Nnabuihe, Onyekachi E.; Ashindorbe, Kelvin; Odobo, Samuel Osagie(Center for African Studies, University of Florida, 2023-07)
A growing deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria is provoking debate about the subsisting federalized but ineffective policing structure. The general deterioration of security is also manifesting in the growth ...
Suleiman, Muhammad Dan; Isike, Christopher; Mickler, David(Wiley, 2023-09)
As part of its strategy to win African votes for election to the UN Security Council (2008–12), Canberra sought to leverage its soft power potential by presenting Australia as having “no colonial baggage” in Africa while ...
Schoeman, Maxi; Wu, Yu-Shan(University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2022)
This article explores the evolution of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ as a concept and geopolitical
social construct. Since 2007, the concept has been framed predominatly to fit the
geostrategic concerns of global North powers. ...
Wu, Yu-Shan; Henwood, Roland(University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2022)
v44i2.4416The past decade and a half, ever since former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘Confluence of the Two Oceans’ speech in front of the Indian parliament in August 2007, has seen the rapid evolution of the concept ...
Wu, Yu-Shan; Alden, Chris(University of Pretoria, Department of Political Sciences, 2022)
China’s perspective of the Indo-Pacific as a set of strategies initially developed by Japan
but mainly driven by the United States (US), appears to be shifting. Beijing originally
viewed such approaches as directly ...
Duma, Siphumelele; Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe(Adonis and Abbey, 2023-04)
Industrialisation is vital for developing countries‘ quest for sustainable growth,
development, and transformation. This article examines the SADC region‘s
stated objective of industrialisation and regional integration ...
It is crucial to examine the historical conflict mediation role that SADC played in Zimbabwe given the country’s continuous political instability and economic catastrophe. Zimbabwe held its first all-race elections in 1980, ...
Southern Africa has a long and complex history of migration. This article argues that overall, the mechanisms for governing migration and the practice of migration in the region ignore prevailing theoretical and ideological ...
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. ...
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’ ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...