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Journal articles on the topic "City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality"
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Abrahams, Caryn, and David Everatt. "City Profile: Johannesburg, South Africa." Environment and Urbanization ASIA 10, no. 2 (2019): 255–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0975425319859123.
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The city of Johannesburg offers insights into urban governance and the interesting interplay between managing the pressures in a rapidly urbanizing context, with the political imperatives that are enduring challenges. The metropolitan municipality of Johannesburg (hereafter Johannesburg), as it is known today, represents one of the most diverse cities in the African continent. That urbanization, however, came up hard against the power of the past. Areas zoned by race had been carved into the landscape, with natural and manufactured boundaries to keep formerly white areas ‘safe’ from those zoned for other races. Highways, light industrial plant, rivers and streams, all combined to ensure the Johannesburg landscape are spatially disfigured, and precisely because it is built into the landscape, the impact of apartheid has proved remarkably durable. Urban growth is concentrated in Johannesburg’s townships and much of it is class driven: the middle class (of all races) is increasingly being found in cluster and complexes in the north Johannesburg, while poor and working-class African and coloured communities in particular are densifying in the south. The racial and spatial divisions of the city continue to pose fundamental challenges in terms of governance, fiscal management and spatially driven service delivery.
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Van Wyk, Jeannie. "Parallel Planning Mechanisms as a "Recipe for Disaster"." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 13, no. 1 (2017): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2010/v13i1a2636.
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This note offers a critical reflection of the recent landmark decision in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Gauteng Development Tribunal which lay to rest the negative consequences of employing the DFA procedures of the Development Facilitation Act 67 of 1995 (DFA) alongside those of the provincial Ordinances to establish townships (or to use DFA parlance, “land development areas”). The welcome and timely decision in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Gauteng Development Tribunal has declared invalid chapters V and VI of the DFA. Moreover, it has formalised planning terminology in South Africa, delineated the boundaries of “municipal planning” and “urban planning and development” as listed in Schedules 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and, in the process, clarified the structure of planning law. This note examines the decision of the SCA and focus on the role it will clearly have in reforming some of the law relating to planning. It considers the facts of the case, uncertainties around terminology, the structure of planning in South Africa, the content of municipal planning, the role of the DFA and the consequences of the declaration of invalidity by the SCA.
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Gumbo, Trynos, and Thembani Moyo. "Exploring the Interoperability of Public Transport Systems for Sustainable Mobility in Developing Cities: Lessons from Johannesburg Metropolitan City, South Africa." Sustainability 12, no. 15 (2020): 5875. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12155875.
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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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Raboshakga, Ngwako, and Oliver Fuo. "Appropriate Internal Appeal Mechanisms for Approval of Building Plans: Exploring the Gaps Left by the Constitutional Court." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 23 (September 16, 2020): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2020/v23i0a7938.
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This article explores the gaps left by the Constitutional Court's jurisprudence in relation to what the appropriate internal appeal mechanism should be at the level of municipalities for the approval of building plans. This follows the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Chairman of the National Building Regulations Review Board 2018 5 SA 1 (CC) in which the Court found section 9 of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act 103 of 1977 (NBR Act), subjecting municipal building decisions to appeal by a "Review Board" appointed by the Minister of Trade and Industry, to be inconsistent with the original constitutional powers of municipalities over planning and building regulations. We argue that although the ground for holding section 9 of the NBR Act unconstitutional is already deeply entrenched in the Court's planning jurisprudence, the judgment has left a whopping gap on where prospective/future appeals can be lodged and the nature of such an appeal mechanism, where municipal officials disapprove building plans in terms of section 7 of the NBR Act. It is submitted that the invalidation of section 9 by the Court has completely left it up to each individual municipality to decide on whether and how an internal appeal for the approval of building plans is to be pursued. After exploring the options available in terms of other local government legislation, we argue that the most appropriate way to close the gap left by the Court is for Parliament to enact an amendment to the NBR Act providing for an internal appeal mechanism that allows for a measure of coherence and uniformity across municipalities, and yet respects the autonomy of local government.
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Mahlasela, Pathiswa, Ayodeji Oke, and Nelson Sizwe Madonsela. "Household’s Satisfaction with Water Supply in Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa." Procedia Manufacturing 43 (2020): 183–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.02.133.
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Nthekeleng, Linake. "An Assessment of Local Economic Development (LED) for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 2, no. 4 (2014): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v2i4.71.
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This study aims to assess Local Economic Development (LED) for sustainable development and poverty alleviation in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The main objective of the study was to investigate the catalytic role of LED strategies in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and their potential to promote sustainable development and alleviate poverty. The research questions seeks to discover what LED strategies are employed by Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality to promote sustainable development and alleviate poverty, as well as what challenges does Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality face in implementing LED strategies for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. The data was collected using self-administered questionnaire which were distributed to the employees in the LED department of the municipality, community members and businesses around the municipality.
