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Local government in the 2013 constitution of Zimbabwe: Defining the boundaries of local autonomy
(Springer, 2018)
The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe recognises local government as the lowest tier of government in a three tier arrangement. Thus, local government, composed by urban and rural local authorities, now owes its existence ...
The special rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa (SRRWA) 2007-2015
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2018)
The purpose of this article is to examine the progress recorded so far by this mechanism focusing on the period from 2007-2015. It focuses on the relevance and importance of the office of the SRRWA as a special mechanism ...
The socio-economic impact of pre-trial detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia
(Springer Verlag, 2018)
The presumed link between the rule of law and development suggests that
an operational justice system is key to development. The research sought to
understand and quantify how the decision to detain an accused person ...
Socio-economic rights in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
(Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
From 1980 to 2017, Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe through a regime that posed as
‘democratic’ but which for all intents and purposes was a dictatorship. The power of the
government stemmed not from the will of the people ...
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
(Springer Verlag, 2018)
The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ...
Multilevel government in South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya
(Forum Of Federations, 2018)
This paper aims to inform policy makers and stakeholders in the
Philippines about the critical features of, and practical experiences
with, federalism and decentralization in South Africa, Kenya and
Ethiopia. The ...
Participatory Budgeting in the City of Kwekwe (Zimbabwe) A perspective on the Issues, Trends and Options
(African Journal of Public Affairs, 2018)
Towards the end of 2017, as has been the case every year, the Kwekwe City Council produced a budget outlining its various activities for the 2018 financial year. The unveiling of the 2018 budget was, among other things, ...
Five suggestions to fix local government
(State of Local Governance Publication, 2018)
The past few weeks have brought the troubled state of local government to the fore with renewed vigour. The Auditor-General’s (AG) consolidated report over the 2016/2017 financial year presented a very bleak picture of the ...
EPRDF’s ‘menu of institutional manipulations’ and the 2015 regional elections
(Regional & Federal Studies, 2018)
Ethiopia is generally considered to have ‘a dominant party authoritarian’ system in which the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), along with its affiliates, enjoy electoral dominance. This contribution ...
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African Charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
(The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2018)
The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ...