Okoro, C. 2019 : An assessment of transformation strategies in South Africa: A multi-case study of the accounting, financial services, government, and construction sectors.
  • Description: Abstract : Globally, transformation is etched in all sectors of the economy. In the South African context, transformation is viewed as the catalyst to address the country’s socio-economic problems and their associated impact on different sectors and the economy at large. However, progress on transformation within the built environment has been slow in comparison with other sectors of the economy. As a result, this has led to a need to examine the transformation processes in the country. This article aims to analyse transformation strategies as conceptualised and implemented by various sectors. The article is based on a multi-case study of identified sectors and organisations that have developed and implemented transformation strategies. The materials used to conduct the study include sector transformation strategies, charters, journal articles, articles published in reputable South African newspapers, organisation reports, information publicly available on the internet, and interviews conducted with sector representatives. The findings show that, for all sectors, transformation strategies are driven through skills development of human resources, with a view to redressing historical imbalances and providing equal opportunities. The process of strategy development involves sector- wide participation and having a champion for the strategy. In order to ensure that strategies are implemented, specific structured training and education programmes from the grassroots to professional level, as well as monitoring of progress are emphasised. Recommendations are made in line with the findings in order to guide the Council for the Built Environment in the development of a strategy for the built environment.
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Applicability of R statistics in analyzing landslides spatial patterns in Northern Turkey

- Althuwaynee, Omar F., Musakwa, Walter, Gumbo, Trynos, Reis, Selçuk

  • Authors: Althuwaynee, Omar F. , Musakwa, Walter , Gumbo, Trynos , Reis, Selçuk
  • Date: 2017
  • Subjects: Landslides , Spatial pattern , G-f functions
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/256044 , uj:26871 , Citation: Althuwaynee, O.F. et al. 2017. Applicability of R statistics in analyzing landslides spatial patterns in Northern Turkey.
  • Description: Abstract: Statistical analysis of rainfall-triggered landslides inventory is a key for landslide hazard and risk prediction analysis of susceptible areas, also, it acts as a vital input into current/future development plans of decision makers. The main objective of the study is to test if the inventory locations has spatial auto-correlation; that could either be clustering (spatial attraction), dispersed or random distribution (spatial independency). Two categories of spatial distance functions were applied, first using, first-order distance analysis using Quadrat Counts function and kernel density analysis. Second category, used second order distance analysis includes Diggle’s empty space F-function and nearest neighbor distance G-function, and also, more sophisticated Ripley’s K-function, which evaluates the distribution of all neighbor distances within the space taking in consideration the edge correction effect. Based on the generated curves by the G, F and K functions, we observed that landslides locations clearly tend to be clustered in certain areas rather than randomly distributed. Eventually, Moran’s I autocorrelation function used to find where the highest amount of landslides are clustered using four conditioning factors (Elevation, Slope, Land-cover and Geology).This study illustrations and confirm the landslides distribution pattern in most landslide prone area of Trabzon city, northern turkey. The current study aims to facilitate the integration between spatial data and the coding in R environment through using an extensive research libraries and tools.
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Examining the applicability of Location Based Services to determine the movement patterns of commuters between Sandton and Park station in Johannesburg city

- Moswane, Mangakane Retsebile, Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Moswane, Mangakane Retsebile , Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244381 , uj:25268 , Citation: Moswane, M.R. & Gumbo, T. 2017. Examining the applicability of Location Based Services to determine the movement patterns of commuters between Sandton and Park station in Johannesburg city.
  • Description: Abstract: The movement of people within cities forms patterns and changes the development of transport systems as well as innovations within the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector. The City of Johannesburg has been witnessing massive transformations in urban public transport systems in the past decade and very little is currently known about the movement patterns of commuters between major centres of the city. Investigating and illuminating novel insights on the movement patterns of commuters is very imperative and essential given the multiplicity of modes and centres in increasing decentralized cities such as the Johannesburg Metropolitan City. This work therefore examine the applicability of location based services to determine the movement patterns of Gautrain and Rea Vaya commuters between Sandton and Park station centres, using a case study research design and mixed methods approaches consisting of qualitative, quantitative and spatial data. This research presents novel data analysed into empirical results suggesting that location based services plays a pivotal influence in determining movement of urban public transport commuters in Johannesburg city. The findings also reveal the complexity of spatial and communicative platforms in multiplicity of urban public modes resulting in complex models of movement patterns. These empirical results require further research on the applicability of location based services in determining movement patterns of commuters, with the aim of corroborating the prospects of agglomerating an urban mobility model at a city wide scale.
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Exploring the efficacy of innovative urban public transport infrastructural systems on economic transformation: case of Gautrain and are Yeng in the City of Tshwane

