• An analytical study of the role of Methodist Church in Zimbabwe in reconciliation and healing within the Zimbabwean context of political conflict and violence from 1979 to 2013. 

  Muwanzi, Joseph. (2018)

  This study analyses how the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) has fostered reconciliation and healing within the Zimbabwean context of political conflict and violence from 1979-2013. It documents and discusses reconciliation ...

• Building peace in post-conflict societies: An exploration of the role of women in Liberia's peacebuilding architecture. 

  Shulika, Lukong Stella. (2018)

  Post-conflict situations raise questions about the level to which the notion and practice of peacebuilding can contribute to sustainable peace, reconstruction, and development through transformative gender-responsive ...

• Agents of peace or violence: An appraisal of youth participation in peace-building initiatives, Jos, Nigeria, (2000 –2010). 

  Obaje, Timothy Aduojo. (2018)

  The thesis explores peace-building processes in the city of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria with a specific focus on the depth of youth participation in peace-building initiatives. The study revolves around the 2000 to 2010 ...

• Cross-border insurgency and the coping strategies of border communities in North-eastern Nigeria. 

  Okunade, Samuel Kehinde. (2019)

  Across continents, countries share borders with one another and so, have settlements called border communities. Nigeria is not an exception as she shares borders with neighboring states like Benin Republic in the South-West, ...

• State stability and the crisis of refugees in Kenya: repatriation and resettlement of the Somali refugees in Dadaab Camp. 

  Kirui, Peter Kipng'eno. (2019)

  The repatriation of refugees is a complex phenomenon that requires extensive consultation especially among refugees and potential returnees. Even though several repatriations have failed as returnees flee again, the refugee ...

• Informal economic activities in Ghana: a case study of slums in Kumasi and Accra. 

  Zogli, Luther-King Jr. (University of Kwazulu-Natal., 2016-12)

  Slums are urban households, which lack permanently durable housing, adequate living space, access to clean water, suitable sanitation and land tenure security. Globally, slums house a third of the world’s population. These ...

• The board of directors as governance mechanism in South Africa : an agency theory perspective. 

  Steyn, Blanché. (2018)

  The changed legislative landscape of the 2008 Companies Act required a rebalancing of the agency relationship between the board of directors and shareholders given the more onerous statutory oversight and accountability ...

• Building more peaceful gender relationships in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. 

  Mulumeoderhwa, Maroyi Willy. (2012)

  The objective of this study is to understand the attitudes and behaviour of young South Kivu men towards women in order to encourage the development of more peaceful attitudes and behaviour. This study provides insights ...

• The 'Land Debate' : is land reform the solution? An analysis of Brazil and South Africa. 

  Moodley, Prinola. (2016)

  This dissertation serves to assess the economic and social effects of land reform policies in Brazil and South Africa. The paper presents a brief historical review of land issues, related land laws and regulations within ...

• The finance-growth Nexus : lessons from South Africa. 

  Mokhoele, Moeketsi Angelus. (2016)

  Recent studies (Allen and Ndikumana, 2000; Odhiambo. 2004; Gondo, 2009; and Sunde, 2011) on the relationship between finance and economic growth in the South African context have produced mixed findings. Given that there ...

• The implementation of the refugee act 130 of 1998 in South Africa and the question of the social exclusion of forced migrants : a case study of DRC forced migrants in Pietermaritzburg. 

  Masuku, Sikanyiso. (2018)

  The 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees refers to the concept ‘forced migrants’ as victims of coerced movement. In South Africa, the Refugee Act 130 of 1998 entitles all forced migrants the right ...

• An exploration of the holistic development and wellbeing of children at Clouds of Hope home KwaSani Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. 

  Andam, Nche Hostencia. (2018)

  Children wellbeing is strongly linked to their holistic development and both dependent to the parental support and environmental as well as socioeconomic situation of the country. South Africa is one of the third world ...

• An analysis of state-led reconciliation processes : the case of Zimbabwe. 

  Tofa, Moses. (2018)

  This study uses case studies to critique the strengths and shortcomings of state-led reconciliation processes in Zimbabwe and to examine how state-led and community-based reconciliation processes complement or conflict ...

• The effects of fiscal policy on the current account and real exchange rate in South Africa. 

  Ndzama, Nwabisa Florence. (2015)

  This dissertation empirically studies the effects of expansionary fiscal policy on the current account and the real exchange rate in the South African economy. Recursive vector auto-regressive models based on the Choleski ...

• Style investing effects on the persistence and performance of South African unit trusts. 

  Simelane, Mbuso Clement. (2016)

  Style investing is considered the holy grail of investment finance and portfolio management, as it avails numerous options to the portfolio manager to simply and persistently beat the market. This research investigates the ...

• Style investing and information conveyed by past returns in South Africa : an empirical analysis. 

  Mkwanazi, Sthabiso Tarrence. (2015)

  The aim of this study was to establish the long-run relationship between six selected South African indices (i.e., large cap, small cap, resources, value, growth and industrials). Long-run relationships were analyzed in ...

• A macro-econometric analysis of economic growth and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa. 

  Govender, Ashika. (2015)

  This study seeks to determine whether Okun’s Law is valid for the South African economy, using time series data for the period 1994 to 2014. The data used is split into two periods, 1994q1 to 2003q4 and 2004q1 to 2014q4. ...

• Religion, conflict and peacebuilding in Africa: the role of the church in the peacebuilding process in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2001-2006. 

  Oladosu, Steve Tai. (2017)

  This study examines the roles of the Church and its models of peace effort in the DRC from 2001 to 2016. The main objective is to identify and analyze the impact of the role of the church on the conflict; to evaluate the ...

• Water access policies : probing water access policies and positive peace in a Zimbabwean rural setting. 

  Shoko, Evans. (2016)

  This study sought to establish the correlation between water access policies, informal practices and positive peace. The study was carried out in Village One, Ward 11, Mhondoro-Ngezi District in Mashonaland West Province ...

• Explaining the cross-section of share returns in South Africa using macroeconomic factor models. 

  Charteris, Ailie. (2016)

  Understanding asset prices is critical for the decision-making of many; from professional and individual investors, who seek to earn the highest possible return from their investments, to governments and corporates evaluating ...

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