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Dlani, Abongile, E. O. C. Ijeoma, and Leocadia Zhou. "Implementing the Green City Policy in Municipal Spatial Planning: The Case of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 3, no. 2 (2015): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v3i2.84.
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The term “eco-city,” and similar concepts such as “green” and “sustainable” cities, has evolved overtime concurrent to the development of the understanding of social change and mankind’s impact on environmental and economic health. With the advent of climate change impacts, modern economies developed the green city policy to create sustainable urban development, low emission, and environmentally friendly cities. In South Africa municipalities, including Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) have been tasked to and implement the green city policy. However, BCMM is yet to develop the green city policy that clearly articulate how the municipality will combat climate change and reduce its Green House Gases (GHG) emissions in its spatial planning designs. Against this background, this article reviews and analyses green policy landscape in Metropolitan Municipalities. It is envisaged that the research will provide the basis for the development of a comprehensive green policy strategies and programmes for the local transition to action in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province.
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Kgantsi, Eugene Modisa, Hermanus Stephanus Geyer, and Hermanus Stephanus Geyer. "Intra-metropolitan corridor development in the City of Johannesburg and Social Welfare." Regional Science Policy & Practice 10, no. 2 (2018): 69–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12107.
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Mosha, A. C., and Branko Cavric. "Sustainable urban development of metropolitan Johannesburg: The lessons learned from international practice." Spatium, no. 11 (2004): 21–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0411021m.
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This paper consists of an overview of programmes supporting sustainable planning and management in the City of Johannesburg one of the most important social and economic hubs of the transitional Republic of South Africa. Following from this is an analysis of the experience identified as most appropriate for Johannesburg City and its metropolitan region (Gauteng). This case study is used to highlight efforts and lessons learned from the international project "Designing, Implementing and Measuring Sustainable Urban Development" (DIMSUD) which have intended to contribute to new solutions for sustainable urban development through a collaborative multi-disciplinary, and participatory approach combining research, urban design, and capacity building. DIMSUD (http://sustainability.ethz.ch) is carried out jointly by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), University of Botswana, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. Another partner was the United Nations University (UNU) at Tokyo. The project has enabled a global overview of core problems, providing a synthesis of realizable strategies and offering both a scientific forum and an "urban field laboratory" for joint learning. The strategies developed will not only help improve the conditions in the case study cities (Gaborone Johannesburg, Santiago de Chile), but will also provide working examples so that other cities can learn from and adapt and adopt appropriate "best practices".
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Uygur, Gokce. "SYRIAN REFUGEE MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY." Journal of Management Vol. 36, No. 2 (2020): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2020.2.06.
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Istanbul is one of the preferred cities for Syrian refugees as a point of living and transition to Europe. Syrian refugees are sheltering in remote and rash areas in Istanbul. Even the most essential needs like nutrition and housing are not being met. In this case, the importance of local governments is increasing. This study aimed to find out the role of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality how to adapt refugees to the city and how to carry out services for them. This study is designed to improve the general findings and recommendations of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on refugee management. It aims to shed some light on how Istanbul metropolitan municipality react to these new components and their problems. Beside that, this article cannot provide a comprehensive report on the numerous activities and government agencies operating in Istanbul. The report highlights some management mechanisms in Istanbul metropolitan municipalities that look for to meet refugee needs; what remain their point of view for Syrian refugees, what information is available to them, what offer their solution for the crisis. This information is critical to acknowledge the role of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in refugee management.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality"
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Metsing, Tumelo. "An evaluation of Employee Assistance Programme services in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53438.
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Since the implementation of EAP services within the COJMM, EAP practitioners experience different challenges. Some of these challenges are limited funding for the EAPs, lack of awareness of EAP services and poor participation in EAPs by the employees (EAPA-SA, 2010:6).Due to the above challenges the EAP within the COJMM is not always effective and structured as envisioned by the EAP Professional Standards. Furthermore, the researcher has also observed that the intention of EAPs in the public sector has been influenced by the instruction of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and is subject to increasing pressure to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (85 of 1993) and Labour Relations Act (108 of 1996) rather than implementing EAP services guided by employees? needs and EAP Professional Standards. The findings from previous research studies and the Public Service Commission? reports in South Africa reveal that various Government departments are still experiencing challenges with regards to implementing effective EAP services within the public sector (Public Service Commission, 2010:2).
