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Gender and climate change adaptation in South Africa: a case study of vulnerability and adaptation experiences of local black African women to flood impacts within the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
(2020)This dissertation contributes towards the scholarly debate on gender and climate change adaptation. This is done by exploring the vulnerability and adaptation experiences of local Black Africans to impacts of floods ... -
Gender equality in South African higher education institutions : assessing determinants of policy failure. A case study on the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College)
(2013)Gender equality barriers today are less obvious and more subtle than ever before and in some instance go undetected. Despite evidence of women‘s success and proven abilities, a high proportion of suitably qualified and ... -
A gendered approach to migration through the prism of human trafficking in armed conflicts for terrorism: the women of the Islamic State.
(2021)The 2012 Syrian war is a major contributory factor in the growing relationship between terrorism and human-trafficking, as practiced by extremist group known as the Islamic State (IS). Terrorism and human-trafficking are ... -
Genocide, citizenship and political identity crisis in postcolonial Africa : Rwanda as case study.
(2012)To state that the 1994 Rwandan genocide was one of the most horrific catastrophes that occurred in the 20th century is to restate the obvious. This thesis is an analytical exploration of the root causes of the 1994 Rwandan ... -
Globalization, sustainable democracy and deregulation in Nigeria : a case study of the downstream oil sector.
(2015)The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s signified an end to organized impediments to the spread of globalization and this invariably led to the triumph of liberal democracy as the promoter of good ... -
Hegemonic order and regional stability in Sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africa.
(2013)Barely twenty years after the end of the Cold War, the international political system has experienced an unanticipated shift from a United States (US) led unipolar global order to a new order marked by its fresh wave of ... -
Histories of violence, states of denial-militias, martial arts and masculinities in Timor-Leste.
(2010)This thesis examines the complex interplay between violence and concepts of masculinity using the case study examples of former members of pro-Indonesian militia groups and current members of gangs, martial arts and ... -
HIV/AIDS in prison : the public policy challenge for South Africa.
(2001)In South Africa, both the number of people entering prison, and the number of people infected with HIV, are steadily increasing. While reliable statistics are not available on the number of HIV+ prisoners, the characteristics ... -
The horn of Africa and international terrorism : the predisposing operational environment of Somalia.
(2008)A fundamental driving factor to contemporary international terrorism is the role of religion. Since the 1980s, there have been not only a rise in the number of Islamist terrorist incidents but also of a more globalized and ... -
Human and non-human flows as a threat to the security of a democratic South Africa.
(1996)Abstract not available. -
The human security paradigm as a challenge for the African Union in promoting peace and security in Africa : a case study of the Sudan/Darfur conflict.
(2009)Using the Sudan/Darfur Conflict as a case study, this work seeks to address how and why the human security paradigm is a challenge for the African Union in its effort to establish long-term peace and stability in Africa. ... -
The impact of corruption in recruitment and procurement within local government and its impact on service delivery, using the KwaZulu-Natal department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as a case study.
(2018)The dawn of democracy in 1994 may have signalled a new beginning for South Africa politically. Economically, however, it was not going to be the case unless the socio-economic inequalities that the apartheid regime had ... -
The impact of ethnic diversity on economic development in Malaysia: lessons for South Africa.
(2023)research paper reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of multi ethnicity (heterogeneity) on economic development in developing countries looking specifically at South Africa and Malaysia. Malaysia is an important ... -
The impact of foreign aid in sub-saharan Africa : problems and prospects.
(2003)At face value, foreign aid is generally extended either to contain crises situations or promote development. In Africa, it appears that foreign aid has failed on both counts. One crucial question being asked by experts is, ... -
The impact of NATO interverntion in Kosovo and the changing rules of international humanitarian intervention.
(2012)No abstract available. -
The impact of public policy on competing interests : a case study of the taxi recapitalization programme.
(2009)This study is an investigation of the impact of public policy on competing interests in the case of the South African Taxi Recapitalization Programme. I explore this through a theoretical framework of implementation theory ... -
An implementation analysis of the language policy in basic education in selected schools in eThekwini Municipality.
(2014)The Department of Basic Education (DBE) in its 2013 budget speech announced that from 2014, a new policy will come into effect mandating the learning of an African language in all schools. The advent of the language policy ... -
The influence of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha on Martin Luther King Jr.
(1991)No abstract available.