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The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In general, South Africans view the formal participatory institutions of their state as ineffective mechanisms for the realization of their demands. Conversely, the reach of formalized civil society is limited in terms ... -
Marred in the electoral radar: National Freedom Party, political avarice and the pitfalls of a patron-based party
(South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2016)As a norm, the formation of political parties constitutes one of the many segments in the consolidation of democracy in modern politics. Invariably, there are different typologies of political parties. The choice of ... -
Mediation and the contradictions of representing the urban poor in South Africa: The case of SANCO leaders in Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa.
(Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2014)The formal system of local governance in South Africa has the ‘ward’ as its lowest and smallest electoral level — a spatial unit consisting of between 5,000 and 15,000 voters. The ward is equivalent to the ‘constituency’ ... -
Nationalism without a nation: The rise and fall of Zulu nationalism in South Africa's transition to democracy, 1975-99
(WILEY, 2003)During South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy the most virulent opposition to change came from Zulu nationalism. Post‐apartheid, however, Zulu nationalism has largely waned. This is because Zulu nationalism ... -
The need for a new language? How historically disadvantaged institutions grapple with the effects of labelling in Higher Education: the case of the University of the Western Cape
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Tertiary institutions in South Africa have been dichotomised through the colonial structure and apartheid which sought to subjugate some institutions and elevate others. Not only have historically disadvantaged institutions ... -
Non-alignment in the current world order. The impact of the rise of China
(Institute for Strategic Studies at the University of Pretoria, 2008)The relevance of the Non-Aligned Movement has been in question since the end of Cold War bipolarity. In the post-Cold War order, whether interpreted as cosmopolitan, unipolar, multipolar or globalised in nature, there are ... -
Non-racialism and the African National Congress: views from the branch
(Taylor & Francis group, 2014)South Africa’s ruling party is well known as an organisation that supports the ideal of non-racialism. However, the extent to which the African National Congress (ANC) has defined and instrumentalised the concept of ... -
Not waiting for Jackie O: lessons for public participation advocacy in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2011)This article explores the significance of an important event, namely, the Pioneers of Participation workshop held in November 2009 in Cape Town, for public participation advocacy in South Africa. By tracing the shifting ... -
Nuclear Politics of Denial: South Africa and the Additional Protocol
(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013)South Africa was one of the first states to conclude an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2002, allowing the IAEA greater right of access to safeguard nuclear activities and material. ... -
Pan-African initiatives in global governance
(2013)As recently as 2009, a five hundred page textbook on international relations did not even mention the African Union in its index. The same applied to the Wikipedia entry on international organizations until a colleague of ... -
Party politics, the poor and the city: Reflections from the South African case
(Elsevier, 2012)Local democracy and ‘spaces’ of citizenship and participation are at the core of much contemporary research focusing on cities (Barnett and Low, 2004). This is the case both for researchers interested in issues of urban ... -
Party support and voter behaviour in the Western Cape: Trends and patterns since 1994
(Sabinet, 2010)Since 1994 election outcomes in the Western Cape have been examined through analyses of the ‘coloured vote’. These explanations, which are premised on the racially based motivations of voters, feed into the choices, rhetoric ... -
Pervasive, but not politicised: Everyday violence, local rule and party popularity in a Cape Town township
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2016)Through examining violence in the township of Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, we show that leadership in this community is not based on violence, despite its pervasiveness in the settlement. Further, rule by local leaders and ... -
Political identity as temporal collapse: Ethiopian federalism and contested ogaden histories
(African Affairs, 2023)Since the 1980s, analyses of African political identities have emphasized identity manipulation as a governance tool. In the Somali Horn of Africa, however, politicians’ efforts to reinvent identities confront rigid ... -
Political violence in KwaZulu-Natal
(CPLO, 2018)After 25 years of democracy, political violence remains one of the greatest challenges that continuously undermine South Africa’s constitutional state. The province of KwaZuluNatal accounts for the majority of ... -
Politics and higher education in East Africa from the 1920s to 1970
(Sun Media Bloemfontein, 2012)The development of higher education in East Africa has a long history. For many years, the process was characterised by political wrangling, negotiations and compromises by black and white constituencies. What eventually ... -
Popular mobilisation, party dominance and participatory governance in South Africa
(Zed Books, 2010)This chapter seeks to explore the character of popular mobilization in South Africa, mostly at the local level. This is done through exploring the interaction of two independent processes. The first concerns the ... -
Postmodernism and the reclaiming of tradition
(Berghahn Books, 1998)‘The history of the Zulu people is the history of myself’.1 In Africa, as elsewhere, the notion of tradition is bound up with the discourses of ethnicity and nationalism. Typically invoking pre-colonial identities as ... -
Postmodernism and the reclaiming of tradition
(Berghahn books, 1998)The history of the Zulu people is the history of myself'.1 In Africa, as elsewhere, the notion of tradition is bound up with the discourses of ethnicity and nationalism. Typically invoking pre-colonial identi- ties ... -
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 ...