- Ndwandwe, Bongumusa, Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Ndwandwe, Bongumusa , Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2017
  • Subjects: Sustainable development , Transport Infrastructure , Systems on economic transformation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244368 , uj:25266 , Citation: Ndwandwe, B. & Gumbo, T. 2017. Exploring the efficacy of innovative urban public transport infrastructural systems on economic transformation: case of Gautrain and are Yeng in the City of Tshwane.
  • Description: Abstract: There is generally interconnectedness among the complex urban challenges that are being experienced in most developing countries. Of particular note are the spatial fragmentation and inefficient and ineffective transport systems that characterize South African cities. In response, innovative urban public transport systems that seek to improve mobility and encourage mixed land use development have emerged. The innovations also seek to resolve the three apartheid vices that are unemployment, poverty and inequality thus enhancing economic growth and development within South African cities. This paper therefore examined the role of innovations in urban public transport systems to the creation and improvement of business operations and employment opportunities within the City of Tshwane. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were adopted and applied to gather from key informants and users of the transport services using interviews and questionnaires. Study findings revealed that the innovations have resulted in some commendable developments within the city of Tshwane however, the poor and previously disadvantaged citizens are yet to benefit meaningfully. The economic transformation agenda still needs to deliberately facilitate the inclusion of the poor in line with the massive transport infrastructure investments that have been made. Accordingly, the study recommends an integrated approach to economic transformation and innovative urban transport system. Human capacity development anchored through investment in education, skills development and human rehabilitation for self-help projects and Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) is highly recommended. Major investment opportunities should prioritize the urban poor instead of mainly improving the lives of that are already part of the formal economy. As a result, the study concludes by developing a model on Integrated Approach to innovative urban transport planning and economic transformation.
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Exploring the interoperability of public transport systems for sustainable mobility in developing cities : lessons from Johannesburg Metropolitan City, South Africa

- Gumbo, Trynos, Moyo, Thembani

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos , Moyo, Thembani
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Geoweb 2.0 , Public transportation , Bus rapid transit system
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/431557 , uj:37242 , Citation: Gumbo, T. & Moyo, T. 2020. Exploring the interoperability of public transport systems for sustainable mobility in developing cities : lessons from Johannesburg Metropolitan City, South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: There have been growing concerns with regards to the state public transportation systems, particularly in the cities of developing countries. Chief among these concerns has been the lack of well-coordinated, efficient, and reliable transportation systems. The city of Johannesburg, just like any other fast-growing municipality in developing and emerging economies, has not been spared with regards to incessant public transport challenges. Consequently, there have been collective efforts from both public and private stakeholders to invest immensely in both innovative rail and road transport systems in the past decade. This article sought to achieve twin objectives. First, the work identified the state of connectivity between the rapid rail transportation and rapid bus transit systems based on Geoweb 2.0 data. Second, the work visualized the level of connectivity between these two modes to develop and formulate policy frameworks in integrating public transit systems in cities of the developing world, learning from the metropolitan city of Johannesburg. A mixed-method approach consisting of spatial and quantitative aspects was used to examine the state of connectedness and the promotion of access and mobility between the two modes. The local Moran’s I index was used to compute node clusters within the public transport system. Results from the analysis demonstrated that both high-clusters and low-clusters exist in the public transportation network, which have a high degree of centrality. It was revealed that commuters navigate from these nodes/stops with relative ease due to the short walking radius. However, the work revealed that most rail networks and bus routes, as well as the stations and bus stops, are not connected and are not significant in the local Moran’s I index, thus, making it difficult for commuters to conveniently move from the Gautrain to the Rea Vaya bus. There are, therefore, gaps with regards to the sharing of infrastructure between the two public transport modes and systems.
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Interrogating South Africa’s people’s housing process - towards comprehensive collaborative and empowering aided self-help housing approaches