Based on the researcher?s professional observation, it seems as if in the South African context municipalities as well as provincial and national government departments are faced with different challenges to implement EAPs that are in line with the professional standards for EAPs. This view was confirmed by Matlawa (2011), EAP Advisor at Tzaneen Municipality in Limpopo Province, who indicated that EAPs within the public sector are not always implemented in accordance with the professional standards of EAPs in South Africa.
Therefore, a quantitative research approach was appropriate to evaluate the EAP services within the COJMM according to the Professional Standards of EAP in South Africa. A randomised cross sectional survey design was utilised to carry out the research study with a questionnaire as a survey instrument.
Quantitative data was collected through a questionnaire from the sample of 109 employees in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and valuable conclusions emanated from the findings of this research study. The majority of the respondents identified amongst other factors the issue of staff ratio as one of the limitations with regards to the implementation of EAP services within COJMM. The other key issue that the respondents identified clearly was with regards to the lack of marketing of the EAP services within COJMM.
The study was also concluded with some useful and relevant recommendations from the employees? responses on how to improve the implementation of EAP services within the COJMM. One of the crucial recommendations drawn from the findings of this research study was that more information sessions and training on the processes and procedures regarding accessing EAP services should be conducted regularly throughout the whole COJMM. Another recommendation was that every region within the COJMM should have an EAP representative for better proximity of the service to employees.<br>Mini Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2015.<br>Social Work and Criminology<br>MSW<br>Unrestricted
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Kwangwane, Thulani Thompson. "Assessment of different approaches to public service provision by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2941.
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Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>Since its establishment in the 19th century, the City of Johannesburg has
metamorphosed from a gold mining dormitory, a segregated town to a modern
metropolitan municipality that is one of the flagships of South African municipalities.
The formerly apartheid city had the legacy of fragmentation along racial lines based
on the disintegrated economic logic that systematically developed areas
disproportionately with black urban and peri-urban areas at the mercy of the white
urban areas1.
The advent of democracy in 1994 necessitated the city’s transformation into a
democratic, non-racial, developmental and mega municipality encompassing the
townships that were previously on its periphery. This required the national
government, as the superior government to formulate a regulatory framework for
local government to foster a developmental orientation, democracy, good
governance and accountability to the constituent inhabitants, provincial and national
government. Similar to all other municipalities country wide, it became paramount to
improve the provision of public services to cover the backlogs that were created by
the previous separate development policies of apartheid, but specific to
Johannesburg, to maintain its position as the biggest city by population, gross
domestic expenditure and economic growth.
In this study the researcher maintains the seven assumptions advanced by Caiden
(1982:14-6) about public administration i.e. that it is unavoidable, expects obedience,
has priority, has exceptional size, has political top management, poses difficulties in
performance measurement and that more is expected from it. Although public
management is not entirely unique in the above ways due to the phenomenon of
new public management (NPM), it is easy in the South African context to identify
public administration through the schedules in the Constitution (1996), the Public
Finance Management Act, 2002 (PFMA)2 and the formation structures of service
providing municipal entities.
Public policy analysis literature documents the paradigm shift in public management
from traditional bureaucratic structure to decentralisation, NPM and policy networks
amid the complexity theory in the public service endeavour to provide services. The
local legislature i.e. the municipal council is granted the authority over the sphere of
work of the municipality and therefore has the final say in the running of the
municipality to meet the expectations of the electorate. In this study the researcher
focuses on the analysis of the council’s choices of the above public management
structures or policies options in exercising its authority.
The council has to decide on functional activities i.e. municipal services from what
the Constitution (1996) allows and decide on the executive institutions that are
tasked to execute the functions within the budgetary allocations. Regarding research
methodology, annual reports, departmental reports, AG performance reports,
community complaints, council meeting minutes, provincial government reports,
national treasury reports and primary data from questionnaires and expert interviews
were consulted to answer the questions on the levels effectiveness and efficiency.
It was found that the provision of services has substantially improved as from the
beginning of the 21st century and the reason for this improvement is the public
service reforms that include NPM. The semi permanency of entities and utilities
could inhibit the provision of services in future. It was also found that the
weaknesses with the utilities and entities can well be covered by the implementation
of policy networks and the municipality finds it difficult to cope under exogenous
complexity challenges.
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Olawale, Lovelyn Olawumi. "Urban cultural tourism in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and its potential benefits to economic growth." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60407.
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Cultural tourism is considered to be one of the largest and fastest growing types of global tourism markets. Culture is increasingly being used to promote destinations and enhance their attractiveness and competitiveness. Many cities are now actively developing their cultural assets as a way of developing comparative advantages over others in the tourism marketplace. In the light of this, there is need to diversify the tourism economy of the City of Johannesburg by strengthening the Cultural tourism aspect. Despite the fact that Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area has a good cultural infrastructure which includes a number of theatres, museums and art galleries, cultural tourism is one of the underdeveloped aspects of the local tourism economy. The main focus of the research was to identify ways to diversify the tourism economy of the City of Johannesburg by anchoring it on cultural products and activities, thereby improving the cultural image and competitiveness of Johannesburg as an urban cultural city destination in Africa.<br>Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2016.<br>Historical and Heritage Studies<br>MHCS<br>Unrestricted
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Radebe, Patrick Qena. "The impact of a performance management system on service delivery in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality / Patrick Qena Radebe." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10125.
