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'Tapping into the chaos' : crisis, state and accumulation in Zimbabwe.
(2007)The conjunctural dynamics of the Zimbabwe crisis after 2000 have produced a distinctive pattern of accumulation .Four features are noticeable in this pattern - firstly ; disorder and/or violence has become common , both ... -
The Impact of 1994 Rwandan Genocide in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
(2009)This Thesis is an analytical investigation of the i mpact of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. It focuses on the vio lent conflicts and instability that marked the Democratic Republic of Congo ... -
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 Skills Development Act : an exploratory study of its perceived implications for companies in the service industry in Durban.
(2002)This project is a survey research work, which investigates the perceptions and implications of the Skills Development Act on the service industry in Durban. The study contained a qualitative and quantitative section, through ... -
The theory and application of consociational democracy in South Africa : a case study of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)Liberal democracy has failed to address issues of development, especially in plural societies such as South Africa, where different segments of society and government representation coexist. Its focus on individualism ... -
Towards an outcomes-based policy evaluation framework in South Africa.
(2011)This is a qualitative research study undertaken to explore the extent to which Evidence based and Results based management approaches are being applied in SA in the area of public policy, with the aim of improving policy ... -
The transformation of South African foreign intelligence in a global context : resources, functions and case study.
(2001)The primary focus of this dissertation is the transformation of South Africa's foreign intelligence service. This transformation is seen in the light of the individual histories of the pre-1994 intelligence services (state, ... -
Transforming local economies through land reform : political dilemmas and rural development realities in South Africa.
(2016)The land/agrarian question has always been at the center of South Africa’s struggle for liberation. Land itself has always been a source from which Africans and particularly the rural inhabitants have derived their livelihood. ... -
Transnational organized crimes in Africa : a case study of drug trafficking and money laundering in Ghana and South Africa.
(2013)Every phenomenon evolves with times. Illicit activities like Transnational Organized Crimes (TOC) are not an exception in this regard. Africa, especially West and Southern Africa, have been challenged by a number of TOCs. ... -
Ubuntu and indigenous knowledge in relation to the elderly at KwaSani Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)Ubuntu and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) epitomise African identity. In a way, these two concepts represent African philosophy which is original and specific to the African people. This study set out to establish how these ... -
The United Democratic Front (UDF) : a case study of democratic organisation, 1983-1987.
(1998)This study, using the theoretical basis of the writings of Lenin and Gramsci on revolutionary theory and praxis, traces the formation, policy and aims, membership and structure, and practices of the United Democratic ... -
The United Nations Charter and military interventionism : the case of Iraq, 2003.
(2013)The United Nations Charter clearly forbids the use of force by one state against the territorial integrity of another state. The only two exceptions are self-defense or actions authorized by the United Nations Security ... -
United States Africa command and human security in Africa.
(2016)Since 2005, the United States (US) has shifted its justification for the militarization of the African continent to the more humanitarian security-development discourse. This apparent paradigmatic shift presents the United ... -
War and alliances : the transformative roles of external actors in the Somali conflict.
(2015)The Somali conflict is not completely driven by internal factors and not prosecuted entirely by internal actors. Significant involvements, interventions and varying forms of alliances of external and internal actors ... -
Where faith is a healer: assessing faith-based organisations' strategies and their partnership with government towards poverty alleviation: case study of PACSA and Gift of the Givers in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
(2016)The modern conception of a liberal democratic state envisages that the state takes on the duty and hegemony of realizing the values of equal liberty and distributive justice to its citizens. This is supposedly achieved by ... -
The whole is the false: an analysis of censorship in South Africa with particular reference to the Publications Act and its predecessors.
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Women rights and land reform in South Africa: a case study of KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2020)Post-Apartheid South Africa has been confronted by land conflict and hunger, which are founded on the history of land dispossession during apartheid. Thus, land reform has occupied public discourse in the new South Africa ... -
Youth engagement in the eThekwini Municipality : perceptions, attitudes and behaviours of youth acting civically.
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Youth in urban African townships, 1945-1992 : a case study of the East London townships.
(1993)In this study an attempt is made to trace and analyse the changing nature of African youth in urban areas, with particular reference to the East London locations. The period covered is the period from the 1940s to the end ...