- Gumbo, Trynos, Onatu, George

Investigating curriculum transformation pathways in technological planning schools : learning from conventional planning programmes and beyond

- Gumbo, Trynos, Risimati, Brightnes, Ingwani, Emaculate

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos , Risimati, Brightnes , Ingwani, Emaculate
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Pathways , Curriculum Development , Higher Education
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/403591 , uj:33827 , Citation: Gumbo, T., Risimati, B. & Ingwani, E. 2019. Investigating curriculum transformation pathways in technological planning schools : learning from conventional planning programmes and beyond.
  • Description: Abstract: The South African higher education terrain has undergone massive transformation through curriculum transformation involving programme alignment. There are three technical town planning schools out of the eleven town planning schools in South Africa and these were the hardest hit by the curriculum changes. These technical planning schools phased out technical programmes, and introduced bachelor and honours degrees. This paper investigates the possible pathways of curriculum transformation for technical planning schools critical to the retention of practical skills training within the new programmes. The paper adopted a phenomenological case study research design and applied the qualitative research approach. Content analyses were used to derive meaning from the collected data. Preliminary findings reveal three possible pathways that could be adopted by the technical planning schools to ensure that new curriculated degrees produce graduates with practical town planning skills. The new degree programmes that replaced technical programmes need to place graduates and universities at par with conventional universities in terms of recognition and quality. Pursuit to that, the paper recommends the infusion of the uniqueness of the phased technical programmes in the new degree programmes to deliver competitive, marketable qualifications that are preferred by students and valued by industry.
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Johannesburg (South Africa) inner city African immigrant traders : pathways out of and beyond poverty?

- Moyo, I., Nicolau, M.D., Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Moyo, I. , Nicolau, M.D. , Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2016
  • Subjects: African immigrant traders , Urban informality
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/214454 , uj:21283 , Moyo, I., Nicolau, M.D & Gumbo, T. 2016. Johannesburg (South Africa) inner city African immigrant traders : pathways out of and beyond poverty?
  • Description: Abstract: By deploying two contrasting perspectives (exclusion and exit) on urban informality as analytical lenses, this paper explores the interconnectedness and complexities associated with the entry by African immigrant into informal trading within Johannesburg (South Africa) inner city. Using experiences of the African immigrants, the paper brings to the fore new insights into the complexities of joining and growing informal businesses, thus providing a re-reading to the dichotomous presentations of the exclusion (harassment by regulatory authorities and lack of the necessary trading licences) and exit (attractions to opportunities within the informal sector) theses. The paper demonstrates that in the majority of cases, African immigrants’ experience the two at the same time, thus revealing that they are two sides of the same coin – that can be very complex to disaggregate hence the simplicity approach to factors that influence entry and growth of the informal businesses is questionable in the case of African immigrants.). Using a qualitative study of 40 African immigrant traders, this study suggests as simplistic the explanation that African immigrant traders continue to set up businesses and trade in the Johannesburg inner city, because they were only escaping from among others, poverty and exploitation. Insights from this study seem to suggest that they also engage in street trading because of the lure of less or no stringent controls and the possibility of earning higher incomes. Such insights seem to complicate the perception by African immigrant traders that they engaged in street trading simply because of discrimination, xenophobia and the devaluing of their qualifications. Instead there is a coterie of pathways that lift immigrants out poverty and set them on a journey towards wealth creation. This raises implications regarding the complexity of reasons why African immigrants in a setting like the Johannesburg inner city engage in street trading.
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Mapping spatial locational trends of informal economic enterprises using mobile geographic information data in the city of in Harare, Zimbabwe

