• Borders and identity : identity construction among the Xhosa speaking people of South Africa and Lesotho at Tele Bridge 

  Kokome, Limpho (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study examines the relationship between international borders and identity, in the context of the Xhosa-speaking people of Tele Bridge in South Africa and Lesotho, who live at the border separating the two countries. ...
• Locating traditional authority in post-apartheid South Africa : a case study of Bokgosi ba Ga-Masemola 

  More, Madikgomo Faith (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Having been transformed by colonial-apartheid institutions such as the Department of Native Affairs and later the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, ‘traditional leadership’ and ‘traditional authority’ ...
• The role of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the mediation of intrastate democratization conflict in Zimbabwe 

  Chitanga, Gideon Hlamalani (University of Pretoria, 2023-07)

  The Southern African Development Community (SADC) launched regional mediation to facilitate political settlement and democratic installation in exiting the Zimbabwe crisis between the years 2007 to 2013. Zimbabwe faced ...
• The African Union-China strategic partnership : prospects and challenges of aligning Africa's agenda 2063 and China's vision 2049 

  Hlase, Edwin Papie (University of Pretoria, 2023-04)

  Since the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2000, relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and African countries have risen at unprecedented levels. China and African countries ...
• Gender quotas and the substantive representation of women in African politics : case studies of Botswana and South Africa 

  Olaitan, Zainab Monisola (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The global adoption of gender quotas to facilitate women’s participation in the political system has garnered attention beyond its initial objective. Although divided, most studies argue that the objective of quota to ...
• Transitional justice in Africa : policy implications of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) for women and youth on the continent 

  Kabwa, Moyowabo David (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Women and Youth in Africa are disproportionately affected by conflict. Moreover, the role of women and youth in conflict has primarily been as victims in peace processes. The African Union Transitional justice policy seeks ...
• Liberal values or realist interests? an analysis of the shifting security narratives in the Arctic Region 

  Soncini, Carla (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The Arctic today has changed dramatically since the 1990s. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, during the past decade, the surface area of the Arctic Sea ice has reached its lowest levels since 1850. ...
• Politics of the Heart and Mind : Using WhatsApp to Drive Support Amongst Evangelicals in Brazil 

  Pillay, Tyesha (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  On the 28 October 2018, Brazilians elected right-wing populist Jair Messias Bolsonaro as the 38th President of Brazil. Bolsonaro defeated his opponent Fernando Haddad from the PT, by a significant margin of 55,13% as against ...
• A 30-year review of SADC's development into a security community : where is SADC falling short? 

  Naidoo, Mishaal (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and this occasion provides a good opportunity for conducting a review that focuses on how far the SADC region has come in its quest to ...
• Exploring the role of political ethnicity on police use of force in Nigeria : a civil society perspective 

  Igba, Samuel Ajogwu (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The discussion on policing in multicultural societies is embedded within a wider context of political responses to diversity in state-building. Historically, nations were characteristically formed based on common ancestry, ...
• An Afrodecolonial analysis of the resistance by the widowed women of Marikana 

  Mokoena, Dikeledi Andronica (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  In 2012, South Africans were bombarded with audio-visual material that captured the longest protracted strike in mining historiography, including the killing of unarmed striking mine workers. Shortly after, a plethora of ...
• The geopolitics of landlocked countries in the Maritime domain : the case of Botswana 

  Nezingu, Feliciana Isabel Kusavu (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study explores how ‘landlockness’ impacts the maritime domain concerns of Landlocked countries (LLCs). The ocean is home to an abundance of resources and endless opportunities that are key to the security and ...
• A critical afrocentric analysis of South Africa’s SADC-mandated mediation in Zimbabwe, 2007 – 2014 

  Mphahlele, Bongiwe Princess (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This study seeks to understand how South Africa has pursued the African agenda through its foreign policy and how it applied it during its mediation in the Zimbabwe crisis between 2007 and 2014. South Africa’s approach was ...
• The roles, functions and powers of traditional leaders in cooperative governance in the Vhembe District municipality, in the Limpopo Province, post 1994 

  Pikirayi, Susan Philistus (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Traditional leaders, who are located on the periphery of mainstream governance and decision-making in South Africa, play a crucial role in rural areas, where government presence is absent. However, the role, functions and ...
• The role of diplomacy in dealing with migration in the Southern African region 

  Dludlu, Vumile Sakhephi (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Migration significantly affects politics in ways that transcend domestic policymaking, such as in the field of international diplomacy, or the manner in which nations negotiate and manage their affairs with one another and ...
• Mapping political will within South Africa’s illegal wildlife trade policy system : a complexity thinking analysis 

  Thuynsma, Heather Anne (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This study sets out to generate a new approach to analysing the level of political will that drives South Africa’s illegal wildlife trade (IWT) policies. It uses complexity thinking to conceptualise the country’s policy ...
• Rethinking the role of mediation in Africa : a decolonial feminist analysis of the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (2018-2022) 

  Komane, Kgomotso (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Mediation processes have witnessed low levels of participation of women. Existing literature ascribes this to prevailing patriarchal environments, cultural norms and gender stereotypes, women’s victimhood in conflict and ...
• Saying it right, doing it wrong : an analysis of the failure of the African Union’s mediation in Darfur (2004-2006) 

  Matlala, Tshenolo (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The Darfur crisis persists to the present day despite the African Union’s (AU) intervention. This mini-dissertation analyses the failure of the AU’s mediation in Darfur from 2004 to 2006. It uses a decolonial lens to ...
• Performing minority populism : the Solidariteit Beweging in post-apartheid South Africa 

  Louw, Simon Adam (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This dissertation advances a qualitative single-case study of minority populism, selecting the SB as its case, and develops and operationalises a post-Laclauian theoretical framework to address two research questions: How ...
• An assessment of the implementation of the KwaZulu-Natal 365 Days Policy Framework for the Eradication of Gender-Based Violence focusing on victim support to Indian women living in the flat-dwelling areas of Westcliff, Chatsworth 

  Naidoo, Linda (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Despite vast research on gender-based violence, little is known about the implementation of policies on gender-based violence in minority groups. The aim of this study was to assess the implementation of the KwaZulu-Natal ...

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