Browsing by Author "Enaifoghe, Andrew"

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    Challenges of municipal service delivery and instruments for enhancing South African local government administration
    (African Journal of Development Studies, 2022-09) Enaifoghe, Andrew
    This study explored the challenges of municipal service delivery and instruments for enhancing South African local government administration. Previous studies show that South African municipalities struggled with service delivery for some years with an increasingly complex and diverse set of public demands, resulting in municipal protests across the country. Further research also shows that many municipalities strive to deliver quality services in adequate quantities. The service delivery problems in municipalities may have different reasons and may also differ in severity. To address the challenges associated with service delivery, the study emphasises the need to introduce public value theory in service delivery, which has three aspects of public management: (i) delivering services, (ii) achieving social outcomes and (iii) maintaining trust and legitimacy. The study adopted the theory of public value and interrogates what constitutes a service delivery failure and the effects of poor service delivery in the South African local government. The study offers recommendations to develop strategies for improving service delivery discovered were increasing citizen participation in the affairs of the local authority and partnership with the community in service delivery. The study is qualitative research that primarily collected its data through secondary sources from different databases.
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    The emergence of covid-19 presents the need to address the exacerbated structural gender inequalities beyond the pandemic
    (Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022-09) Enaifoghe, Andrew
    The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic provided the world with the platform to address gender inequalities. Yet during pandemic, people were kept on lockdown at home and critical everyday activities were halted as part of efforts to curb its spread. This study found that over 1 billion children and youth were out of school, resulting in learning impairments for kids, particularly those from low-income families. Approximately 94% of the world's employees live in nations that have work closures. With the global economy plummeting by 5% in 2020, and without steps to protect the most vulnerable, the number of people living in severe poverty rose by 96 million in 2021. The pandemic and its economic ramifications have had a regressive influence on gender equality. This study argues for the continuing need to address structural gender inequalities and women’s issues.