- Gumbo, Trynos, Geyer, Manie, Moyo, Inocent, Moyo, Thembani

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos , Geyer, Manie , Moyo, Inocent , Moyo, Thembani
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Mobile GIS , Spatial location , Informal economy
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/280059 , uj:30087 , Citation: Gumbo, T., Geyer, M., Moyo, I. & Moyo, T. 2018. Mapping spatial locational trends of informal economic enterprises using mobile geographic information data in the city of in Harare, Zimbabwe. Data in Brief, 20:1692–1699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.037
  • Description: Abstract: Spatial planning for informal economic enterprises globally and cities of the developing world such Harare in particular is made difficult by the lack of appropriate data. In most cases, informal economic enterprises are discussed descriptively and statistically, leaving out their spatial characteristics. This makes the orderly planning for the enterprises very difficult if not impossible, espe- cially given that the informal economy dominates the economies of most developing countries. This article presents geographic information data that was collected by means of mobile geo- graphic positioning systems over time. In the absence of any other spatial datasets in the City of Harare, this unique data is handy in revealing spatial locational trends of informal economic enter- prises and the preferred locational behaviour of informal economic entrepreneurs in the city. Spatial planning for informal economic enterprises globally and cities of the developing world such Harare in particular is made difficult by the lack of appropriate data. In most cases, informal economic enterprises are discussed descriptively and statistically, leaving out their spatial characteristics. This makes the orderly planning for the enterprises very difficult if not impossible, espe- cially given that the informal economy dominates the economies of most developing countries. This article presents geographic information data that was collected by means of mobile geo- graphic positioning systems over time. In the absence of any other spatial datasets in the City of Harare, this unique data is handy in revealing spatial locational trends of informal economic enter- prises and the preferred locational behaviour of informal economic entrepreneurs in the city.
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Modelling signalised intersection capacity under informal public transport operations : Case study, Harare, Zimbabwe

- Dumba, Smart, Vassileva, Liliana. D., Gumbo, Trynos

No one-size-fits-all organizational solution : learning from rapid rail developments in Ethiopia and South Africa

- Musonda, Innocent, Gumbo, Trynos, Bwanyire, Boniface, Musakwa, Walter, Okoro, Chioma, Gil, Nuno

Re-thinking housing infrastructure development approaches : lessons from Zimbabwe

- Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2015-09-16
  • Subjects: Housing - Zimbabwe , Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5235 , ISBN 9780869707876 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14663
  • Description: Globally, housing provision has always been a mammoth task for all spheres governments; whether national, provincial or local as they struggle to meet the ever soaring demand. The situation has however been grimmer in African, Asian and South American continents that lack mostly financial resources and advanced low cost technologies. The majority of the urban poor have perpetually been excluded from most land and housing projects, that religiously follow the traditional planning-servicing-building-occupation (PSBO) frameworks. Most often than not, rigidities in housing development sequences condemn and compel the urban poor to rely on the occupation-building-planning-servicing (OBPS) frameworks that give informal settlements as outcomes. This paper discusses an innovative and less costly housing development framework, the planning-occupation-building-servicing (POBS) sequence that was adopted by the Zimbabwean government in almost all the urban centres of the country in 2005, just after Operation Murambatsvina. The data were gathered through interviews with key informants and housing plots allottees. Observations and photographic surveys of the housing structures and community infrastructure services that have so far been developed incrementally were also conducted. The findings revealed that the allocating unserviced but formally planned and surveyed housing sites to the urban poor considerably improves targeting of the urban poor and makes housing more affordable. Such schemes not only contribute to housing supply by providing orderly and standard houses but also assist in eliminating or massively reducing down-raiding of aided self-help housing schemes by the middle and high income people. The paper concludes by observing the critical need for governments of developing countries to innovatively solve housing problems of the urban poor by adjusting the currently rigid housing infrastructure provision sequences and to make them affordable and flexible.
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Re-thinking housing infrastructure development approaches: lessons from Zimbabwe

- Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos
  • Subjects: Housing infrastructure , Unserviced housing sites , Urban land delivery , Low income households
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/16117 , uj:15742 , ISBN: 978-0-86970-787-6 , Citation: Gumbo. T. 2015. Re-thinking Housing Infrastructure Development Approaches: Lessons from Zimbabwe. Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Investment Strategies for Africa DII – 2015, 16-18 Septembe, 2015, Chrismar Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia, 10-26, ISBN 978-0-86970-787-6
  • Description: Abstract: Globally, housing provision has always been a mammoth task for all spheres governments; whether national, provincial or local as they struggle to meet the ever soaring demand. The situation has however been grimmer in African, Asian and South American continents that lack mostly financial resources and advanced low cost technologies. The majority of the urban poor have perpetually been excluded from most land and housing projects, that religiously follow the traditional planning-servicing-building-occupation (PSBO) frameworks. Most often than not, rigidities in housing development sequences condemn and compel the urban poor to rely on the occupation-building-planning-servicing (OBPS) frameworks that give informal settlements as outcomes. This paper discusses an innovative and less costly housing development framework, the planning-occupation-building-servicing (POBS) sequence that was adopted by the Zimbabwean government in almost all the urban centres of the country in 2005, just after Operation Murambatsvina. The data were gathered through interviews with key informants and housing plots allottees. Observations and photographic surveys of the housing structures and community infrastructure services that have so far been developed incrementally were also conducted. The findings revealed that the allocating unserviced but formally planned and surveyed housing sites to the urban poor considerably improves targeting of the urban poor and makes housing more affordable. Such schemes not only contribute to housing supply by providing orderly and standard houses but also assist in eliminating or massively reducing down-raiding of aided self-help housing schemes by the middle and high income people. The paper concludes by observing the critical need for governments of developing countries to innovatively solve housing problems of the urban poor by adjusting the currently rigid housing infrastructure provision sequences and to make them affordable and flexible.
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Survey of community livelihoods and landscape change along the Nzhelele and Levuvhu river catchments in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

