Browsing by Author "Pillay, Suren"
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The Arab spring and the politics of gender: Assessing campaigns for women’s rights in Egypt and Tunisia
Fredericks, Lauren Raylene (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The Arab Spring or, as some call it, Arab Awakening, started in December 2010. The reasons for the Arab Spring were numerous and diverse. For some time, sections of Arab societies have confronted the suppression of free ... -
Good governance and democracy as political conditionalities for foreign aid: the case of Zimbabwe
Nkomana, Nqaba (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study was an investigation of the relationship between political conditionality and self-determination using Zimbabwe as a case study. The Zimbabwean land issue illustrates the challenges posed by external influences ... -
Liminality, Papers and Belonging amongst Zimbabwean Immigrants in South Africa
Nyakabawu, Shingirai (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Introduced in 2010, the Dispensation Zimbabwe Program (DZP) regularised undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. When DZP was closed, the Zimbabwe Special Permit was introduced, which was also replaced by the ... -
Liminality, papers and belonging amongst Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa
Nyakabawu, Shingirai (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Introduced in 2010, the Dispensation Zimbabwe Program (DZP) regularised undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. When DZP was closed, the Zimbabwe Special Permit was introduced, which was also replaced by the ... -
The politics of belonging and a contest for survival: Rethinking the conflict in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cloete, Jacob (University of the Western Cape, 2019)I set out to rethink the ongoing conflict in North Kivu and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). I highlight two problems with regards to the current conceptualisation of the conflict in North Kivu and ... -
The post-genocidal condition: Ghosts of genocide, genocidal violence, and representation
Van Der Rede, Lauren (University of the Western Cape, 2018)As a literary intervention, The Post-Genocidal Condition: Ghosts of Genocide, Genocidal Violence, and Representation is situated at the intersection of genocide studies, psychoanalysis, and literature so as to enable a ... -
Problematizing 'victim's justice' : political reform in post-genocide Rwanda
Bachu, Nivrata (University of the Western cape, 2016)In this dissertation, I problematize 'victim's justice' in post-genocide Rwanda. I argue that the kind of justice that was meted out in post-genocide Rwanda, namely victors' justice and complementary to it – victims’ ... -
Social and political history of Wollo Province in Ethiopia: 1769-1916
Melaku, Misganaw Tadesse (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Wollo, formerly referred to as ―Bete Amhara,‖ refers to a region of Amharic-speaking Christians. It was one of the oldest provinces of Ethiopia; located in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia at the cross- roads of the Red ... -
Southern cameroons: fifty years of subtle violence and subjugation 1961-2016
Nforh, Anthony Ambe (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The Southern Cameroons question which has come to be known as the ‘Anglophone problem’ has drawn international attention as a result of the physical and ‘spectacular’ violence that have recently engulfed the region. Central ... -
Understanding the democratisation process in the Middle East and North Africa after the ‘Arab Spring’: The case of Libya
Alahwal, Abdsalam (University of the Western Cape, 2019)In this research study, the researcher explores the democratisation process in the Middle East and North African region (MENA), with Libya as the case study. The study is based on the views of students and lecturers from ...