scholarly journals Experimenting with Institutional Arrangements for Communications Policy and Regulation: The Case of Telecommunications and Broadcasting in South Africa

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Gillwald
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Communications Policy

Reconciliation as Interdependence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanie du Toit
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Just Society

This chapter endeavors to develop a coherent framework for political transition—as reconciliation. I argue that reconciliation explains how relationships emerge in unfavorable conditions; how once a modest beginning is achieved, cooperation can grow, trust strengthened, and understanding deepened through appropriate processes and institutional arrangements; and how eventually a fundamentally more just society is built—all as part of a comprehensive transitional agenda. In South Africa, reconciliation politics propagated the idea, diametrically opposed to apartheid, that racial groups were fundamentally and comprehensively interdependent. This provided a compelling rationale for taking reconciliation seriously—and twenty-four years on, it still does. Reconciliation embraces a shared future on the basis that this is not only desirable but unavoidable, and turns to deal with a troubled past because it obstructs this future. More broadly, therefore, reconciliation can be described as “working toward fairness and inclusivity, reconciliation entails the mutual acknowledgment, the progressive institutionalization, and the long-term socialization of a comprehensive and fundamental interdependence.”

The Importance of Conversation in Transitional Justice: A Study of Land Restitution in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (04) ◽  
pp. 902-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Atuahene
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
South African ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
The South ◽  
Communication Breakdowns ◽  
Land Restitution

One of the most replicated findings of the procedural justice literature is that people who receive unfavorable outcomes are more likely to believe that the process was nonetheless legitimate if they thought that it was fair. Using interviews of 150 people compensated through the South African land restitution program, this article examines whether these findings apply in the transitional justice context where it is often unclear who the winners and losers are. The question explored is: When all outcomes are unfavorable or incomplete, how do people make fairness assessments? The central observation was that the ability of respondents and land restitution commission officials to sustain a conversation with each other had the greatest effect on whether respondents believed that the land restitution process was fair. The study also contributes to the existing literature by exploring the institutional arrangements and resources necessary to facilitate communication and to overcome any communication breakdowns encountered.

Institutional arrangements for the use of treated effluent in irrigation, Western Cape, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Saldías ◽  
Stijn Speelman ◽  
Barbara van Koppen ◽  
Guido van Huylenbroeck
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Treated Effluent

Content in the context of welfare configurations: a comparative institutional analysis of self-reporting on corporate social responsibility

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-506
Author(s):  
Brita Backlund Rambaree
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) content in the context of four differing national institutional arrangements for welfare. An analysis is presented on how self-reported CSR differs in content across two western welfare states (the UK and Sweden) and two emerging economies in southern Africa (South Africa and Mauritius). Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a qualitative content analysis of the CSR self-reporting of 40 companies. This involved 10 of the largest companies incorporated in four countries, namely, Sweden, the UK, South Africa and Mauritius. The content is categorised into community involvement, socially responsible production and socially responsible employee relations. For each category, an analysis is provided of the reported issues (the question of what), the geographic focus of reported issues (the question of where) and ways of working with these issues (the question of how), as well as the extent of reporting and level of reporting (the question of how much). Findings The study shows that companies place focus on aspects, issues and localities in ways that differ between countries and can be understood in relation to current institutional arrangements for welfare. The content of self-reported CSR can be both complementing and mirroring the welfare arrangements. Differences in self-reported CSR agendas are particularly evident between the two western welfare states on the one hand and the two emerging economies on the other, as these represent two distinct contexts in terms of welfare arrangements. Originality/value This paper contributes to research on the institutional embeddedness of CSR in three ways: first, by going beyond measures of country differences in terms of extent of CSR to consider differences in CSR content; second, by focusing on the social aspects of CSR and placing these differences in relation to welfare configurations; and third, by contributing with empirical findings on how CSR content differs across national settings and across the established/emerging economy divide.

REPORTING ON THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCES

2006 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 111-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH MULLER ◽  
RUDI PRETORIUS ◽  
VASNA RAMASAR ◽  
MARIAN JANE PATRICK ◽  
CHANTAL WILL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
South African ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
The Past ◽  
Accessible Information ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
State Of The Environment

The past few decades have seen an increasing demand for environmental information on which to make more informed decisions, strengthened by several international calls for improving available environmental information. In a democratic South Africa, the involvement of people in policy and decision-making processes has led to an even greater need for accessible information. In response to this demand for information, State of the Environment (SOE) reporting has gained momentum and become highly popular in South Africa. This popularity has grown despite the absence of any legal mandate for reporting in South Africa, as well as the lack of formalised institutional arrangements for reporting. The current situation has resulted in a number of challenges for SOE reporting which need to be addressed. These challenges, and appropriate solutions, are discussed. The paper aims to stimulate discussion in the field of SOE reporting, both within South Africa and internationally.

scholarly journals The volatility of institutional arrangements that influence development: The case of Bram Fischer International Airport in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masilonyane Mokhele
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Historical Institutionalism ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Development Models ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Land Use Mix ◽  
The Ideal

Hailed as the best integration of the airport and urban development, models of airport-led development are used worldwide to promote the ideal land-use mix and spatial form of airport environs. Despite the growing popularity of airport-led development, there is a lack of literature investigating how the institutional arrangements of African cities can facilitate or inhibit the implementation of such development. Using Bram Fischer International Airport in South Africa as a case study, this article describes the nature and evolution of the institutional arrangements that influence development on and around airports. Informed by the conceptual framework of historical institutionalism, the findings unveiled two contradictory phases in the evolution of institutional arrangements at the case studied: firstly, a period of harmony where all actors worked towards a common goal and, secondly, a period characterised by the absence of cooperation among stakeholders.

Improving Basic Education—The Governance Challenge

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Levy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
School Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Bureaucratic Performance

Building on political settlements analysis, this chapter lays out the multi-level framework used throughout the book to explore how political and institutional context influence the governance of basic education in South Africa at national, provincial, and school levels. It reviews the literature on the influence of politics on bureaucratic performance, and on the potential and limits of school-level participatory, horizontal governance. It details why South Africa’s institutional arrangements for education provide an ideal natural experiment for exploring the influence of divergent contexts on the operation and performance of subnational bureaucracies—and also the potential of horizontal governance as an institutional complement in settings where bureaucracies work well, and as an institutional substitute in settings where educational bureaucracies are dysfunctional.

Developing an Internet and Intranet Usage Policy for a Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa

2011 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Udo Richard Averweg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Trends

This chapter deals with a suggested framework for developing an Internet and Intranet usage policy for municipalities in South Africa. Since the Internet and Intranet are widely used in municipalities in South Africa, there is a need to define the associated risks, the conditions under which a municipality’s Internet and Intranet services may be used and the sanctions which may be imposed for non compliance by employees. The chapter discussion includes suggested associated Internet and Intranet usage procedures; implementation and institutional arrangements; and monitoring, evaluation and responsibilities. Some future trends for an Internet and Intranet usage policy are also suggested.

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