- Musakwa, Walter, Wang, Shuai, Wei, Fangli, Malapane, Olgah Lerato, Makamule, Thomas Masala, Mavengahama, Sydney, Hongwei, Zeng, Wu, Bingfang, Zhao, Wenwu, Nesisa, Analisa Nyathi, Mashimbye, Zama Eric, Poona, Nitesh, Chakwizira, James, Gumbo, Trynos, Mokoena, Baleseng, Kaitano, Francis, Fundisi, Emmanuel, Yeni-Letsoko, Vuyiswa

The missing link in Hlalani Kuhle urban poor housing programme in Zimbabwe : interrogating supply and demand side instruments

- Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2014
  • Subjects: Urban poor - Zimbabwe , Housing - Government policy - Zimbabwe , Operation Live well/Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle Housing Programme (Zimbabwe)
  • Type: Other
  • Identifier: uj:5056 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13608
  • Description: Meeting the demand for adequate housing by the urban poor in cities of the developing world remains a pipe dream. This is particularly so in the Southern African region that has relied on stringent supply side instruments that prescribe stringent statutory housing standards and unaffordable development prescriptions that exclude and discourage the majority of the urban poor to participate in the formal housing market and the housing delivery processes. It has repeatedly been proven that innovations that facilitate access to suitable and properly sited land and housing financial sources and economic opportunities for the urban poor have received minimal attention from governments. This paper evaluates the Zimbabwean government’s efforts to promote the provision of housing for the urban poor in the country’s cities through Operation Live well/Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing programme that was adopted in 2005. The paper acknowledges efforts by the Zimbabwean government to facilitate and substantially improve access to land for housing by allocating thousands of unserviced plots, a critical supply side instrument. It however highlights the missing link in the programme; that is the lack of facilitation for financial sources or access to income generating projects to beneficiaries of the plots, an essential demand side instrument that is vital for onsite infrastructure provision and plot development.
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The missing link in Hlalani Kuhle urban poor housing programme in Zimbabwe : interrogating supply and demand side instruments

- Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2014
  • Subjects: Operation Live well/Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle Housing Programme (Zimbabwe) , Urban poor - Zimbabwe , Housing - Zimbabwe
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:4924 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13024
  • Description: Meeting the demand for adequate housing by the urban poor in cities of the developing world remains a pipe dream. This is particularly so in the Southern African region that has relied on stringent supply side instruments that prescribe stringent statutory housing standards and unaffordable development prescriptions that exclude and discourage the majority of the urban poor to participate in the formal housing market and the housing delivery processes. It has repeatedly been proven that innovations that facilitate access to suitable and properly sited land and housing financial sources and economic opportunities for the urban poor have received minimal attention from governments. This paper evaluates the Zimbabwean government’s efforts to promote the provision of housing for the urban poor in the country’s cities through Operation Live well/Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing programme that was adopted in 2005. The paper acknowledges efforts by the Zimbabwean government to facilitate and substantially improve access to land for housing by allocating thousands of unserviced plots, a critical supply side instrument. It however highlights the missing link in the programme; that is the lack of facilitation for financial sources or access to income generating projects to beneficiaries of the plots, an essential demand side instrument that is vital for onsite infrastructure provision and plot development.
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The Politics of Digitised Boundaries in Vhembe District Municipality of South Africa

