Planning & Policy Analysis in the Public Sector

MANCOSA Management College of Southern Africa
Bachelor of Public Administration (Honours) – January 2014 Intake
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Assignment 2: Planning & Policy Analysis in the Public Sector Due Date: 23rd April 2014
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SURNAME :
Monakali
FIRST NAME :
Siyabulela

E-MAIL: [e-mail]

Declaration on Plagiarism:
Include the following declaration on all course work: “I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend it is one’s own. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in this essay that I have taken from the work of other people has been attributed, and has been cited and referenced. This essay/ item is my own work. I have not allowed and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as his/her own work.
Name: Siyabulela Monakali Date: 23rd April 2014 Signature: S.Monakali

Table of Contents
Introduction
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Conclusion
Bibliography

Introduction
South Africa is frequently commended by the outside world for its tremendous transition to democracy. This transition is often considered to be an almost miraculous event, seeing that South Africa overcame the harshness of the Apartheid past with its cycles of revolts and repression. Fundamental to the political transition which occurred in South Africa was the change from the exclusivist and separatist ideology based racial segregation which characterized Apartheid government ideals under the National Party. The general elections in 1994 saw the transition towards a democratic ideology under the leadership of the ANC which adheres to a human rights culture, with the implementation a democratic constitution which upholds principles

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