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Bulelwa Maphela

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ID5625205
NAMEBulelwa Maphela
GIVEN NAMESBulelwa
FAMILY NAMEMaphela
SIGNATUREMAPHELA B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Johannesburg
ORCID0000-0001-9781-6345
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1
  • Do LED budgets matter? Efficiency and Welfare Outcomes in South African Metropolitan Municipalities

    Open Access•Keoagile Kobedi, Marinda Pretorius et al.•ARTICLE•Development Southern Africa•2026

  • Assessing Rural Entrepreneurial Intentions of Adults in Mabaalstad in the North West Province

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela, Nkululeko Godana•ARTICLE•Journal of Ecohumanism•2025

    Rural areas are characterised by poverty and unemployment. Many people who live in rural areas are ensnared in a cycle of poverty. The unemployment rate in Mabaalstad village, which is part of Ward 25 of the Moses Kotane Local Municipality in the North West province, is very high. The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2017/2022 of the municipality reveals an unemployment rate of 51%. The high unemployment rate and great poverty are compounded by …

  • Bridging the Gap

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela, Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo•ARTICLE•Journal of Cultural Analysis and…•2025

    Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is typically challenging, and inadequate implementation leads to inefficiencies. These challenges are exacerbated by cognitive dissonance in leadership, as decision-makers may ignore M&E outcomes that contradict stated objectives, resulting in resource misallocation and unmet community needs. The study aim is to highlight the root cause of the inefficiencies. This paper employs a methodology that involves a desktop…

  • Covid-19 burial guidelines in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela•ARTICLE•Pharos Journal of Theology•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on mundane daily tasks and significant cultural practices, including funerals and burials. Growing up, I observed that death in my family is a well-respected cultural process. It is believed that those who departed into the spirit world will be joining the living dead in the afterlife. For the deceased to be welcomed into the spirit world in the traditional sense, families perform specific rites…

  • Covid-19 burial guidelines in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela•ARTICLE•Pharos Journal of Theology•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on mundane daily tasks and significant cultural practices, including funerals and burials. Growing up, I observed that death in my family is a well-respected cultural process. It is believed that those who departed into the spirit world will be joining the living dead in the afterlife. For the deceased to be welcomed into the spirit world in the traditional sense, families perform specific rites…

  • Covid-19 burial guidelines in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela•ARTICLE•Pharos Journal of Theology•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on mundane daily tasks and significant cultural practices, including funerals and burials. Growing up, I observed that death in my family is a well-respected cultural process. It is believed that those who departed into the spirit world will be joining the living dead in the afterlife. For the deceased to be welcomed into the spirit world in the traditional sense, families perform specific rites…

  • Assessing Rural Entrepreneurial Intentions of Adults in Mabaalstad in the North West Province

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela, Nkululeko Godana•ARTICLE•Journal of Ecohumanism•2025

    Rural areas are characterised by poverty and unemployment. Many people who live in rural areas are ensnared in a cycle of poverty. The unemployment rate in Mabaalstad village, which is part of Ward 25 of the Moses Kotane Local Municipality in the North West province, is very high. The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2017/2022 of the municipality reveals an unemployment rate of 51%. The high unemployment rate and great poverty are compounded by …

  • Bridging the Gap

    Open Access•Bulelwa Maphela, Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo•ARTICLE•Journal of Cultural Analysis and…•2025

    Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is typically challenging, and inadequate implementation leads to inefficiencies. These challenges are exacerbated by cognitive dissonance in leadership, as decision-makers may ignore M&E outcomes that contradict stated objectives, resulting in resource misallocation and unmet community needs. The study aim is to highlight the root cause of the inefficiencies. This paper employs a methodology that involves a desktop…

  • Do LED budgets matter? Efficiency and Welfare Outcomes in South African Metropolitan Municipalities

    Open Access•Keoagile Kobedi, Marinda Pretorius et al.•ARTICLE•Development Southern Africa•2026

Sociology (2 works) · Afterlife (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Audit (1 work) · Bridging (networking (1 work) · Closure (psychology (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Cognitive dissonance (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)

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