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Performance management is a process through which employees‟ performance is evaluated in order to reward such performance that meets the required standards, and to develop employees who fail to attain the required expectations. The overall organisational performance hinges on the effectiveness with which a performance management system is developed and implemented. The current study focuses on the extent to which performance management is effectively developed and implemented at the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and the correlation that this has with service delivery. To achieve this objective a number of research questions and objectives were posed and formulated in chapter one. The hypotheses for the study are: a well-designed performance management system with well thought out practices and procedures can improve the delivery of services in the City of Johannesburg; and a well-designed performance management system with well thought out practices and procedures cannot improve the delivery of services in the City of Johannesburg. In order to validate the hypotheses, the structured questionnaires on the performance management system and service delivery were compiled. A questionnaire for employees consisted of close-ended questionnaire statements and open-ended questions. Another questionnaire with only close-ended questionnaire statements was issued to residents to elicit responses on service delivery by the City of Johannesburg. Frequency analysis, which lends itself to correlation analysis, of employees‟ responses and residents‟ feedback was conducted. The correlation analysis between employees‟ responses to performance management system and residents‟ responses to service delivery was conducted using the Pearson Correlation.
The findings of the study are: Growth and Development Strategy and the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) are not adhered to in the daily operations in the municipality. Managers and subordinates set objectives jointly but are, however, not participants in the evaluation of the municipality’s performance. The employees of the municipality are aware of the existence of the performance management system but it is applied only to more senior officials. Employees and managers are not involved in the evaluation of the municipality‟s performance. Training does not capacitate employees to work effectively with the Balanced Scorecard. The information technology architecture is not supportive of the implementation of the performance management system. Key performance areas were found to lack uniformity in the municipality and therefore created „silos‟ in the municipality. The key performance indicators are developed without the involvement of the communities, including employees, especially at the lower level of management. The critical success factors are understood by employees and are linked to major tasks and job responsibilities. Tax and rates accounts are issued in time. Tax and rates accounts are inaccurate. The municipality does not maintain street lights regularly. The municipality does not maintain sewage systems regularly. There is no relationship between the performance management system and service delivery. The recommendations for improving the performance management system were made and the researcher developed an appropriate model of performance that is oriented to effective service delivery.<br>Thesis (PhD (Public Management and Governance))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013
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Couch, Robert Alexander. "Environmental health regulation in urban South Africa : a case study of the Environmental Health Practitioners of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2016. http://researchopen.lsbu.ac.uk/1797/.
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Environmental health is concerned with relations between the environment and human health and their management and remains a considerable public health challenge into the 21st century, particularly for cities where more than half the world’s population now lives. In South Africa local government Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) have been regulating local environmental health since Victorian times and are well placed to bring protective and developmental laws to life but are confronted by challenges not dissimilar to their Victorian forebears. The main research question is therefore: how do the EHPs of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CoJ) regulate environmental health? A literature review developed an interdisciplinary model of governance to describe and explore how EHPs regulate environmental health (EH) and the factors that could influence this process. This model utilised a socio-legal framework grounded in theoretical perspectives from criminology, history, the law, organisational studies, political science and sociology. A multiple case study strategy was developed to test this model. Qualitative methods were conducted on 10 street-level case EHPs from four CoJ regional offices through observation, interviews, questionnaires and the analysis of regulatory documents. These were supplemented by observations and interviews with other street-level EHPs and their managers and the analysis of other relevant documents, including quantitative data on the activities of CoJ EHPs. A new model of governance was developed by this thesis to describe, analyse and explain how CoJ EHPs regulate and found most of their work focused on a traditional regulatory ‘law enforcement’ pathway alongside other activities, notably an EH monitoring role for other CoJ departments and provincial government. But contrary to their Victorian inspector stereotype, EHPs behaved as responsive regulators and used mainly persuasive approaches (e.g. education, advice, negotiation), with more punitive approaches generally used for serious cases or when persuasion fails. This responsiveness was limited by factors including resources and weaknesses in more punitive approaches. A second regulatory pathway involving EH project and promotion activities was documented but remained secondary to traditional regulatory work. In conclusion, the model of governance conceptualised urban EH regulation as the continuous circulation of power within and between EHPs and local government itself, other spheres of government and civil society. Power was unequally distributed between these actors, but there were many opportunities for challenging power that were rarely captured or closed. Local government EHPs are therefore contributing towards making cities more productive, inclusive, sustainable and better governed and the model of governance created by this thesis was a useful tool for exploring their work.
