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    Integrated electronic human resource management systems for front- line employees and mine safety performance
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2021) Nyelisani Clement , Mufamadi
    The South African mining industry heavily relies on manual labour, resulting insignificant risks to lives and production. Competency gaps, human behaviour, andviolations are major contributors to frequent accidents. Despite the implementation ofhuman resource management (HRM) systems, safety and productivity challengespersist, with base metals productivity declining annually by 0.3% from 2013 to 2017.Investing in competencies can enhance overall firm performance, as individualimprovements lead to better team and organizational performance.This study examined the impact of integrated electronic HRM (e-HRM) systems onsafety performance in mining. It explored the relationship between e-HRM practices,employee roles, and mine safety. The research utilized SPSS and PLS-SEM tools tovalidate and analyze data, testing eight hypotheses within a theoretical framework thatincluded performance management, HRM systems, and technological development.The findings showed that ability, opportunity, and motivation significantly and positivelyinfluence e-HRM practices, which in turn enhance employee roles, mine safetyperformance, and sustainable e-HRM systems.Sustainable e-HRM systems were identified as mediators that enhance e-HRMpractices and mine safety performance. However, the study could not substantiate theeffects of employee level, firm age, and industry experience on safety performance.Limitations included the cross-sectional study design and the omission of factors likeleadership and organizational culture. Despite these limitations, the study concludedthat sustainable e-HRM systems improve business success by integratingsustainability plans, ethical data management, and effective technology use, fosteringemployee autonomy and safety.The study suggests further longitudinal and qualitative research to evaluate the long-term sustainability of e-HRM improvements and their impact on safety performance.Comparative studies could also explore different system types and cultural variations,while investigating e-HRM's role in crisis management to reveal strategies fororganizational resilience
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    The role of local government in achieving spatial equity through the realisation of the right to housing in South Africa
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) Mudau, Fungai Paul; Pieterse, Marius
    This Thesis deals with the role of local government in overcoming spatial inequalities in South African cities, with a particular focus on housing and access to well-located urban land. The primary focus is on whether the legal role of local government in housing matches its rights-related responsibilities and its role in achieving spatial equity. Municipalities have limited legal powers, policy scope, and budget for housing. With overstretched programmes and fiscus, certain municipalities are reluctant to assume housing delivery roles. However, numerous court cases bind municipalities by assigning them increased rights-based responsibilities which they may not be adequately equipped or empowered to implement. The problem which therefore unfolds relates to the inevitable need to address the obligations to realise the right of access to adequate housing of the urban poor within the limited legal, institutional, and structural role that local government plays in housing delivery, as well as with the limited resources at its disposal. The challenges associated with the realisation of local government’s housing-related powers, functions, and responsibilities become simultaneously more complicated and less insurmountable when viewed together with local government’s legal powers and functions pertaining to spatial planning. As a result, this Thesis investigates the articulation between housing and planning-related legal competencies and responsibilities of local government, in seeking to ensure that local government can fulfil its constitutional developmental role and contribute to the achievement of spatial equity. Selected case studies of the metropolitan municipalities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and eThekwini are utilised to explore the emerging trends, issues, and challenges in practice