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A realist perspective of president trumps first un general assembly speech
(Academia, 2017)
On 19 September 2017, president of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, took the podium at the New York-based institution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In his speech, Trump provided global ...
Tenderpreneur (also tenderpreneurship and tenderpreneurism)
(UCL Press, 2018)
‘Tenderpreneur’ is a South African colloquialism for a businessperson who uses political contacts to secure government procurement contracts (called ‘tenders’) often as part of reciprocal exchange of favours or benefits. ...
Power in action: Democracy, citizenship and social justice by Steven Friedman
(2019)
Steven Friedman has long been one of South Africa’s premier public intellectuals, making invaluable
and thoughtful contributions on the political issues of the day. In Power in Action, he zooms out from
everyday issues ...
Book review: Building a capable state: service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa
(SAGE, 2019)
Written by long-standing research practitioners Ian Palmer and Nishendra Moodley,
as well as one of South Africa’s leading academic urbanists, Professor Sue Parnell,
Building a Capable State tackles the hard
question ...
Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea.
(The Conversation Africa, 2018)
Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape in South Africa, has made two startling
claims about the water crisis in the province. She says there will be anarchy when the
taps run dry, and that normal policing will be ...
Resisting informal settlement upgrading in Cape Town: The battle between developmental and informal governance
(Academia, 2019)
The paper explores the peculiar politics of popular resistance to the upgrading of an informal settlement in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town, following a major fire in 2017. The paper traces the politics around the response to ...
Informality disallowed: State restrictions on informal traders and micro-enterprises in Browns farm, Cape Town, South Africa
(Pan-African University Press, 2019)
This chapter examines the impact of regulations and law enforcement
on the economic activities of informal traders and micro-entrepreneurs
in marginalised communities on the urban periphery. Our case site is
Browns Farm, ...
Explain initially the main driving forces of this globalisation process of manufacturing since the 1980’s? Use thereafter a multinational company (MNC) to illustrate what main positive and negative factors a company takes into consideration when deciding where to locate its production facilities?
(Academia, 2017)
Globalization constitutes the economic shift in companies from domestic (home) to global (host) economic
systems. Global trade liberalization facilitates globalization through free-trade, reduced tariffs and quotas
with ...
‘How participatory institutions deepen democracy through broadening representation: the case of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil’
(Berghahn, 2014-06)
Abstract: At the same time as democracy has ‘triumphed’ in most of the world, it leaves many unsatisfied at the disjuncture between the democratic ideal and its practical expression. Participatory practices and institutions, ...
A Review of Value Added in Nigeria's Pre and Post-SAP Agricultural Sector: Background and Issues
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2013)
In spite of the growing importance of oil, Nigeria has remained essentially an agrarian economy, with agriculture still significantly contributing to its Gross Domestic Product. However, the potentials of the agricultural ...