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Mhlauli, Yamkela. "Eviction of unlawful occupiers in view of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties (Pty) Ltd 2012 (2) SA 104 (CC)." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77324.
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Over the years, from as early as the 1600s, South African law has had mechanisms in place to regulate illegal evictions and unlawful occupation of land by people who were not authorised to be in occupation of that specific land. There have been developments in terms of our law and one can observe the ever so developing and dynamic legal framework of this country. During the pre-constitutional South Africa, common law was the most preferred source of law to deal with unlawful occupation of property and as time went by, more sources of law were introduced such as legislation and customary law. In 1991 negotiations commenced that suggested that a new Constitution should be developed, which would then change the laws that were applicable at the time, by 1993 a common decision had been reached to promulgate a new Constitution. It was promulgated in 1996 and came into being in 1997, namely the Constitution that is being used in South Africa now. The Constitution has greater authority than legislation, customary law or policies as it is the supreme law of the land. In the current constitutional dispensation, South Africa has a number of statues that deal with illegal evictions and unlawful occupation of land, depending on the type of property as well as the type of land or location upon which the property is situated. The main point of reference is the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE) and the case of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Blue Moonlight Properties (Pty) Ltd and Another. In this matter the court applied the PIE Act to come to a solution for both the property owners and the unlawful occupiers. The court decided that the state bears the obligation to provide housing for the unlawful occupiers as per section 26 of the Constitution, while the property owners were protected by section 25(1) of the Constitution. The court emphasized that an eviction order can only be granted if it is just and equitable to do so. In considering whether an eviction order should be granted, the court has to take into account the rights of the elderly, children, disabled persons and particularly households headed by women. Evictions should take place in a humane manner in light of the constitutional values of our country, and evictions cannot undermine the rights entrenched in the Bill of Rights. The state needs to, within its available means, make available accommodation for unlawful occupiers that are being evicted to avoid homelessness. Predominantly, the duty to accommodate and ensure adequate housing in our country rests on the Government.<br>Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria,2020.<br>Mercantile Law<br>LLM (Mercantile Law)<br>Unrestricted
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Yalcinkaya, Ozlem. "Assessing Ankara Metropolitan Municipality." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614172/index.pdf.
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Public spaces play essential roles in urban life for the city, the public and individuals, by setting strong relations between urban space and social and cultural values. Public spaces and their essential components have multi-dimensional impacts on people. Public art, as a constituent of public space, includes a wide range of artworks, activities and outcomes, contributing to the significance of the places in a variety of ways. However, each culture, country and city, has diverse policies and outcomes of public art based on different perspectives. Focusing on the public art policies in Ankara over the last two decades, this thesis seeks to examine how far the recent policies have contributed to the city. By carrying out in-depth investigation on the public art work interventions and policies of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, the thesis assesses the multi-dimensional contributions of these policies and interventions. It seeks to discuss how far the public artwork policies of localities are crucial for creating genuine public spaces of cities.
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Charles, Kidwell. "Training of officials in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7659.
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The impetus that informs the drive for developmental state that promotes growth and development centres on the local capacity of the local sphere of the government to effectively discharge its responsibilities. The essence of this study is to evaluate the training of officials in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and assess the extent to which service delivery has impacted on the lives of the community within this area.
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Marata, Mawethu Nicolas. "Evaluation of rural sanitation in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005966.
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This research paper is a qualitative evaluation of rural resident’s views in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality regarding the municipalities (BCM) performance in sanitation in rural areas. The study was conducted using interviews and some participant observation as a strategy for data collection. The data collected was analyzed using the basic needs theoretical framework. The study found that sanitation is the least talked about subject because of the stigma attached to it. The study found that Buffalo City Municipality initiatives in sanitation have little impact or has not yet transformed the lives of rural people. It has been found that the municipality is responding slowly in sanitation, and this situation impacts negatively on the lives of rural people as they are exposed to health hazards and diseases. The study questions the sustainability of toilets built in rural areas as many toilets have no roofs and door. It has been found that sanitation is still a challenge in the Buffalo City Municipality as some people still relieve themselves in the bushes. Some people even defecate into plastic bags and then throw the bags as far as they can. The study found that the environment is deeply affected by the lack of sanitation as both air and water are contaminated by waste disposal caused by poor sanitation. The general feeling of the residents of Buffalo City Municipality with regard to sanitation service delivery is that they were not happy at all. The residents are not happy with the state of sanitation services rendered by the municipality. The study calls upon the municipality to speedily address rural sanitation to avoid service delivery protest. The research calls upon organizations and companies to get sanitation issues as part of their function. The research made a number of recommendations in an effort to help municipalities accelerate the delivery of sanitation in rural areas. It is hoped that the recommendations would help the Buffalo City Municipality in ensuring that communities are equipped and empowered to meaningfully participate in making policies, regarding their development. The recommendations will contribute towards encouraging community participation in the decision making within their municipalities. It is the aim of the study for other municipalities to use Buffalo City Municipality example as a benchmark for best practices. In conclusion, the rural areas of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality need more serious commitment from the municipality regarding sanitation and other basic services.
