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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. ...
Expert advocacy for the marginalised: how and why democratic mediation matters to deepening democracy in the global South
(Institute of Development Studies, 2011)
Summary: The paper argues that the practice of democratic mediation is an increasingly
common, yet under-researched, component of engagements between citizens
and public authorities across the globe. While the actors who ...
The 2013 Election in Zimbabwe: The end of an era
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
The July 31st 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe ushered in a renewed period of political
domination by ZANU(PF) and its President, Robert Mugabe. This election followed five years
of a SADC- facilitated Global Political Agreement ...
From religious transcendence to political utopia: the legacy of Richard Turner for Post-Apartheid political thought
(Berghahn Journals, 2010-06)
In recent times South African politics has come to exhibit
features typical of many post-colonial contexts, not least the rise of
acrimonious and confrontational politics based around personalities
and forms of populism. ...
Student involvement in university decision-making: Good reasons, a new lens
(2011-04-04)
This paper proposes a framework for understanding student involvement in different domains of university decision-making based on the various reasons brought for and against student involvement. It briefly outlines the ...
The growth of space science in African countries for earth observation in the 21st century
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2013)
The vulnerability of Africa to the impact of climate change, which results in natural disasters and environmental degradation, accelerates hardship and poverty for millions of Africans. However, Africa still lacks the ...
South Africa's space programme - Past, present, future
(Routledge, 2010)
This article introduces and analyses South Africa’s space programme. This divides into three phases. First was the age of amateurs 1947-1962.
Second, between 1963-1993, South Africa’s apartheid ancien regime started ...
The African Union and its sub-regional structures
(Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2012)
After seven decades of episodic existence through conferences, the Pan-African project became permanently institutionalised with the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, with a qualitative upgrade into ...
From local survivalism to foreign entrepreneurship: the transformation of the spaza sector in Delft, Cape Town
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2012)
Small, home-based grocery stores, known as spaza shops, are ubiquitous throughout the township areas of urban South Africa, constituting an important business in the informal economy. In recent years, this retail market ...
Some aspects of South Africa’s foreign policy on the civil wars in Côte D’Ivoire, Libya, and Mali
(2013)
During the 1960s, intervention in Africa by both the UNO and former colonial powers such as France was imposed on Africans. After half a century, Pan-Africanists have started to challenge, sometimes successfully, sometimes ...