Pub Date : 2021-03-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A6
Joseph Makanda
{"title":"Conceptualisation, Construction and Negotiation of Inter-migrant Support and Care among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabweans in Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa","authors":"Joseph Makanda","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"18 1","pages":"115-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42615091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Party Politics, Electoral Violence and Dynamics of Peace Building in Africa","authors":"Aloysius-michaels Okolie, Chukwuemeka Enyiazu, Casmir Chukwuka Mbaegbu","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"18 1","pages":"73-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46969925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A3
A. Nwozor, J. Olanrewaju, M. Ake, Michael B. Aleyomi, E. E. Lawal
{"title":"State Capture and Elective Dictatorship in Nigeria's Democratic Space : A Critical Analysis","authors":"A. Nwozor, J. Olanrewaju, M. Ake, Michael B. Aleyomi, E. E. Lawal","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"18 1","pages":"53-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48601609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A2
O. Fagbadebo, N. Dorasamy
{"title":"Political leadership, corruption, and the crisis of governance in Africa : a discourse","authors":"O. Fagbadebo, N. Dorasamy","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2021/18N1A2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":"27-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46664789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a2
Bewuketu Dires Gardachew
The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) is the umbrella term for the key African Union (AU) mechanisms for promoting peace, security and stability on the continent. More specifically, it is “an operational structure for the effective implementation of the decisions taken in the areas of conflict prevention, peace-making, peace support operations and intervention, as well as peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction”. APSA is envisioned as a means by which Africa can take a greater role in managing peace and security on the continent, with the objective of offering “African solutions to African problems”. This study critically explores the extent to which APSA (such as the African Standby Force (ASF) and Panel of the Wise (PoW) have been successful in achieving their institutional objectives, as well as the degree to which they are able to contribute to the work of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC). The findings of the study reveal that the African Standby Force's potential as a tool for the maintenance of peace and security on the continent depends on the political consensus (political buy-in) and predictable sources of financing. Vis-? -vis the Panel of the Wise, the study has discovered that the role of the Panel has been undermined by geo-political dynamics, limited mandate, membership size and its institutional design.
{"title":"African peace and security architecture in the context of African solutions to African problems","authors":"Bewuketu Dires Gardachew","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a2","url":null,"abstract":"The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) is the umbrella term for the key African Union (AU) mechanisms for promoting peace, security and stability on the continent. More specifically, it is “an operational structure for the effective implementation of the decisions taken in the areas of conflict prevention, peace-making, peace support operations and intervention, as well as peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction”. APSA is envisioned as a means by which Africa can take a greater role in managing peace and security on the continent, with the objective of offering “African solutions to African problems”. This study critically explores the extent to which APSA (such as the African Standby Force (ASF) and Panel of the Wise (PoW) have been successful in achieving their institutional objectives, as well as the degree to which they are able to contribute to the work of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC). The findings of the study reveal that the African Standby Force's potential as a tool for the maintenance of peace and security on the continent depends on the political consensus (political buy-in) and predictable sources of financing. Vis-? -vis the Panel of the Wise, the study has discovered that the role of the Panel has been undermined by geo-political dynamics, limited mandate, membership size and its institutional design.","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69788107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a7
Lizias Kadziya, C. Ndebele
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{"title":"Towards improving the quality of teaching and learning of STEM subjects in rural post-colonial Zimbabwe","authors":"Lizias Kadziya, C. Ndebele","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a7","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>and</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49564111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a4
P. Marumo
The scramble for Africa immediately led to colonisation in Africa. When the colonialists took ownership, they changed people's mindsets and instilled in them an inferiority complex which made them despise themselves. Africa was divided into imagined states that became the economic and material property of the colonisers. Some African states ceded the land and inhabitants to the colonisers, making them foreigners in their place of birth. Relinquishing ownership of the land meant the colonisers appropriated the natural mineral resources which came with the land. To ensure total possession, the management of the resources was affected by the colonising power. From this historical fact, the paper examines how Africa was systematically impoverished and exploited economically. This paper further highlights how rich South Africa became poor South Africa by attaching the land and mineral resources by colonisers and how that led to its indebtedness. This indebtedness to the colonisers made South Africa pliant to an inchoate capitalist imperative. The paper uses a content analysis method to formulate the data and conclusion of the study. It ultimately recommends measures that can assist in restoring South Africa to its rich status.
