Africa Journal of Public Sector Development and Governance Revue africaine de développement et de gouvernance du secteur public Revista Africana de Desenvolvimento e Governação do Sector Público Special COVID-19 Edition / Edition spéciale COVID-19 / Edição Especial COVID-19 Volume 3 Issue 1 Volume 3 Numéro 1 Volume 3 Edição 1 Africa Journal of Public Sector Development and The journal’s target audience is students, specialists, practitioners, consultants, politicians, policy makers, members of legislatures and Governance those interested in African affairs. Editorial Board In order to ensure that articles are relevant and of a high quality, all submissions are peer-reviewed (or refereed) by at least two Chief Editor: experts. This is done completely anonymously and with the utmost confidentiality. A standard peer-review report template is used. 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CONTENTS – CONTENU – CONTEÚDO EDITORIAL – ÉDITORIAL – EDITORIAL COVID-19: from Global Pandemic to Disaster for the African Continent 5 COVID-19 : de la pandémie mondiale au désastre pour le continent Africain 16 COVID-19: de pandemia global a desastre para o continente africano 28 Thean Potgieter The Nexus between Public Administration and Disaster Management: A Case of COVID-19 in South Africa 40 Johnny Masego Pietersen Suitable Leadership Styles for the COVID-19 Converged Crisis 61 Davy du Plessis and Charles Keyter South Africa’s National Response to COVID-19, with Specific Reference to Sub-Level Governance in Provinces 74 Riaan de Coning Provision of Water and Sanitation duringthe COVID-19 Crisis: Comparative Case Study in Predominantly Urban and Predominantly Rural Provinces 90 Motlagabo Gladys Matseke Deployment of the South African National Defence Force for COVID-19: A Case Study on Governance 105 Petrus C. Bester, Sonja Els, and Laetitia Olivier Why is COVID-19 different to other Pandemics? Assessing the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Poor Black Women in South Africa 132 Nitasha Ramparsad The Effect of COVID-19 on Work Arrangements in the South African Public Service 144 Jacqueline Nkate OPINION PIECES – TRIBUNES D’OPINION – PARECERES DE OPINIÃO COVID-19 Exposes the Limits of Political Populism and Parochial Nationalism 158 COVID-19 expose les limites du populisme politique et du nationalisme parochialiste 163 A COVID-19 expõe os limites do populismo político e do nacionalismo paroquial 168 Patrick Tandoh-Offin and Wisdom Kofi Adzakor AJPSDG | Vol 3 (1) 2020 3 Chaos, Chance and Hope: Views on the COVID-19 Situation in Mozambique by August 2020 173 Chaos, chance et espoir : Points de vue sur la situation de la COVID-19 au Mozambique en août 2020 178 Caos, acaso e esperança: Pontos de vista sobre a situação da Covid-19 em Moçambique em Agosto de 2020 183 Samuel J. Ngale Combating Post-Covid-19 Social Inequality among Learners in Primary and Post-Primary Schools in Uganda 188 Lutte contre l’inégalité sociale post-COVID-19 parmi les apprenants des écoles primaires et post-primaires en Ouganda 193 Luta contra a desigualdade social pós-Covida 19 entre alunos das escolas primárias e pós-primárias do Uganda 199 Stella B. Kyohairwe, Roberts Muriisa Kabeba and Gerald K. Karyeija Rehumanising the Public Service and the COVID-19 Response: Where is the National School of Government? 204 Réhumanisation du service public et la réponse à la COVID-19 : où en est l’École nationale de formation des agents de la fonction publique ? 209 Re-humanizar o serviço público e a resposta à Covid-19: onde está a escola nacional do governo? 214 Kedibone Phago and Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES IN THIS EDITION 219 RÉSUMÉS DES ARTICLES DE CETTE ÉDITION 219 SUMÁRIO DOS ARTIGOS NESTA EDIÇÃO 219 REVIEW ARTICLE – ARTICLE DE SYNTHÈSE – ARTIGO DE REVISÃO Review of Selected Knowledge Databases on COVID-19 240 Examen d’une sélection de bases de données de connaissances sur la COVID-19 249 Revisão de bases de dados de conhecimento seleccionadas sobre a COVID-19 259 Mmakwena Molala and Thean Potgieter 4 AJPSDG | Vol 3 (1) 2020 COVID-19: FROM GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO DISASTER FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT Thean Potgieter -------------------------------------------- By late 2020, the severe acute respiratory syndrome novel Coronavirus disease (referred to as COVID-19 in this discussion) pandemic is still unfolding internationally without any conclusive ideas of its timelines as well as its enduring effect on economy, politics, world health and global society, amongst others. In our