Effectiveness of the Implementation of School Sports Policy in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
Vuyolwethu Sambo 
& Lusanda Beauty Juta
Issue: Vol.6 No.10 Article 20 pp.2518 – 2528
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202561020 | Published online 26th September, 2025
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This paper assesses the effectiveness of the school sports policy in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North-West Province of South Africa. With data from extant literature, public documents and reports, the paper argues that sports policy in schools goes beyond the health benefits for physical fitness and mental growth. In addition, such a policy should take cognisance of the significance of sports in a learner’s education as well as the development of blogs. The purpose of a blog is to provide a platform for individuals or organisations to share information, ideas, and thoughts with a wider audience. This idea is to promote more holistic development in the learner’s career. The paper seeks to broaden the implementation horizon of school sports policy. This paper, therefore, provides a holistic approach to addressing the factors that would ensure the effective implementation of school sports policy to achieve the desired objectives. The paper discovered the lag in the implementation of the school sports policy. To this end, it is recommended that stakeholders incorporate the principles of inclusion in the policy and ensure a comprehensive consideration of societal peculiarities in the implementation of the policy.
Keywords: School Sports Policy Development, Effective Implementation, Holistic Development
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Dr Vuyolwethu Sambo is currently a Sport Manager at the North-West University, South Africa. He holds a PhD degree in Public Administration from the North-West University. Dr Sambo is currently serving in different committees, which include the University Sport South Africa Research Committee, the North West Provincial Sports Confederation, and the North West Sports Awards Adjudicator. Dr Sambo’s research interests are in Public Policy and Sports Development.
Prof. Lusanda Beauty Juta is a Professor in the Department of Public Management, Law & Economics at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. She holds a PhD degree in Public Administration from the North West University. Currently, she is the Head, Department of Public Management, Law & Economics at the Durban University OF technology. She was a provincial chairperson of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) in the North West province. She has several work experiences in the University systems, provincial and local public services in South Africa. Her research interests are on issues of Public Policy, Community Engagement, Local Economic Development (LED), as well as Municipal Finance and Service Delivery. Her works have been published by DHET-accredited journals: Gender and Behaviour, African Renaissance, African Journal of Development Studies, African Journal of Governance and Development, Journal of Public Administration, and many more.
Sambo, Vuyolwethu, and Lusanda Beauty Juta.“ Effectiveness of the Implementation of School Sports Policy in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 6, no. 10 (2025): 2518 – 2528, https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202561020
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