School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic compromised access to essential meals for
many children. In response, a public/private partnership known as the Emergency Meals-to …

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize strategies for strengthening
public health system resilience for pandemics, disasters, and other emergencies using a …

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need to strengthen public health systems. In
response, the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Public Health System …

This paper explores how social movement and civic actors enact and contribute to place
leadership. It does so by examining how social movement organizations in South Africa use …

In transdisciplinary sustainability, scientists take responsibility for the long-term impact they
have on practitioners in the research field and beyond. However, the duration of a career …

Evidence suggests that substantial and robust community engagement is essential to local
urban governance. In this paper, we reflect on the importance of a more comprehensive …

This research is based on a project titled: Strengthening Local Governance to Improve
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) also known as the “Masiphephe Network”(“Let's Be Safe”) …

This research project aims to gain an understanding of how to institutionalise the Asset-
Based and Citizen-Led Development (ABCD) approach as an innovative means of …

The main objective of this study is to foster high levels of public participation in the
community in order to promote a better quality of life in nine villages in Nong-Or Sub-district …

Abstract In South Africa, public participation is a constitutional mandate of local government,
defined through the language of participatory governance and institutionalised through …