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Magaqa, Xolile Donaldson. "Renewable energy as alternative solution in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019725.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate and suggest technologies that need to be considered by the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality management in order to alleviate electricity power shortages. It is very important to address the problems of electricity power shortages in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality since it affects the households, offices and factories and it creates a negative image about the economic viability and investment opportunities in South Africa. Since ESKOM supplies electricity to the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, they both require solutions that can sustain electricity availability for the current and future consumption by the households and the South African economy. It is of importance to report that the main causes of power shortages are the energy, capacity and the reserve margin constraints in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The methodology used for this research was a mixed methods type of research. The literature review led to the formulation of research questionnaires that were subsequently used as the main tools for sourcing data in order to conduct an empirical study for this research. The empirical study was used to combine the quantitative and the qualitative research methodology in one research. The respondents to the structured and self-administered questionnaires comprised Beacon Bay and Mdantsane households that owned Solar Water Heaters. The other respondents that were interviewed with the aid of semi-structured questionnaires comprised ESKOM and the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality management teams. The responses from all the respondents were collected, arranged and presented in tables and graphs for the purpose of analysing and thereafter to report the outcomes. The outcomes were compared to the literature reviewed to test whether there is congruence between the two. This was done for the purpose of answering the following research question: Can alternative energy in the form of solar be a solution in improving power shortage in the Buffalo City Metro? Renewable energy was among the suggested solutions that were tested in other countries and found to be reliable. Renewable energy is divided into Solar Power Technology, Wind Power Technology, Small Hydro generation power, Biomass and other technologies. The Solar Power Technology is divided into three forms of energy. The first technology was Solar Photovoltaic Power, Concentrating Solar Power and the Solar Water Heating. The focus of this study was to investigate whether the use of Solar Power Technology in the form of Solar Water Heating can alleviate electricity power shortages in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The other renewable energy technologies are reported as the limitations in this research that created opportunities for further research. The literature and empirical studies confirmed that the use of Solar Water Heaters alleviate power shortages in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality since most of the respondents agreed that when Solar Water Heaters are installed and used in the households, electricity power is saved. The respondents further agreed that since Solar Water Heaters use the sun to heat water they do not use electric geysers anymore. They further agreed that a decrease in electricity expenses per household, per day, per month and per annum has been achieved due to the use of Solar Water Heaters. The Solar Water Heaters were reported by most respondents as confirmed in the literature that they are reliable since they do not trip when there is a planned or an emergency power outages in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality area because they are powered by the sunlight. They are safe and have a longer economic life. They can be used in areas that do not have existing power supply. The key findings were that, both quantitative and qualitative results yielded results that were congruent with the literature reviewed. The congruence was reported in terms of electricity power saving, reduction in electricity expenses, per household, its reliability, the longer economic life and the safety of Solar Water Heaters. The installation of Solar Water Heaters has proven to be a good decision since they alleviated power shortages in the households that are in the rural areas, townships and in the upmarket residential places. It was recommended to the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and ESKOM management to install more Solar Water Heaters and to increase the subsidies for the buyers of Solar Water Heaters especially the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality; to increase the marketing of Solar Water Heaters and to further educate electricity users about the Demand Side Management. This approach will encourage electricity users to reduce their demand for electricity in order to reap the benefits of power savings and sustainability of electricity supply for the potential increase of the economy in Eastern Cape Province.
Books on the topic "City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality"
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), Metropolitan Toronto (Ont. The liveable metropolis: The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto draft official plan. The Municipality, 1992.
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), Metropolitan Toronto (Ont. The Liveable metropolis: The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto draft official plan. The Municipality, 1992.
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Traggy, Maepa, and Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), eds. City safety: Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality's crime reduction strategy. Institute for Security Studies, 2004.
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Metropolitan Toronto (Ont.). Planning Dept. The liveable metropolis: The official plan of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto : adopted by the Metropolitan Council, June 1, 1994 as clause no. 1 of report no. 17 of the Management Committee. Metro Planning, 1994.
