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Is the United States winning the war on drugs: a case study of the flow of drugs from Mexico and Colombia to the United States (2010 – 2020)?
(2022)Drug manufacturing, trafficking, distribution, and selling have wreaked chaos and havoc globally, mainly in the United States of America, which then saw former President Nixon’s administration introduce and implement a ... -
The impact of ethnic diversity on economic development in Malaysia: lessons for South Africa.
(2023)research paper reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of multi ethnicity (heterogeneity) on economic development in developing countries looking specifically at South Africa and Malaysia. Malaysia is an important ... -
An influence of the #FEESMUSTFALL movement on student politics: a case study of the Durban University of Technology 2016-17 Steve Biko campus.
(2022)The years 2015/16 were a significant period in the history of student activism in higher education in South Africa. The period resulted in thousands of university students across the country demonstrating for free ... -
An analysis of the role played by electoral stakeholders in the electoral process: a case study of Botswana and Zambia.
(2022)Elections constitute one of the yardsticks used to determine the extent to which a country’s democracy has been consolidated. The involvement of electoral stakeholders is vital because it nurtures collaboration about the ... -
Political apathy among South African and Namibian youth: a case study of the 2014 and 2019 national elections.
(2023)This research examines the impact of political apathy on electoral participation in Namibia and South-Africa, focusing on the 2014 and 2019 national election of both countries. The objectives are to ascertain and clarify ... -
The Nigerian internal security policy : an assessment of the human security threats to Nigeria in the post – military era (2006 – 2021)
(2022)The Nigerian internal security policy is designed to deter all forms of real or perceived physical and human security threats to the people’s lives, property, interest and personal welfare. Since the post-military era, ... -
Public policy and the informal sector in South Africa: the politics of street-trading in Pietermaritzburg as an illustrative case.
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Exploring elites’ arrangement and national integration in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: challenges of rotational presidency. Ukuhlola izilungiselelo zabaphezulu ngokwempilo kanye nokuhlanganiswa kukazwelonke embusweni waseNigeria wesine: izinselele zokushintshashintsha.kukamongameli.
(2022)The Nigerian state is ethnically and religiously diverse and this plurality culminated in crises that have displaced many and claimed lives and property. The response of the government and political elites to address ... -
The whole is the false: an analysis of censorship in South Africa with particular reference to the Publications Act and its predecessors.
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A gendered approach to migration through the prism of human trafficking in armed conflicts for terrorism: the women of the Islamic State.
(2021)The 2012 Syrian war is a major contributory factor in the growing relationship between terrorism and human-trafficking, as practiced by extremist group known as the Islamic State (IS). Terrorism and human-trafficking are ... -
Numbering the dead: the course and pattern of political violence in the Natal Midlands: 1987-1989.
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Politics of women’s participation and entrenched inequalities in land reform at Hammarsdale, Emophela.
(2021)The post-Apartheid South African government inherited a skewed and bias land discourse, which resulted from the history of land dispossession during Apartheid. The government has since tried to address the land issue ... -
Climate change in Lagos State, Nigeria: a polycentric governance approach.
(2021)Human-induced activities that cause climate change occur at multiple scales, yet, most climate governance mechanisms are designed at a single level, such as international, national or regional, which do not provide an ... -
South Africa’s internal displacement: the dynamics of forced removals in South Africa.
(2016)Internal displacement in South Africa poses a major concern and it created many anomalies because it happens and continue happening through force removals. Though the harshest phase was experienced during the apartheid ... -
Electoral fraud and the transition process in Ekiti State, Nigeria (2007-2015)
(2019)The conduct of elections has, in modern times, been debated. This is particularly so as it concerns the question of the credibility of the results and fairness of the process. Many African elections have been criticized ... -
Civil society organizations and democratic consolidation in Nigeria's fourth republic: an appraisal of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
(2019)The transition from military autocracy to democracy in Nigeria came after a tortuous, brave and determined struggle. Civil society organizations engaged in agitations and protests that led to the eventual withdrawal of the ... -
Political elites and democratic institutions in South Africa since 2004.
(2019)This is a study, through extensive empirical fieldwork research, of political elites and democratic institutions in South Africa from 2004-2018. The study examines the dynamics, roles and challenges of political elites in ... -
A critical investigation into the diplomatic relations between post-apartheid South Africa and India.
(2021)The study made a critical investigation into the diplomatic relations between post-apartheid South Africa and India, using qualitative and quantitative research methods. The major arguments were based on the following ...
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