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A dying ideal: Non-racialism and political parties in post-apartheid South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Non-racialism as a concept has a rich and contentious history in South African politics. For
many it was a core feature of the struggle against apartheid, uniting a range of forces fighting for a society free from racial ...
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 ...
Status quo entrenched and no surprises in the Western Cape
(South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2016)
Unlike previous elections in the province,
there was an expectance that the Democratic
Alliance (DA) would retain control of the
City of Cape Town, as well as consolidate in
other municipalities in the Western Cape.
In ...
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 ...
Africa–India nuclear cooperation: pragmatism, principle, post-colonialism and the Pelindaba Treaty
(Routledge, 2011)
The United States India nuclear agreement, announced in 2005, was a first step
in the process to normalise India’s international nuclear relations despite the fact
that India is not a party to the Treaty on the ...
Assessing pre-election political space in the 2011 local government elections
(Unisa Press, 2012)
The administration of elections in South Africa, including the 2011 local government elections(hereafter the 2011 elections), has widely been hailed as a resounding success. Yet competitive elections, an essential component ...
Further from the people – bipartisan ‘nationalisation’ thwarting the electoral system
(SUN Press, 2012)
This chapter argues that local government elections offer a unique opportunity in South Africa’s political system for voters to practice forms of democracy that are more local, plural and accountable in character than at ...
Xenophobia, criminality and violent entrepreneurship: violence against Somali shopkeepers in Delft South, Cape Town, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis; Unisa Press, 2012)
Violence against Somali shopkeepers is often cited as evidence of xenophobic attitudes and violence
in South Africa. However, as argued in this article, it is not necessarily the case that such violence
is driven by ...
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’ ...
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 ...