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Koppelaar, Rembrandt, Antonino Marvuglia, and Benedetto Rugani. "Water Runoff and Catchment Improvement by Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Promotion in Private Household Gardens: An Agent-Based Model." In Future City. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71819-0_5.
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AbstractNature-based solutions (NBS) such as rainwater gardens and permeable paving can be deployed as an alternative to conventional urban gardens to improve cities’ resilience against increasing rainfall. This study describes the application of an agent-based model (ABM) to assess the role of private gardens toward the enhancement of water management by households. The ABM simulates the process of switching from “gray” (i.e., paved) to green gardens, taking into account the effect of “soft” (garden networks and gardening workshops) and “hard” (monetary) incentives. The ABM is supported by a water balance model to consider the effect of rainfall on soil water retention. Four different cities in Europe were analyzed: Szeged (Hungary), Alcalá de Henares (Spain), Metropolitan city of Milan (Italy), and Çankaya Municipality (Turkey). The results demonstrate that greening private gardens can generate impact on water run-off and catchment in cities in the order of 5–10%, reaching picks up to 20% in certain cases. While the proposed model is not devoid of limitations, the results provide useful insights in the ways different instruments (e.g., municipal subsidies and knowledge support) could assist with the greening of private gardens for NBS promotion to respond to cities’ water management challenges.
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Ozerbıl, Tuncer, Ergun Gokten, Mustafa Onder, et al. "Oblique Aerial Image Acquisition, 3D City Modeling, 3D City Guide Project for Konya Metropolitan Municipality." In Architecture and Design. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7314-2.ch052.
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Usage of aerial oblique cameras and oblique images in generation of 3D city models has become popular all over the world in recent years and various solutions has been developed involving specialized methods and softwares. The first comprehensive step in this field was taken by Konya Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey in 2012 and the project undertaken by GEOGIS has been successfully completed in February 2014. It is the first time in Turkey that 3D city model of this large scale has been generated. The project involves: Aerial image acquisition of the project area with vertical and oblique cameras respectively and photogrammetric triangulation; Development of OttoPenta software, which can display oblique images in pentaview screen, make spatial queries and also can measure the horizontal, vertical distance and area; Digitization of roof and roof structures from vertical stereo images using photogrammetric interpretation techniques and generation of 3D solid building models using this data; Assigning building ID numbers to solid models to integrate with the GIS data of the Municipality that is available in Oracle Spatial database; Automatic texturing of 3D models with oblique images; Exporting of textured 3D models into Oracle Spatial Database in CityGML format, complying the OGC standards; and development of KNVCity software, to create and publish the 3D city guide on WEB and mobile devices. The goal of this paper is sharing the experience and knowledge that was gained during the 3D City modeling and 3D city guide project which was performed for the first time in Turkey.
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Santangelo, Lauren C. "Becoming “A Lover of the Metropolis,” 1895–1906." In Suffrage and the City. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190850364.003.0003.
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Rather than grinding to a standstill following defeat at the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention, city work continued and new organizations emerged. Lillie Devereux Blake and her peers more regularly decided to hold suffrage events in elegant spaces like the Waldorf-Astoria at century’s turn, capitalizing on the city’s haute geography to enhance the movement’s respectability. At the same time, they divided over how to respond to the good government initiatives reconfiguring the metropolitan government. Whether supporting them or remaining ambivalent, many inserted discussion of women’s rights into conversations about improving the municipality. A personal feud between Susan B. Anthony and Lillie Devereux Blake in the succeeding years produced a power vacuum in Gotham at century’s close. The resultant vacuum ensured that Gotham’s campaign would not be bogged down by outsiders’ mandates.
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Velibeyoglu, Koray. "Urban Information Systems in Turkish Local Governments." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch127.
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Since the end of 1980s, different sectors have implemented geographical information systems (GIS) in Turkey. A study on GIS market in Turkey indicates that municipalities are the primary customers (Gülersoy & Yigiter, 1999). One of the earliest GIS projects in Turkey began with the production of digital maps covering the boundaries of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1987. Since 1994, a rapid development process has occurred with the widespread diffusion of GIS especially in universities and large public sector organizations respectively. However, the early city-wide municipal GIS projects were initiated only after 1996 (Ucuzal, 1999).
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Velibeyoglu, Koray. "Urban Information Systems in Turkish Local Governments." In Information Communication Technologies. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch191.
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Since the end of 1980s, different sectors have implemented geographical information systems (GIS) in Turkey. A study on GIS market in Turkey indicates that municipalities are the primary customers (Gülersoy & Yigiter, 1999). One of the earliest GIS projects in Turkey began with the production of digital maps covering the boundaries of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1987. Since 1994, a rapid development process has occurred with the widespread diffusion of GIS especially in universities and large public sector organizations respectively. However, the early city-wide municipal GIS projects were initiated only after 1996 (Ucuzal, 1999).
