Masters Degrees (Political Science)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
The involvement of political parties in the politicization of the South African local government bureaucracy: the political-bureaucratic relations between municipal managers, politicians and political parties.
(2020)Several studies (Wilson 1887; Goodnow 1900; Weber 1946; Holcombe and Gwarteny 1989; Rahman 2014; Muhdiarta, Haning, and Ahmad 2017; Dasandi, and Esteve 2017, etc.) show that politicization of the bureaucracy is on the ... -
An assessment of the implementation of the Batho Pele principles in waste management and water services in uMsunduzi Local Municipality.
(2020)Government policy has been an integral component of service delivery in the democratic dispensation. Since 1994, service delivery has been a top priority for the government, which has acknowledged it as a tool to reduce ... -
Conservation, sustainable development and ecotourism in South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal : a policy-analysis.
(1995)Abstract available in PDF. -
The dialectics of emancipation: a critical exegesis of the work of Jurgen Habermas.
(1977)Abstract available in PDF. -
The role of international financial institutions in Africa’s development: how the failures of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund led to the creation of the African Development Bank.
(2020)International Financial Institutions (IFIs), are all financial institutions that operate internationally they provide loans to the government for extensive projects, streamlining, and balance of payments to achieve growth ... -
The role of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in facilitating continental integration.
(2020)The dissertation examines the role the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can play in facilitating the political and economic convergence of the African ... -
The challenges of transitioning from opposition to governing party: the case study of the Democratic Alliance in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.
(2020)Opposition, rivalry or competition between government and its opponents is an important aspect of democratisation (Dahl:1973). The role of opposition in strengthening democracy cannot be understated, it has become common ... -
An investigation of recruitment strategies by terrorist and extremist organisations: a case study of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
(2018)Whilst terrorism is a difficult phenomenon to define due to lack of a universally accepted definition when gleaning over the literature, the art of terrorist recruitment itself is a rather complex phenomenon which requires ... -
Social network analysis of South Africa's student social movement (2015-2016): a case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Rising tuition fees, government reduction of educational funding to match the increment in university enrolment, and perceived social exclusions in university spaces all contributed to the student social movement between ... -
Religion and conflict transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999-2004.
(2006)This study investigates the role of religious networks in the conflict transformation process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1999 and 2004. Religious groups are an important segment of Congolese ... -
Women rights and land reform in South Africa: a case study of KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2020)Post-Apartheid South Africa has been confronted by land conflict and hunger, which are founded on the history of land dispossession during apartheid. Thus, land reform has occupied public discourse in the new South Africa ... -
The impact of corruption in recruitment and procurement within local government and its impact on service delivery, using the KwaZulu-Natal department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as a case study.
(2018)The dawn of democracy in 1994 may have signalled a new beginning for South Africa politically. Economically, however, it was not going to be the case unless the socio-economic inequalities that the apartheid regime had ... -
Exploring South Africa's leadership potential in climate change discourse in Africa.
(2018)Studies have shown that Africa, despite being the most-affected continent by the catastrophic impacts of climate change, wields a relatively minimal influence in the ongoing global climate change debates. This inadequacy ... -
Accessibility issues and challenges facing students living with disabilities in institutions of higher education and training : the case of the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s Pietermaritzburg campus.
(2019)Institutions of higher education formally provide platforms for individuals to develop their talents and skills. However, for this to be achieved, individuals require access to relevant resources. This is not the case for ...
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