{"title":"Rich but poor South Africa : a philosophical excursion from colonialism to post-colonialism","authors":"P. Marumo","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a4","url":null,"abstract":"The scramble for Africa immediately led to colonisation in Africa. When the colonialists took ownership, they changed people's mindsets and instilled in them an inferiority complex which made them despise themselves. Africa was divided into imagined states that became the economic and material property of the colonisers. Some African states ceded the land and inhabitants to the colonisers, making them foreigners in their place of birth. Relinquishing ownership of the land meant the colonisers appropriated the natural mineral resources which came with the land. To ensure total possession, the management of the resources was affected by the colonising power. From this historical fact, the paper examines how Africa was systematically impoverished and exploited economically. This paper further highlights how rich South Africa became poor South Africa by attaching the land and mineral resources by colonisers and how that led to its indebtedness. This indebtedness to the colonisers made South Africa pliant to an inchoate capitalist imperative. The paper uses a content analysis method to formulate the data and conclusion of the study. It ultimately recommends measures that can assist in restoring South Africa to its rich status.","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"75-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45142062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a8
J. Mawere, T. D. Mdhluli, S. L. Kugara, P. Matshidze
The article explores the challenges experienced at male initiation schools in Mthatha district in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Deaths of initiates and other gross human rights violations are argued to have become a thorny issue in the month of June when initiation schools run. The article was premised on the socio-cultural theory and Human Rights Based Approach. It utilised the qualitative indigenous research design and data was collected using the following methods; one-on-one unstructured interviews and focus group discussion. The study unveiled the following challenges at initiation schools; lack of skill and knowledge of traditional surgeon leading to incorrect surgery, abduction of boys into initiation schools to join the schools, poor environmental conditions of the initiation schools and the absence of parental involvement. The study recommends the promulgation and/or amendments of statues on initiation rite to minimise human error by traditional surgeons that cause unnecessary death and gross human rights violation.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a1
F. Chidozie, Oluwatobi Aje, Oluwaseyi Emmanuel Ogunnowo
This paper interrogates the subject of political consciousness and political governance vis-a-vis the mounting level of global restiveness precipitated by an unprecedented level of disparity in the global distribution of wealth. It borrows from the mainstream Marxian political-economic framework, arguing that the material existence of the growing and restive global population spurs political consciousness and questions the legitimacy of many national governments, as well as the global governance structures that support them. The paper is a desk study which relies heavily on secondary data, supported by a qualitative review of existing literature. Findings suggest that the global capitalist ideology – regulated by market forces – and accentuated by political globalization has failed to satisfy the legitimate aspirations to better conditions of living for the majority of the world’s population, especially in the developing countries, but particularly in Africa. The paper strongly recommends the strengthening of regional governance architecture in order to hold national leaderships accountable and responsive.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a5
Felix Makonye
This paper presents and analyses suggested strategies to arrest pre-and postelectoral violence dynamics in Zimbabwe. The suggestions were gathered from the 20 provincial party chairpersons of the two major political parties in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC - T). The suggestions of five representatives of the major civil society organizations that are based in Harare are also included in this write up. The research was carried out using indepth interviews. The period under synthesis is from 1999 when the MDC was formed up to depose Mugabe by the New Dispensation in November 2017. The sole aim of this research is to contribute to strategies for sustainable, peaceful, free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. To achieve this aim, the research gathered and analysed data from some of the key players in Zimbabwe elections who offered various insights into what needs to be done to arrest electoral violence dynamics that persistently plague the country's electoral landscape. Findings that emerge from the research as strategies to arrest pre- and postelectoral violence dynamics are repeal of draconian legislation, demilitarization of elections, observation of elections by the UN and AU, the SADC disallowing Mugabe to steal elections, presence of observers on the ground well before and after elections, preaching of peace by party leaders and reform of electoral bodies. This paper concludes that for Zimbabwe to have sustainable, peaceful, free and fair elections in future, the strategies raised in this research should be adopted in their entirety.
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