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Sadioglu, Ugur, Kadir Dede, and Ali Arda Yüceyılmaz. "The Significance of The 2014 Local Elections in Turkey for Decentralisation and Local Autonomy." In Comparative Studies and Regionally-Focused Cases Examining Local Governments. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0320-0.ch017.
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30 March 2014 Local Elections were held in Turkey at the end of an extraordinarily political process and in a highly polarized atmosphere. The election exceeded the limits of the characteristic of “being local” due to such developments recorded in the pre-election period as anti-government social opposition raised against Justice and Development Party (JDP) by Gezi Park protests, tension between judicial and executive organs resulting from the power struggle between the political, social and economic interest groups and corruption investigations opened against the ministers. Ruling JDP Government turned the election into a confidence vote and Turkey entered into the local election process with the new metropolitan model (“Whole City” model). Colorful, vivid and costly election process ended up with a political geography of local election, which should be subjected to new and important analyses. Thus this chapter discusses the issue of local autonomy over pre-election propaganda process, new metropolitan municipality model, election results and political geography analyses.
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Rury, John L. "Uniting and Dividing a Heartland Metropolis." In Creating the Suburban School Advantage. Cornell University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501748394.003.0003.
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This chapter introduces metropolitan Kansas City as the site for a case study to examine the dynamics of suburban development and its implications for educational inequality. Following the lead of its city manager Perry Cookingham, Kansas City, Missouri, undertook an aggressive program of annexation to foreclose the negative effects of suburban development on the central city, expanding its boundaries substantially. Cookingham's plan did not include annexation of school districts, however, and as a result the enlarged municipality contained all or parts of more than a dozen districts, a development that would have important consequences. At the same time, suburbanization resulted in population shifts across the area, with affluent and college-educated adults settling in suburban communities, especially in Johnson County, Kansas. This too would have important educational consequences, giving suburban schools on the Kansas side of the state line a particular advantage in terms of academic attainment and achievement. It also relegated the schools of Kansas City, Missouri, to a range of problems associated with concentrated poverty and declining revenues.
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Pinho, Marisa, and Carlos Santos. "Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions." In Global Perspectives on Risk Management and Accounting in the Public Sector. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9803-1.ch019.
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This chapter presents the results of the application of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis methodology, within the scope of the Organisational Risk Management Plan, in the Municipal Division of Contract Works and Concessions of Oliveira de Azeméis City Council of the metropolitan area of Porto located in the north of Portugal with an area of approximately 164 Km2 and a few more than 20,000 inhabitants. The application of this methodology establishes a bridge between risk management and the Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions, describing the application of this methodology and referring how the levels of severity, occurrence and detection of a specific failure, which are essential in the implementation process. Once the application of this methodology is understood, an example of its implementation for the management of risk in the contract works service of the Municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis is also provided.
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Pinho, Marisa, and Carlos Santos. "Organisational Risk Management Plan." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1385-9.ch010.
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This chapter presents the results of the application of the failure mode and effects analysis methodology, within the scope of the Organisational Risk Management Plan, in the Municipal Division of Contract Works and Concessions of Oliveira de Azeméis City Council of the metropolitan area of Porto located in the north of Portugal with an area of approximately 164 Km2 and a few more than 20,000 inhabitants. An update of the literature review allows us to conclude that this methodology remains a good approach for establishing a bridge between risk management and the Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions, in line with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommendation on public integrity. Once the application of this methodology is understood, an example of its implementation for the management of risk in the contract works service of the Municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis is also provided.
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Pinho, Marisa, and Carlos Santos. "Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions." In Start-Ups and SMEs. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1760-4.ch016.
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This chapter presents the results of the application of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis methodology, within the scope of the Organisational Risk Management Plan, in the Municipal Division of Contract Works and Concessions of Oliveira de Azeméis City Council of the metropolitan area of Porto located in the north of Portugal with an area of approximately 164 Km2 and a few more than 20,000 inhabitants. The application of this methodology establishes a bridge between risk management and the Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions, describing the application of this methodology and referring how the levels of severity, occurrence and detection of a specific failure, which are essential in the implementation process. Once the application of this methodology is understood, an example of its implementation for the management of risk in the contract works service of the Municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis is also provided.
Conference papers on the topic "City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality"
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Phuluwa, Lutendo, and Marie Hattingh. "Understanding how the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality's social media platforms are perceived by young citizens." In 2017 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/istafrica.2017.8102337.
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Diedericks, D. R., and J. W. Joubert. "Towards transportation system integration in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality." In URBAN TRANSPORT 2006. WIT Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/ut060771.
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