- Ingwani, Emaculate, Musetha, Rendani, Gumbo, Trynos, Moyo, Thembani

  • Authors: Ingwani, Emaculate , Musetha, Rendani , Gumbo, Trynos , Moyo, Thembani
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Digitized boundaries , Municipality , Protest
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/400813 , uj:33467 , Citation: Ingwani, E. 2019. The Politics of Digitised Boundaries in Vhembe District Municipality of South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: The advent of the fourth industrial revolution witnessed the introduction of digitised boundaries in local municipalities of South Africa. Digitised boundaries are simply imagined lines between spaces. In many rural local municipalities of South Africa, digitised boundaries define territorial bounds as well as people’s identities within the bounded spaces. Several villages in Vhembe District Municipality experienced spatial changes as a result of the introduction of digitised boundaries as recommended by the National Demarcation Board. The introduction of these digitised boundaries engendered widespread protests as community residents raised their dissatisfaction with the new development. In their minds, the ‘new’ Boundaries (digitised) undermined their social base through exclusion from access to services from ‘their’ local municipalities, and thus infringed their rights to belonging. The aim of this paper unravels the politics of digitised boundaries using a case study of Vuwani Village in Vhembe District Municipality of South Africa. The paper (1) highlights the perceptions of community residents of digitised boundaries; (2) characterises the impact(s) of digitised boundaries on community residents; (3) proposes sustainable strategies for managing complexities from digitisation of boundaries in villages from below. This research adopted the mixed methods approach that enables layering methods and methodologies in data collection and analysis. A..
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Unlocking “kasi wealth” : Perceptions of transformations through spatial planning and local economic development in Soshanguve

- Mafela, Nkalipho, Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Mafela, Nkalipho , Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Inclusive economic growth , Economic transformation , Social Capital
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/437126 , uj:37943 , Citation: Mafela, N. & Gumbo, T. 2020. Unlocking “kasi wealth”: Perceptions of transformations through spatial planning and local economic development in Soshanguve.
  • Description: Abstract: The buzz concept of inclusive economic growth has been receiving great emphasis in both academic and industry dialogues, thus placing the socio-economic transformation agenda on the spotlight not only in South African cities but also in cities across the African continent. Drawing from the urgent need to restructure the South African economy as well as the relevant institutions that support the economy as a whole; this study investigates the role of spatial planning and local economic development strategies in Kasi wealth transformation, using Soshanguve Township as the case study. Using the Social Capital and the Right to the City lenses, the paper assesses the perceptions of black business owners in Soshanguve on spatial planning. The transformation of small-scale informal and semi-formal businesses into successful enterprises that have a fair share in the national economic space is investigated through perceptions. The paper also interrogates the influence of the interplay among spatial, economic and social dynamics in socio-spatial and economic transformation. A qualitative research approach was applied where data was gathered from 6 small scale and informal business owners in Soshanguve using semi-structured interviews...
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Unpacking the role of leadership and management styles in teaching and research output in South African higher education

- Gumbo, Trynos

  • Authors: Gumbo, Trynos
  • Date: 2017
  • Subjects: Transformative leadership , Research and innovation , Teaching and learning
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/367623 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244367 , uj:25267 , Citation: Gumbo, T. 2017. Unpacking the role of leadership and management styles in teaching and research output in South African higher education.
  • Description: Abstract: Leading and managing institutions of higher learning the world over, has not only become a mammoth task, but also a very competitive and challenging exercise. The practice of ranking universities has given rise to huge investments in their core functions and activities. Teaching and learning has in most cases been regarded as the core strategic objective of higher educational institutions ahead of research and innovation; community engagement and leadership and administration. The role of leadership and management towards the success of other strategic objectives particularly teaching and research; has not been researched and documented exhaustively. This article discusses the impact of leadership and management styles on academic performance using the faculty of engineering and the built environment (FEBE) within the University of Johannesburg as the case study. The work used a qualitative research approach to collect data from university documents, online platforms and semistructured interviews. Content analysis was used to derive meaning from the data. Research findings revealed a neat blending of traditional leadership and management styles with innovative and transformative approaches to achieve outstanding outcomes in both teaching and research and innovation within the faculty. The article concludes by acknowledging the critical role of leadership and management in institutions of higher learning and ends by recommending the adoption of blended leadership styles that are more skewed towards transformative leadership styles.
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